The Spark Creativity Teacher Podcast | ELA

218: A Beginner's Guide to using Podcasts in the English Classroom


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So you've heard the buzz about podcasts, and you're intrigued. You want to play an episode in your English classes, but you wonder what that would even look like? What would kids do while they listen? What would they do after they listen? Which show would be best? How would it fit into everything else you're up to?

Yeah, I hear you. It's a whole new genre and you might be the first English teacher on your hall to use it. A few easy wins to help you get started wouldn't hurt!

So today on the podcast, I want to help you get started with... podcasts! I know you know they can be a great resource for learning, because here you are, listening to one. So let's talk about how to try one out in class ASAP.

Strategies and Links Mentioned:

Play a Podcast and Practice Sketchnotes

Episode 46 with Mike Rohde

Episode 140 with Sylvia Duckworth

Popular free sketchnotes templates 

Play an Episode and use it as a Prompt

Baths vs. Showers from Smash Boom Best

Episode one of The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel

Feature Podcasts on an Interactive Bulletin Board

Play a Podcast Episode to Provide Helpful Information

Active vs. passive voice from Grammar Girl

Episode 160 of this very podcast - The College Essay Workshop

Play an Episode to Introduce an Author

Hip Hop and Shakespeare, or the Pop Sonnets episode of Shakespeare Unlimited

This short episode from "A Little Happier" about Trevor Noah's memoir

Interview with Jerry Craft

Play an Episode and Use it as a Mentor Text

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