Today I bought my first digital voice recorder to use in my classroom. Once again I owe this initiative to Ananth Pai's classroom setup.
Reading around the topic, I came across this recent piece in 'The Guardian' that touches on this subject.
I work in a small room - so the students would need to step out into the corridor to make their recordings - necessitating a portable system. Originally I had thought of getting directional microphones for the computers.
Portable recorders are better, as they introduce more flexibility.
I want to trial this with reading activities - get children to record their reading, then play it back and analyse it with them, and then get them to re-record, until I am satisfied with their competence.
I will use peer-review and my own assessments, and each piece produced will be graded and recorded in the student's file.
I plan to in this way extend the amount of reading aloud that takes place in my classroom, and structure it more forensically.
I currently use the old McGuffey series of readers - these are good, as they contain a wide range of materials, and incrementally progress to a high level. The students have these as pdf files on their computers, and in addition I have one hard copy set.
Information Points:
Reading around the topic, I came across this recent piece in 'The Guardian' that touches on this subject.
I work in a small room - so the students would need to step out into the corridor to make their recordings - necessitating a portable system. Originally I had thought of getting directional microphones for the computers.
Portable recorders are better, as they introduce more flexibility.
I want to trial this with reading activities - get children to record their reading, then play it back and analyse it with them, and then get them to re-record, until I am satisfied with their competence.
I will use peer-review and my own assessments, and each piece produced will be graded and recorded in the student's file.
I plan to in this way extend the amount of reading aloud that takes place in my classroom, and structure it more forensically.
I currently use the old McGuffey series of readers - these are good, as they contain a wide range of materials, and incrementally progress to a high level. The students have these as pdf files on their computers, and in addition I have one hard copy set.
Information Points:
USING DIGITAL VOICE RECORDERS IN THE CLASSROOM
(IOW CONFERENCE 08)
Kathleen Holton led this excellent session on using digital voice recorders (DVRs) in the classroom. Kathleen found that pupils didn't know how to revise for the oral element, and decided to take a more proactive and hands-on approach. The school purchased 9 Sanyo ICR DVRs, which have a good quality internal mic, as well as a battery recharging pack. The great thing about these DVRs are that they record as an mp3 file, which makes them easy to upload and for the pupils to use.
USES & PRACTICAL POINTERS
-Record the conversation naturally, with teacher correcting mistakes. Pupils will benefit from hearing the mistakes when they revise.
-Introduce with KS3, to maximise improvement for the GCSE exam
-Practise dialogues in class then go out into corridor to record
-Start with name, so not confusing for the teacher when they upload
-When saving, change Track 1, etc, to pupils’ names
-Next lesson, start with their recordings.
-Build a positive culture for listening and evaluating – positive praise e.g. for not pronouncing stuff that shouldn’t be pronounced
-Use recordings for departmental moderation e.g. ‘Is this an A? What is a variety of structures?’
-“Evidence at KS3” folder can be easily kept
-Recording dialogues = good for oracy
- Recording a play reading - group work, collaborative work.
USES & PRACTICAL POINTERS
-Record the conversation naturally, with teacher correcting mistakes. Pupils will benefit from hearing the mistakes when they revise.
-Introduce with KS3, to maximise improvement for the GCSE exam
-Practise dialogues in class then go out into corridor to record
-Start with name, so not confusing for the teacher when they upload
-When saving, change Track 1, etc, to pupils’ names
-Next lesson, start with their recordings.
-Build a positive culture for listening and evaluating – positive praise e.g. for not pronouncing stuff that shouldn’t be pronounced
-Use recordings for departmental moderation e.g. ‘Is this an A? What is a variety of structures?’
-“Evidence at KS3” folder can be easily kept
-Recording dialogues = good for oracy
- Recording a play reading - group work, collaborative work.
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