Slogan? What should it be?

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.

Example

Segments

Radio Show Title

Broadcast Title & #

Description

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

Broadcast “Title” sample

Greenview SPRC Radio“SPARCcast #1”

Slogan? Light the way to learning?Spark into learning?