Podcasting in the teaching of modern languages and other subject areas

Date: 3 April, 2009
Location: University of Glamorgan
Event type: Workshop

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This event is jointly organised by CILT Cymru and the Subject Centre.

Workshop fee

There is no charge to attend for employees and postgraduate students of publicly funded UK educational institutions. The fee for employees and postgraduate students of private institutions/organisations and non-UK institutions is £40. Lunch will be provided. We reserve the right to charge a £50.00 non-attendance fee.

Provisional programme for 3 April 2009
Time Session
10.00 - 10.15 Registration and coffee
10.15 - 11.15

Rose Clark and John Wrigglesworth. University of Portsmouth. School of Languages and Area Studies

Podcasting and student participation

  • Giving the students a voice in learning
  • Podcasts for an interactive communicative purpose
  • Podcasts as assessment
  • Examples
11.15 - 12.45

Mary Jacob

  • Demonstration of creating a podcast
  • Designing your podcast activity
  • Identifying needs
  • Contextualising with other teaching
  • Small group discussions - plan a podcast
12.45 - 13.30 Lunch
13.30 - 15.30

Antonio Barriga

  • Hands-on Audacity for audio file editing
  • Training followed by group work creating the podcast
  • Sharing the podcasts of the groups
15.30

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