Episode 17: Student Podcasting with Flipboard and Soundtrap

09/11/20 • 13 min

“Isn’t this a perfect time to gather all the students in your class and teach them how to podcast?”I asked Randy Marble, band director, and Jennifer Kincannon, English teacher at *Columbia High School* ( https://chs.cbisd.com/ ) , where we all work, that exact question a couple of weeks ago. Then it hit me: if I’m going to practice what I preach, I need to preach less to the choir. So instead, I pitched this idea to our principal, Scott Moody, who in turn mentioned it to our superintendent, Steven Galloway of *Columbia Brazoria ISD* ( https://www.cbisd.com/ ). After a vision casting session, a great program was born: we will have students make a podcast!In this episode of the Flipboard EDU podcast, I invited Randy and Jennifer to detail how we will enlist our students to record a podcast. Jennifer has been an English teacher for seven years and has worked in education for 13 years. Under her leadership, students have won awards in the *University Interscholastic League competition* ( https://www.uiltexas.org/journalism/uil-contests ). Randy has been an educator for 35 years, starting out as a youth minister and working as a band director for the last 18 years. He is also an avid Flipboard user. We discuss the tools we will be using, like Soundtrap and Flipboard, how they enhance teaching and learning in the 21st century and boost student engagement.Copyright Chillhop Music - https://chll.to/b9bb917bCopyright Chillhop Music - https://chll.to/6cd0b356Copyright Chillhop Music - https://chll.to/fae889b3

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Can you think of anything that is more important to a school than teaching and learning? This is the sole reason schools exist, right? COVID-19 has presented an opportunity for teachers to embrace the modern practices of 21st-century education, albeit it also comes with challenges.In this episode, I detail how I began using Flipboard as an educational tool and why it is the app to rule them all. I discuss how you can use Flipboard to showcase student work, curate meaningful discussions, and use it as a tool to target instruction. I also highlight practical uses for Flipboard that increase student’s ability to communicate, collaborate, think critically, and be creative.*Copyright Chillhop Music - https://chll.to/b9bb917b**Copyright Chillhop Music - https://chll.to/6cd0b356**Copyright Chillhop Music - https://chll.to/fae889b3*

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One of the biggest challenges for teachers lately is organizing curricula and having meaningful conversations online with students in a safe environment. There are several horror stories of teachers video conference classrooms being hijacked by hackers, who until now were the furthest thing away from the minds of educators. Like, who really thought that would be an issue eight months ago? Weirdly enough this year has brought about another wrinkle to online instruction that is currently a flaw in most Learning Management systems, a lack of social-emotional interaction. Enter Microsoft Teams for Education, an excellent one-stop-shop for security, safety, and supporting student engagement.In this episode, *Bhavani Kola* ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/bhavanikola/ ) mathematics and statistics instructor at Tarrant Junior College, and *Kimberly Barrett* ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/kimmyb96/ ) English teacher at Calloway County High School, help me explain why *Microsoft Teams for Education* ( https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/education/products/teams?OCID=AID2100242_SEM_%3AG%3As&ef_id=CjwKCAjw74b7BRA_EiwAF8yHFMSj476F-mnoGzU_c1rdhBSaCANXdck0Wt5asK9macKj82_FKpZ7gBoCc44QAvD_BwE%3AG%3As&gclid=CjwKCAjw74b7BRA_EiwAF8yHFMSj476F-mnoGzU_c1rdhBSaCANXdck0Wt5asK9macKj82_FKpZ7gBoCc44QAvD_BwE&utm_source=google ) just works in the 21st-century classroom environment. Bhavani, a *Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert* ( https://educationblog.microsoft.com/en-us/2020/08/congratulations-to-the-microsoft-innovative-educator-expert-class-of-2021/ ) shares her expertise on her youtube channel *F2F to Online Transition* ( https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAPrQmuxk8X9MAm5Pu88szQ ) training educators on the ins and outs of effectively using Microsoft Teams with students. Bhavani also helped me to understand that learning math from a teacher you like is more memorable than learning math from a teacher you dislike, which pretty much explains my relationship with Math. Speaking of relationships, Kimberly is also a *Microsoft Innovative Expert* ( https://educationblog.microsoft.com/en-us/2020/05/join-the-new-class-of-microsoft-innovative-educator-experts/ ) and specialized in personalized learning, teaching freshman English at Calloway High School. Kimberly is a master at engaging students as she was the Kentucky Career and Technolgy teacher of the year in 2017.Copyright Chillhop Music - https://chll.to/b9bb917bCopyright Chillhop Music - https://chll.to/6cd0b356Copyright Chillhop Music - https://chll.to/fae889b3

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