Tranent’s Sanderson’s Wynd Primary P7 have just published the podcasts created for their “What’s New” project.
This set of video enhanced podcasts, produced with the assistance of professional podcast and theatre staff, take podcasting in East Lothian schools to a new level. The end result is a high quality piece of work which is a real asset to the town.
Throughout January and February 2008 the pupils of P7W and P7T worked with podcast artist John Harris, their teachers Lynne Welsh and Karen Thomson, and theatre practitioners Clare Stewart and Ashley Taylor, to create a new series of podcast episodes called “What’s New?”. These take a look at the industrial history of Tranent and its surrounding area, in particular its mining heritage.
Primary 3/4 at Whitecraig Primary School decided that people from outside Whitecraig didn’t know anything about it, and that they would use their project to do something about it.
The children were keen for the challenge and discussed in groups how they could share information about the village. Various ideas were suggested including writing reports, taking photographs and recording their own video.
The children were keen for the challenge and discussed in groups how they could share information about the village. Various ideas were suggested including writing reports, taking photographs and recording their own video.
The result was the video which you can see over at their school site. It’s a great example of how web publishing enables what might be just a “pretend” classroom activity to be transformed into a real, relevant task, with a real audience, which really can make a difference. Why not have a look, and leave them a comment to let them know what you think?
