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What is SPRC Radio?
• An educational “radio show” podcast (or audio broadcast) by kids that can be listened to on websites and played on iPods.
• Audience: – Students, staff, and families of Lawrence
School.– Other students around the world.
Sample
• The originator: Radio WillowWeb by teacher Tony Vincent and his 5th grade students in Omaha, NE
Sample Shows
• Blast Off Into Space – 1st Grade
– http://mps.mpsomaha.org/willow/
radio/shows/Willowcast18.html
• Grandparents' Day Poems – 6th Grade
– http://www.rocketlaunchers.org/ls/RoarCasts/roarcast2.html
• Animal Reports – 2nd Grade
–http://www.rocketlaunchers.org/ls/RoarCasts/roarcast5.html
More Radio WillowWeb!
More ROAR Radio!
Where will WE be?
• www.sel.k12.oh.us/sparcsradio.aspx
– or –From Rocketlaunchers.org’s Launchpad – look for
Greenview SPARCS Radio!
Pre-production
• Before students even think of stepping up to the microphone, planning MUST be done. Preproduction during class takes approximately three-quarters of the
time to produce a SPARCcast.• Students need to keep their audience in mind. Who will
listen to the SPARCcast? Students, staff, and parents of Greenview Upper Elementary and South Euclid-Lyndhurst City Schools, as well as our community, and . . . ??
• Determining who exactly is the audience will help focus
the SPARCcast .
Host
• Student host, using Script1 (fill-in) or Script2 (writes own) and modeled.
• Introduces show (SPARCcast title, reporters), announces each segment, concludes show.
Length of podcast
• Ideally, 8-10 minutes for the entire
SPARCcast, comprised of short segments recorded by individuals or teams of students.
How to do segments(in other words, how to make a “show”)
1. Small groups of students (2-3).• Important to BE HERE!
2. Groups choose a topic.
3. Groups research topic.
4. Groups write scripts.
5. Groups practice scripts.
6. Groups record segments.
Individual Students
• Short segments where each student presents information.
• Can also do on a rotating basis, if necessary, so each student gets a turn.
• May act as a host, or, a group that finishes early may act as hosts – – gather information from groups, – record script for beginning/end of show.
Sample Formats
•SPARCcast could follow many formats, but samples include:– Host introducing Readers Theater– Host introducing segments that might include:
Vocabulary Theater, Did You Know?, Poetry Corner, and Interesting Interview.
Practice speaking
• Students should practice what they are going to say out loud to others. Students tend to have trouble speaking at an appropriate volume and speed. – Practice with friends.– Students can practice at home with family.
Post-production
• After recording, it's time to edit the audio. – Add sound clips to introduce and end
SPARCcast and between segments.
– The audio may not have been recorded in order, so the first priority is to make sure all audio is arranged properly.
– Also, clips can be trimmed to delete any unnecessary pauses or interruptions.
– HOW? • Mrs. L and Mrs. M• Group rotation?
Publishing the podcast
• Once the SPARCcast is finalized, it's time to load it on a website. The file must be in a .mp3 format.
• The SPARCcast will be added to Mrs. L’s SEL teacher webpage:– www.sel.k12.oh.us/sparcsradio.aspx