Rolfe's Podcast Series
Students learned the art of interviewing and the background work for creating a podcast. The podcast series "In the Middle of It All @ Rolfe" was created and featured interviews conducted by Rolfe students. The group learned how to interview in a workshop with Tom Lappas, the founder and editor of The Henrico Citizen. They took those skills to air as they developed interview questions and flow. The intro music featured in these podcasts were created by Ms. Franklin's 6th grade exploratory class. This project was made possible by a HEF innovative grant.
See the podcast on our YouTube channel!
Listen to one of our episodes!
Behind the Scenes: Workshop with Tom Lappas of the Henrico Citizen
Students brainstorm ideas for a good interview.
Mr. Lappas pretends to give a press conference with the students trying to answer follow up questions.
After the workshop, Ashlyn and Haven interview Mr. Lappas about his career.
The resulting podcast.
Henrico County Media Services did a feature on the kids!
Behind the Scenes: More Interviews!
Students audition to be a part of the podcast club and find their strengths.
Our podcasting station.
Ha'Zell and Royal interview filmmaker, Ryan Harris.
Paytience interviews Niyana about her musical endeavors. Here they pose before they begin recording.
Mr. Alston was the interviewer and interviewee a few times. In this picture, Corey was about to conduct an interview.
This group conducted an interview with our principal, Mr. Johnson. It was a great discussion!
Behind the Scenes: Ms. Franklin's Exploratory Music Students Create Podcast Intros
Students used Garage Band to create music mixes with various tones and moods.
Ms. Franklin teaches her exploratory class how to create music mixes for out podcast intros and outros.
Students also learned how to use the podcasting equipment.
The final music mixes for the intros and outros created for Rolfe's podcast.
A song by Andrea Ryals.mp3A song by Andrea R.
Beats by Kylie Scruggs.mp3"Beats" by Kylie S.
EMO ROCK by daziyah fleming.mp3"Emo Rock" by Daziyah F.
Zakyi-Woodson-song.mp3Song by Zakyi W.
A very playful kid By Andrea Ryals.mp3"A Very Playful Kid" by Andrea R.
The-Confidence-by-Auri-Vaughan-..mp3"The Confidence" by Ari V.