Archive for the 'teaching podcasting' Category

Until My Dying Day - Grassroots Channel on Nocks’ Brickworks in Erdington

Sunday, October 22nd, 2006 | No Comments »

Mike Overton has fought for years to prevent developers building homes on an old waste tip and clap pit in Erdington in Birmingham, UK. He talks to Emma Lewis of b:cen about the site and why protecting it matters so much to him. Also in the programme a thanks to listeners in [...]

 
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Podminions Solo Stretch

Tuesday, October 17th, 2006 | No Comments »

A few months ago podnosh and b:cen were able to offer some support to the pupils at Kings Norton Boys School in Birmingham. We helped them set up their own podcast channel which they christened Podminions and hosted here on the Podnosh site.

Having opened the door the first group of podminions are now rushing [...]

Control in the classroom or “Zip it” at Speakers Corner

Saturday, September 30th, 2006 | 1 Comment »

I’ve so far worked in a couple of schools to introduce podcasting. The teachers see the value, even if we are still learning the best ways to integrate with the wider work in the school. Some are hugely enthusiastic. The pupils mostly find it fun, some find it compelling.

But we always have [...]

Podcasting in Schools - or the Wendy Scattergood effect

Thursday, July 13th, 2006 | 1 Comment »

I’ve just come to the end of a series of days working with children at Reaside School in Frankley in Birmingham. Four of us were briefed through Stan’s Cafe (I love Stan’s proper use of the apostrophe) and creative partnerships to use podcasting to tap into the children’s imaginations and their skills at [...]

 
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We don’t like to go in the parks

Tuesday, July 11th, 2006 | No Comments »

Programme 13 from the Grassroots Channel comes not from Birmingham but from Dortmund in Germany. We’ve been demonstrating podcasting to a group of young people from cities across Europe.more->Listen to Simone and Ethel as they try podcasting for the first time and talk to other young people about homelessness, junkies and fear in the streets. [...]

 
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