History at Home and Abroad Through Podcasts

Oscar Gomez & Donald Elder

Agenda

• What is a Podcast
• Anchor App
• How can it be used in our classrooms
• Content Based
• Additional uses
• Q&A

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Overview

Podcasts as a Tool: Anchor

Anchor is a Podcast tool made by Spotify

It allows the user to make an audio recording

Multiple audio files can be combined into a single session

Allows students to use a creative approach to get their ideas/opinions out into the world

Great way for differentiated learning

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Overview

Additional features allow for a unique touch through the addition of music, sound effects, and transitions

The finished product can then be downloaded to send to others or published online.

Application in World Culture/Ethnic Studies

World Cultures/Ethnic Studies

• How should we represent the legacy of colonization in our community?

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• Topic Choice & Background Knowledge
• Sir Francis Drake
• Junipero Serra
• Name changes (schools, streets, sports teams)
• Interview Preparation/Research
• Narrow in on a specific topic
• Community members, teachers, classmates…

• In Class
• Students are able to complete assignment at school
• Examples of Podcasts
• Students listen to a wide variety of podcast in class and are exposed to different styles
• Students create their own podcasts and add creative touch
• Video format, anchor, or other formats
• Learn to edit, record, and produce

Application in World History/WWII

World History

• WWII Theater of Battle Radio Broadcast
• Pick a Theater of Battle
• Pacific
• Africa
• Atlantic(Western Europe)
• Eastern Europe
• Balkans
• Preparation & Research
• Choose key battles
• Research significant characters
• Explain the turning point
• Key Figures
• “Breaking News Segment”

World History/WWII Cont.

• Writing a Script
• Deciding what to cover
• What information is necessary
• Who says which parts
• Practice for length
• Recording
• All at once or in segments
• Experiment with how to use their voice
• Edit to make the work a reflection of themselves
• Examples
• Radio recordings from 40’s/50’s
• Listening to historical podcasts
• Giving ideas of how to organize and record their own work

Other Applications

• Science/Math
• Students can research and record an upcoming topic and use a flipped classroom instruction
• PE
• Have students record instructions for a fitness test or directions for a game or sport
• In General
• Transition writing based assignments/projects into audio
• Provides a new medium and a new way of interacting with content

Q&A