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Students’ podcasts and Web-based Resources for Cultural Integration Opportunity of SNHU International & Domestic Students. Presentation at the EV Fair Classics CALL Interest Section Special Events TESOL 2012 Annual Convention March 28-31, 2012 Philadelphia, PA.
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Students’ podcasts and Web-based Resources for Cultural Integration Opportunity of SNHU International & Domestic Students Presentation at the EV Fair ClassicsCALL Interest Section Special EventsTESOL 2012 Annual ConventionMarch 28-31, 2012Philadelphia, PA Presenter: LyraRiabovSouthern New Hampshire University
Our Handouts are Online! Handouts and PowerPoint Slides Our Project Web Pages: ESL Culture Studies Integrating campus resources
Podcasts Are Everywhere • Internet • K-12 Districts • Higher Education
Understanding Podcasts • A Podcast is…an audio or video recording that is broadcast • Able to Subscribe and download programs to computer, MP3, iPod • Viewed whenever, wherever: Program On Demand
Students are Podcasting • To discover the content • To become highly engaged in the learning • To connect with others • To publish their work
Questions To Ask • Is it right for my course/content? • Will it engage and teach my students? • What are my school’s privacy rules? • Do I have technical support? • What is the feasibility and long term sustainability?
Structure = Success • Decide on content goals. • Choose a framework for engaging students. • Podcasts = group goal • Podcasts = reflection tool
Project Template Step 1: Decide on content • Divide the content into “chunks” Step 2: Pair up students • Students research and write the script Step 3: Practice/rehearse. • Natural flow with confidence and enthusiasm.
Template con’t Step 4: Record the podcast. • Use software that generates an MP3 audio file such as Audacity. Listen and retake as necessary. • Add music for effect. Step 5: Publish the podcast. • Allow people to subscribe. • Follow school’s privacy guidelines.
Template con’t Step 6: Promote the podcast. • Encourage school personnel, students and their families to subscribe. Step 7: Reflect! • Have students express what they learned; and evaluate the experience making any changes for next time.
Podcasting in the Classroom: Our Story • Education Students and International Students combine classes Model 1: 1 session Model 2: 2 sessions Model 3: 3 sessions [see handout for full description]
Student Podcasts Podcasts Reflections Website of the Project
Technology and Cultural Integration • Promote the mission of Southern New Hampshire University • Benefit from the value of having international students on campus • Enrich educational experience for domestic students • Engage students with current technologies • Encourage student cohesion • Foster intercultural sensitivity • Develop cultural awareness
Making Connections • Students discover similarities & differences • Students listen and learn about other cultures • Technology facilitates exchanges and connections between students.
Project Overview • School of Education and School of Arts and Sciences, the Institute for Language Education have been combining classes • This project can lead to beneficial culture and language enrichment both by domestic and international students. • Students learn technological tools.
Project Goals • To make connections between Undergraduate Day students and international students through discovering similarities and differences • To learn about the cultures and daily experiences of the international students – at their home countries and here at SNHU • To learn how available technology can facilitate exchanges and connections between students.
Benefits • The above models offer an opportunity for the domestic students to have a first hand experience of learning world cultures • and ESL students to learn about American culture, practice English and make friends with American students. • This project also helps domestic and international students to broaden their world cultural experience by using an abundant resource right on campus. • Students learn how to use current technologies.
Limitations • Some students need more time to make an authentic connection. • Technology does not always cooperate. • There is planning and preparation between departments.
Check Your Mic • A quality microphone is important
iTunesU • Publish the podcasts and share with a larger community • iTunesU: • ESL/EDU Students’ Podcasts in iTunes 2011 • ESL Students' Podcasts in iTunes 2009 • ESL Students' Podcasts in iTunes 2010 • EDU 235 Podcasts in iTunes 2009 • EDU 235 Podcasts in iTunes 2010 • Project Website
Resources • http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/educators/lesson_plans/podcast/index.html • http://audacity.sourceforge.net/manual-1.2/tutorials.html • http://www.how-to-podcast-tutorial.com/17-audacity-tutorial.htm • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMgemQahuFM • LyraRiabov’s“Combined Classes” Website: • http://it.snhu.edu/riabovlyra2/Combined%20Class%20Project.htm • LyraRiabov’s ESL Culture Studies Website: http://it.snhu.edu/riabovlyra2/ESL%20Culture%20Studies.htm