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  media type="custom" key="3928241" ** Title: ** // Our Trip to Watkins Park  // ** Technology Standards Addressed ** : ** Standard 3.0 – Technology for Learning and Collaboration ** : Use a variety of technologies for learning and collaboration  1. Explore and use technology tools in an instructional setting  for learning a) Explore and use teacher selected technology tools, including software and hardware, to learn new content or reinforce skills    b) Explore teacher-selected, technology tools that enhance learning   B. Collaboration 1. Explore and use technology in an instructional setting to encourage collaboration c) Reflect and discuss the advantages of collaboration supported by technology tools  ** Standard 4.0 – Technology for Communication and Expression ** : Use technology to communicate information and express ideas using various media formats   B. Expression   1. Use and explain how the technology can be used to express ideas    a) Use multimedia tools to express original ideas with print, drawings, digital images, sounds, and/or personal recordings  Description: The Podcast was developed as a follow up activity to the field trip to Watkins Park. While at the field trip, the children were given two digital cameras to share so that they could document their own field trip. The children took about 50 pictures during their field trip to Watkins Park. As a routine activity after a field trip, the class came back to school and viewed all of the pictures that were taken by the teachers’ cameras as well as the children’s cameras. Viewing the pictures after a field trip allows the children to recall, comment and sequence the field trip. Reflection: Initially, when I found out that I had to use the Podcast technology, I was not sure how the Podcast would fit into the PreKindergarten curriculum. I soon found out that the Podcast would end up being an extension of an activity that is already done on a routine basis in the classroom. Because the children already provide feedback when viewing their photos on the screen, doing the podcast with them was very easy. The children really enjoyed using the headsets to record their comments about a given activity or photo. Prior to the recording of the podcast, I asked each child what he or she wanted to say about a given picture, so that he or she was ready. It is truly amazing that the children are still able to recall what he or she said about a given photo. The podcast assignment really helped with the retention of the Watkins Park field trip.
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