Podcasting

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__Summary__ S tudents read several Tall Tales and narrated definitions, exaggerations, and their opinions..

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__Reflection__ Although the students loved using the headphones and computer, there were a few problems. After recording the project, the sound was heard immediately. However, when it was embedded into the Wikispaces, the sound disappeared. I still think that it is a wonderful idea. It helped some students to correct their reading speeds.

**__Lesson Plan:__**

Objective SW read a variety of tall tales in order to identify exaggerations and use technology to present a voicethread.

Materials Computer, Headphones with microphone, digital camera, book of tall tales, pencil, and paper.

Each student will preview the text to choose a story that is of interest to them. The teacher will distribute a list of questions - What is an exaggeration? What exaggerations were there in the story? What was your favorite part?

The student will then read the story making notes of what exaggerations they see.

After reading, the student will use the digital camera to snap shots of the photos in their stories. They will download these onto a computer and embed them into the Voicethread. Next, the student will narrate their answers using the headphones and mic.

The assessment will be for the students to display their finished projects to the class. They will demonstrate whether they were able to identify exaggerations in the story.