Written by Welcome to the final day of the Podwhating? course! Well, congratulations everyone for making it through the course and I hope you all got something of value from it. A fair few of the participants have managed to complete a podcast so far, and most of the rest are in process and should finish it [...]
READ MORE »Children’s Picturebooks by Emily Alder
This is a short introduction to children’s picturebooks by Emily Alder, telling us about a new way to look at the humble children’s book! Emily’s view of children’s picturebooks
READ MORE »Mary Fischer reviews “Ordinary Thunderstorms” by William Boyd
This is the second of your podcasts, this time by Mary Fischer, and it’s a review of the book “Ordinary Thunderstorms” by William Boyd. Have a listen and leave Mary a comment below! Mary’s Book Review
READ MORE »Day 9 – The day of podcast feeds
Hi all, and welcome to day 9 of Podwhating? It’s nearly the end of our fortnight, so I hope everyone’s getting something out of the course and learning some new ways to teach or to support your students and colleagues. I haven’t had any responses to yesterday’s post yet so I’m guessing that everyone’s still [...]
READ MORE »Day 8 – Getting it online
Hi all, and welcome to day 8 of the Podwhating? course. You’ll be glad to hear that I’m going to make today another break from activities so that everyone can catch up with recording their own podcast and signing up for a podcast feed. Many thanks go to Jackie and Mary who have got their [...]
READ MORE »Jackie Nicol – The Help
This is Jackie’s review of a book called The Help, by Catherine Stockit, an American author from Mississippi. Enjoy! Jackie’s Review of ‘The Help’
READ MORE »Day 7 – Feeding it to the masses…
Welcome to day 7 of the podwhating? course! I hope everyone’s getting on ok with the recording process – I’ve received one podcast through so far so congratulations to Jackie on getting in first, and I’ve just listened to one from Mary too. Both of their podcasts will appear on this feed today. Remember you [...]
READ MORE »Day 6 – Having the audacity: recording your podcast
Welcome to the second half of the Podwhating? course! Day 6 – Recording your podcast It’s the start of the second week and we’re doing well. Congratulations on getting this far folks because now it’s time to put our microphones where our mouths are and record our Podcasts! You might well have started yesterday on [...]
READ MORE »Day 5 – And breathe…
Welcome to day 5 of the Podwhating? course! It’s the half-way point on the course and since there were no comments on yesterday’s post I’m guessing that people might still be working their way through the first week’s tasks. As a result, today’s going to be a catch-up day with no official activity. I wont [...]
READ MORE »Day 4 – Scripting your podcast
Welcome to day 4 of the Podwhating? course! I hope everyone had some luck searching out a podcast related to their subject. Some seem to have had a bit more difficulty than others, but if you found it difficult just take solace in the fact that you’ll be filling a yawning gap with your own [...]
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