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writing project (CSUWPAI):

Adam Mackie assists a 5th grade student at Johnson Elementary School edit 

an ode that the student recorded as a podcast in GarageBand

on a MacBook Pro laptop.

While attending the Colorado State University Writing Project Advanced Institute (CSUWPAI), in the summer of 2010, I worked with classroom teachers and elementary school students to create digital stories and podcasts:

The above video, used with permission of PSD Channel 10, was aired in 

July of 2010. Visit the Poudre School Districts website at 

http://www.psdschools.org/ for other related  

stories about teaching in the 21st century.*

 The CSU Writing Project is a part of the National Writing Project (NWP), a nation-wide organization designed to provide teachers with ongoing professional development. The podcasts served as an opportunity to save the stories of eight English Language Learners and ten students that were native English speakers. Students wrote 5Frame stories similar to the example provided under the "Y" entry as well as poetic odes that they recorded into GarageBand on Mac laptops. They added jingles, music, and sound effects to give their podcasts mood, tone, and emotion. A discussion with an in-service teacher and another pre-service teacher, like myself can be listened to below (along with two samples created by 5th grade students):

See also:

twenty-first century composition

underserved populations

YouTube

A New Literacies Dictionary: Primer for the Twenty-first Century Learner

Adam Mackie 

2010