small voices

Small Voices podcast is produced by Kathy Shields, a Georgia certified teacher, in order to encourage literacy skills by providing a wider audience for students. I support public education! small voices, where being small is a BIG deal!

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Episode 38 small voices Oxford Institute of Environmental Education Summer 2008

This video is somewhat delayed. Last summer I participated in a hands on science workshop at Oxford at Emory University in Oxford, GA. It was an amazing two weeks of technology free exploration. We spend some time in a small A-Frame lab-house at the edge of a small lake and collected water specimens, looked under rocks and under leaves on trees to discover the range critters residing in the area and to determine the health of the environment based on the wildlife present. It's the kind of learni...

Jun 07, 2009•6 min

episode 37 small voices 3rd grade Sports Braves Talk Show

3-third grade boys research and create sports talk show to tell about their favorite players. Students wrote the script individually and collaborated on setting up the show.

Jun 07, 2009•4 min

episode 35 small voices my father's dragon part 2 of 2

Each year I enjoy giving my students the challenge of turning a story into a play. In 3rd grade this was even more of a challenge for me in a number of ways. To begin with, we have more content to cover and lots of time spent preparing for standardized testing in April which makes it difficult to eek out time to plan and practice let a alone perform. Additionally, the process of choosing parts, developing lines and creating dialog, sequencing and blocking the production must happen over an exten...

Jun 07, 2009•8 min

episode 34 small voices part 1 of 2 my fathers dragon

My Father's Dragon, part 1, Students listen, sequence, select, write and act out a chapter book.

Jun 07, 2009•7 min

episode 36 small voice sparkle's green screen debut

Watch how 40 seconds transformed our class pet, Sparkle into a weightless cloud hopper. I wanted to introduce my students to the green screen concept so I decided to demonstrate it as a magic trick using the rabbit as my focal point. Instead of pulling him out of a hat I placed him in the sky. what you are seeing here is the after effects but what your are hearing are the students voices while simply watching Sparkle explore his small student desk top which was covered in green fabric and sittin...

Jun 05, 2009•40 sec

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