Classroom Hack: Using Adobe Podcasts

I saw a Tweet years ago from Matthew Kay about having his students record their discussions. This year, I've started doing that multiple times a week in my classes using Adobe Podcasts. It has been a GAME CHANGER! They stay on topic, they talk for the allotted time that I give them (before, I'd have groups say they were "done" discussing after about 2 minutes), and I can see which groups need feedback (for example, if I see a student that is never commenting, or a student that is overtaking conversations, I can have that conversation with them!)

It also automatically generates a transcript for you, so you don't have to actually listen to the whole thing; you can just click through and get the gist. (They don't need to know this, though! If they ever ask, then yes, of course, I spend hours painstakingly listening to every discussion ;)

Here's a slide that shows instructions for one of the discussions we had last week:

- Kenzie

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