By Sophie Gordine

ICT and Literacy

• Continued development of literacy skills and cross curricular links.

• Enhanced imagination and creativity.• Equal participation• Offers opportunities for collaborative and

independent work.• Engaging to children, giving an immediate product -

enabling them to evaluate and assess as they go.

Podcasting • A form of communication - similar to a radio show. (Pre-

recorded)

• Local or global scale.

• An alternative format of traditional forms. (written texts)

• Role of Talk

“Digital media is valuable and encourages children’s use of multiple ways of knowing about texts, such as podcasting.”

(Crystal, 2001)

Advantages/Disadvantages• Cross-curricular.• Accessible.• Engages all children.• Not dependent on

written skills.• Offers a purpose for

talk.• Offers a global

dimension.

•Not many opportunities for the visual learner. •Offend

Resource• An information Podcast to inform the new year 3’s

what Droxford school is like.

• End of unit

• Part of a radio podcast

• NC Links – En1 (1b, 1c, 2c, 2d and 3e.)

PNS Strands

An Information Podcast - Year 4

• 1 - Prepare for factual research by reviewing what is known, what is needed, what is available and where one might search.

• 2 - Make short notes, for example by abbreviating ideas, selecting key words, listing or in diagrammatic form

Weekly Plan

Droxford Daily• Example of podcast from a year 3/4 class:

“Podcasting is not to impart knowledge about language but to develop each child’s individual writing voice.” (Marsh, 2005)

Year 4 Podcast 1.mp3

Handy Resources • Audacity • Easy Speak Microphones• Digi – Blue digital camera

Additional Needs• SEN• EAL• Opportunities for speaking and Listening• ICT skills • Gives talk a purpose• Multi- sensory learning• Teamwork

Bibliography• DFEE (1999) The National Curriculum. London: QCA• Crystal, D. (2001) Language & the Internet. Cambridge:

Cambridge University Press• Marsh, J. (2005) Popular Culture, New Media and Digital

Technology in Early Childhood. London: Routledge Falmer pp.28-50

• Ovidia, M (2010) Practical Solutions for Podcasting in Education. www.poducateme.com. (accessed 23/05/2010)

• PNS (2010) Department for Education – The national Strategies. www.nationalstrategies.standards.dcsf.gov.uk. (accessed 25/05/2010)

• Rose, J. (2006) Independent Review of the Teaching of Early Reading. www.standards.dcsf.gov.uk. (accessed 15/11/2010)