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Slogan? What should it be?. What is SPRC Radio ?. An educational “radio show” podcast (or audio broadcast) by kids that can be listened to on websites and played on iPods. Audience: Students, staff, and families of Lawrence School. Other students around the world. Sample.
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What is SPRC Radio? • An educational “radio show” podcast (or audio broadcast) by kids that can be listened to on websites and played on iPods. • Audience: • Students, staff, and families of Lawrence School. • Other students around the world.
Sample • The originator: Radio WillowWeb by teacher Tony Vincent and his 5th grade students in Omaha, NE
Blast Off Into Space – 1st Grade http://mps.mpsomaha.org/willow/radio/shows/Willowcast18.html Grandparents' Day Poems – 6th Grade http://www.rocketlaunchers.org/ls/RoarCasts/roarcast2.html Sample Shows • Animal Reports – 2nd Grade • http://www.rocketlaunchers.org/ls/RoarCasts/roarcast5.html More ROAR Radio! More Radio WillowWeb!
Where will WE be? • www.sel.k12.oh.us/sparcsradio.aspx • –or – • From Rocketlaunchers.org’s Launchpad – look for • Greenview SPARCS Radio!
Pre-production • Before students even think of stepping up to the microphone, planning MUST be done. Preproduction during class takes approximately three-quarters of the time to produce a SPARCcast. • Students need to keep their audience in mind. Who will listen to the SPARCcast? Students, staff, and parents of Greenview Upper Elementary and South Euclid-Lyndhurst City Schools, as well as our community, and . . . ?? • Determining who exactly is the audience will help focus the SPARCcast.
Host • Student host, using Script1 (fill-in) or Script2 (writes own) and modeled. • Introduces show (SPARCcast title, reporters), announces each segment, concludes show.
Length of podcast • Ideally, 8-10 minutes for the entire SPARCcast, comprised of short segments recorded by individuals or teams of students.
How to do segments(in other words, how to make a “show”) • Small groups of students (2-3). • Important to BE HERE! • Groups choose a topic. • Groups research topic. • Groups write scripts. • Groups practice scripts. • Groups record segments.
Individual Students • Short segments where each student presents information. • Can also do on a rotating basis, if necessary, so each student gets a turn. • May act as a host, or, a group that finishes early may act as hosts – • gather information from groups, • record script for beginning/end of show.
Sample Formats • SPARCcastcould follow many formats, but samples include: • Host introducing Readers Theater • Host introducing segments that might include: Vocabulary Theater, Did You Know?, Poetry Corner, and Interesting Interview.
Example Radio Show Title Broadcast Title & # Description Segments
Practice speaking • Students should practice what they are going to say out loud to others. Students tend to have trouble speaking at an appropriate volume and speed. • Practice with friends. • Students can practice at home with family.
Post-production • After recording, it's time to edit the audio. • Add sound clips to introduce and end SPARCcast and between segments. • The audio may not have been recorded in order, so the first priority is to make sure all audio is arranged properly. • Also, clips can be trimmed to delete any unnecessary pauses or interruptions. • HOW? • Mrs. L and Mrs. M • Group rotation?
Publishing the podcast • Once the SPARCcast is finalized, it's time to load it on a website. The file must be in a .mp3 format. • The SPARCcast will be added to Mrs. L’s SEL teacher webpage: • www.sel.k12.oh.us/sparcsradio.aspx
Broadcast “Title” sample Greenview SPRC Radio“SPARCcast #1”
Slogan? Light the way to learning? Spark into learning?