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Elizabeth Davis lizbdavis@gmail.com Teresa [|www.edtechpower.blogspot.com]
 * Book Review Podcasting Resources**

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 * What is a PodCast?**
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podcasting
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After attending Alan November's 3-day summer program, the vision to create K-8 podcasts and have the students be book reviewers. Not about the technology...but about the ability to communicate.
 * What is the Project?**

Used a script that was developed with teacher. What is the difference between a book review and a summary? Opportunity for them to pick a "just-right" book. The classroom teacher modeled a book review podcast to show the students first (and were encouraged to do more than one).

Should you also consider having podcasts of books that they don't necessarily like so that they are not all 4 or 5 stars.

Kids practiced and practiced and practiced. Read aloud to each other. Younger students worked 2:1 with IT. IT selected the music and put it in. For non-readers (e.g. ELL) IT read one sentance and student repeated the one sentance.
 * Record**

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 * Resources:**
 * record online
 * Toll free number to record using a telephone
 * Good place to start and you can subscribe so that you get notified when there are updates

Headphone with microphone or external microphone (to avoid background noise)
 * Hardware Needed:**
 * Benefits**
 * Engaging
 * Empowering
 * Exciting
 * Entertaining
 * Accessible
 * Uniting (e.g. grandparents who live elsewhere)
 * Continuity


 * Critical Thinking
 * Leave a Legacy
 * Authentic Audience


 * Challenges**


 * Time
 * Hardware
 * Software
 * Background Noise
 * Safety (almost a non issue)

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 * Brookline's Book Review website:**