the big house library

yup, that's right, casa's freshmen were podcasting during their first week back in school after summer break! :) pretty high tech, huh? :)

well, their computer literacy teacher, mrs. donna reed, wanted them to have a tour of the big house library. :) i thought they should do something techy while they were there. so we pulled out the digital audio recorders and watched them have fun recording their reactions for posterity.

in almost no time at all, mrs. reed and i brainstormed the questions and developed the rubric. it's hard to believe how fast and easy it was to pull off a lesson like this. i hope more casa teachers will try it. :)

curious to know what the students had to say?

you can listen to all of their podcasts at:
http://casacomplit1011.pbworks.com/project-1-library-tour-podcast

So, we're gonna start podcasting here at Casa Grande! And, we're ready to get started small-scale. We've got an Olympus WS-311M digital voice recorder and WMA music player along with a tie-clipping, noise-cancelling microphone. Way cool beans! =) Snaps for Ms. Susan Thompson, the librarian before me, who bought it last year. =) This little baby is cataloged and barcoded so now you or your teachers can check it out from the library! =)

But, while 1 is nice, 1 is not enough! Not when we've got 100+ teachers, 2000+ students, and tons of way-cool curriculum to record! =) So, we're asking for more. 10 more! 10 more Olympus WS-321M digital voice recorders. =) You can see how awesome this thing is in 360º with the super-cool click-and-drag feature! =)

Our wishlist is online at Amazon.com. =) Your donation of 1 or more digital voice recorders will help us bring this amazing technology into more classrooms. And, because our school is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, your gift to our library is full-tax-deductible! =) That's what we call win/win! =)