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EDT 604 Unit Plan Jodi Kardin Summer 2008 Book Talks Materials: ipods, microphones Objective: Students will find book of choice, read/listen to it, and record a book talk with their exciting & creative summary and opinion of the book. Day 1: Find book Students will find a book on iTunes or tumblebooks or other online source and sync to iPod *Note – students have pre-requisite knowledge of online source for finding their book and are able to sync them themselves to their iPod Day 2: Listen to/read book Students will listen to book on iPod using earphones. If a hard copy of the book is available they will also follow along as they are listening to the book. For the purpose of the activity the students will be using picture books stories as they will all be able to get through them in one day. Day 3: Write book talk Students will use their iPods to type a book talk of the book they listened to Day 4: Record book talk on Audacity Students will use Audacity to record the previously written book talk to be later utilized as a podcast Day 5: Incorporate background music to correlate with the theme of their book Students will use various sources to capture and incorporate background music to their book talk recording -www.soundzabound.com -teacher-supplied sound effect CD  -student-created sound effects Standards:  A.4.3 Use a computer and productivity software to organize and create information  A.4.4 Use a computer and communications software to access and transmit information  A.4.5 Use media and technology to create and present information

EDT 604 Lesson Plan Jodi Kardin Summer 2008 Words of Wisdom to Next Year’s 4th Graders Materials: ipods, microphones Step 1: Students write words of wisdom to next year’s 4th graders. Can be a piece of advice, something they’ve learned from their experiences this year, etc. Step 2: Once written words of wisdom is acceptable, students record using Audacity. Step 3: Students edit voice recordings. Step 4: Students add musical background of their choice and complete editing process. Step 5: (optional) Separate words of wisdom recordings are joined together for complete presentation.

Standards:  A.4.3 Use a computer and productivity software to organize and create information  A.4.4 Use a computer and communications software to access and transmit information  A.4.5 Use media and technology to create and present information