During Monday's class, we took the Podcast one step further and created Vidcasts, or an "Enhanced Podcast." I worked again with Angelina Dulong, and together we created an "Introduction to Grammar" vidcast. Angelina and I are both working toward teaching junior high or high school Language Arts, and grammar is an important component in that subject. However, students often feel annoyed and frustrated with grammar, and ask the age-old question of, "why do we have to learn this?" Angelina and I put this Caveman Photostory together as a fun introductory way of addressing the very simplest notion of grammar, which is that without words and specific types of words, communication would be very difficult and nearly impossible. Much of the core requirement for secondary English is to improve upon and gain new tools (reading, writing, presenting) in order to be a better and more successful communicator. Understanding grammar is one of the first steps on the path to becoming a successful communicator.
Unfortunately, this vidcast series would probably run its course rather quickly. It is a great tool for introducing simple and initial concepts related to grammar, but would not suffice for more complicated and deeper analysis further into the study of the individual parts of speech. However, I could easily use this vidcast in my future classroom, as I think it would have particular appeal for students at the junior high or middle school level. I would expand the vidcast to cover several additional parts of speech and use it to begin my initial classroom discussion on grammar and parts of speech.
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