Product Description

Discover Podcasting LAB

• Recommended Grades: 6-12
• Number of Students: Up to 25
• Contact Hours: 12+

Amplify student voices with the popularity of Podcasting!

Create imaginative and original stories through collaborative learning with Discover Podcasting LAB. Hands-on curriculum includes curated content from top podcasters who offer their advice to up-and-coming audio artists. Scaffolded lessons break down the creative process step-by-step for added accessibility to all learners, especially English Learners.

Subject Targets:

Technology, Art/STEAM, English Language Arts Connections

Recommended Settings:

• Summer Camps
• Classrooms
• Before & After-School Programs
• Libraries and Makerspaces

Tech Requirements:

• 1 device per student recommended. Devices should have a web browser, USB port and headphone jack.
• Recommended use with Windows or Mac laptops and Chromebooks.

Each Activity Includes:

• Schedule
• Materials List
• Topic Background Information
• Step-By-Step Directions
• Optional Extension Activities

Curriculum Topics:

• Exploration of Student Interests and Podcast Formats
• Storytelling Skills
• Interviewing Skills
• Storytelling with Sound
• Storytelling with Music
• Music Creation
• Essentials of Editing
• Podcast Team Challenge Launch
• Pitching a Story
• Storyboarding
• Production Work
• Post-Production Work
• Podcasting Showcase

Reusability and Expansion:

• Annual Subscription: The Soundtrap for Education license included with this product requires a renewal after the first year.

Complete Program Includes:

Discover Podcasting LAB comes with all the supplies needed for 25 students to complete each activity:

• Instructor Guide: 1
• Printed Student Notebooks: 26
• Curriculum Digital Download: 1
• Storage Containers: 5
• Headphones: 25
• Headphone Splitters: 10
• Microphone Isolation Shields: 10
• USB Microphones: 10
• One-Year, 50-Seat License to Soundtrap for Education: 1

Standards & Alignment

Habits of Mind:

 developed by Art Costa and Bena Kallick to empower students to succeed in a 21st-century learning environment.

• Applying Past Knowledge to New Situations
• Creating, Imagining and Innovating
• Finding Humor
• Gather Data Through All the Senses
• Listening and Understanding with Empathy
• Persisting
• Questioning and Posing Problems
• Remain Open to Continuous Learning
• Responding With Wonderment and Awe
• Striving for Accuracy
• Taking Responsible Risks
• Thinking About Thinking
• Thinking and Communicating with Clarity and Precision
• Thinking Flexibly
• Thinking Interdependently

21st Century Skills:

A set of widely-applicable abilities essential for success in the information age.

• Communication and Collaboration
• Creativity and Innovation
• Critical Thinking and Problem-Solving
• Flexibility and Adaptability
• Information, Media, and Technology Literacy
• Initiative and Self-Direction
• Leadership and Responsibility
• Productivity and Accountability
• Social and Cross-Cultural Skills

© 2019 Battelle for Kids. . All Rights Reserved. Battelle for Kids was not involved in the production of this product and does not endorse it.

Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts:

• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.4.1/CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.5.1/CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.6.1: Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 4-6 topics and texts, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly.
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.4.1.B/CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.5.1.B/CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.6.1.B: Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions and carry out assigned roles.
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.4.1.C/CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.5.1.C/CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.6.1.C: Pose and respond to specific questions to clarify or follow up on information, and make comments that contribute to the discussion and link to the remarks of others.
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.4.2/CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.5.2/CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.6.2: Paraphrase portions of a text read aloud or information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally. / Interpret information presented in diverse media and formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively, orally) and explain how it contributes to a topic, text, or issue under study.
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.4.4/CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.5.4/CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.6.4: Report on a topic or text, tell a story, or recount an experience in an organized manner, using appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details to support main ideas or themes; speak clearly at an understandable pace.
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.4.5/CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.5.5/CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.6.5: Add audio recordings and visual displays to presentations when appropriate to enhance the development of main ideas or themes.
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.4.1/CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.5.1/CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.6.1: Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons and information.
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.4.1.A/CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.5.1.A/CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.6.1.A: Introduce a topic or text clearly, state an opinion, and create an organizational structure in which related ideas are grouped to support the writer's purpose.
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.4.1.B/CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.5.1.B/CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.6.1.B: Provide reasons that are supported by facts and details.
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.4.1.D/CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.5.1.D/CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.6.2.F: Provide a concluding statement or section related to the opinion presented.
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.4.2/CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.5.2/CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.6.2: Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.4.2.A/CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.5.2.A/CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.6.2.A: Introduce a topic clearly and group related information in paragraphs and sections; include formatting (e.g., headings), illustrations, and multimedia when useful to aiding comprehension.
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.4.2.B/CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.5.2.B/CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.6.2.B: Develop the topic with facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples related to the topic.
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.4.2.D/CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.5.2.D/CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.6.2.D: Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic.
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.4.2.E/CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.5.2.E/CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.6.2.A: Provide a concluding statement or section related to the information or explanation presented.
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.4.3/CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.5.3/CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.6.3: Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.4.3.A/CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.5.3.A/CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.6.3.A: Orient the reader by establishing a situation and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally.
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.4.3.B: Use dialogue and description to develop experiences and events or show the responses of characters to situations.
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.4.3.D/CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.5.3.D/CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.6.3.D: Use concrete words and phrases and sensory details to convey experiences and events precisely.
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.4.3.E/CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.5.3.E/CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.6.3.E: Provide a conclusion that follows from the narrated experiences or events.

© Copyright 2010. National Governors Association Center for Best Practices and Council of Chief State School Officers. All rights reserved.

International Society for Technology in Education:

• 1.1: Empowered Learner: Students leverage technology to take an active role in choosing, achieving, and demonstrating competency in their learning goals, informed by the learning sciences.
• 1.2: Digital Citizen: Students recognize the rights, responsibilities and opportunities of living, learning and working in an interconnected digital world, and they act and model in ways that are safe, legal and ethical.
• 1.3: Knowledge Constructor: Students critically curate a variety of resources using digital tools to construct knowledge, produce creative artifacts and make meaningful learning experiences for themselves and others.
• 1.4: Innovative Designer: Students use a variety of technologies within a design process to identify and solve problems by creating new, useful or imaginative solutions.
• 1.6: Creative Communicator: Students communicate clearly and express themselves creatively for a variety of purposes using the platforms, tools, styles, formats and digital media appropriate to their goals.
• 1.7: Global Collaborator: Students use digital tools to broaden their perspectives and enrich their learning by collaborating with others and working effectively in teams locally and globally.

ISTE Standards for Students, ©2016, ISTE® (International Society for Technology in Education), . All rights reserved. ISTE was not involved in the production of this product and does not endorse it.

National Core Arts Standards:

• Connecting Anchor Standard 10: Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art.
• Connecting Anchor Standard 11: Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural and historical context to deepen understanding.
• Creating Anchor Standard 1: Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.
• Creating Anchor Standard 2: Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.
• Creating Anchor Standard 3: Refine and complete artistic work.
• Producing Anchor Standard 5: Develop and refine artistic techniques and work for presentation.
• Producing Anchor Standard 6: Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work.
• Responding Anchor Standard 7: Perceive and analyze artistic work.
• Responding Anchor Standard 8: Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work.

National Core Arts Standards © 2015 National Coalition for Core Arts Standards. Rights administered by State Education Agency Directors of Arts Education (SEADAE). All rights reserved. 

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