Enhancing



Maryland State Technology Standards

**Teacher Technology Standard V: Integrating Technology into the Curriculum and Instruction** Design, implement and assess learning experiences that incorporate use of technology in a curriculum-related instructional activity to support understanding, inquiry, problem solving, communication and/or collaboration. 2. Evaluate technology materials and media to determine their most appropriate instructional use. 4. Use appropriate instructional strategies for integrating technology into instruction. 5. Select and use appropriate technology to support content-specific student learning outcomes.

Student Technology Standard 3.0 – Technology for Learning and Collaboration :  Use a variety of technologies for learning and collaboration A. Learning 1. Select and use technology tools to enhance learning a) Use technology tools, including software and hardware, to learn new content or reinforce skills b) Defend the selection of a specific technology tool

__Description of Project__: Below are Episodes 1-5 of Buck Lodge Radio. I was able to collaborate with students and with Principal Richardson, as well as work independently. The tone of these interview-style podcasts are largely conversational and comfortable. Students should feel like they are eavesdropping on a conversation, rather than sitting in a lecture hall. Episodes 1-3 were conversations on the topic of MSA Testing. Episodes 1-2 were conducted with two of my ESOL students, which gave them a great deal of pride in the way they sounded. Episode 3 was an interview of the principal of Buck Lodge Middle School. We brainstormed test taking tips and gave helpful advice to students who may have been freaking out before the immanent test date. We left of the date and times deliberately, hoping to use and expand upon these podcasts in future years. Students have a tendency to "tune out" things that were done in years past. As long as the MSA test is around, so to will our podcasts. For Episodes 4-5, I am addressing the audience myself. I try to maintain a conversational tone, but the purpose of the podcasts are more instructional. Epsiode 4 is an introduction to the ways in which reading can be social, followed by two girls in an animated discussion about a book. Episode 5 is my first attempt at a screen-cast, where I show students how they can create their own podcasts by using Audacity.