podcasts

I just read Kim Cofino's article about podcasts , http://mscofino.edublogs.org/2009/03/11/podcasting-power/,made by 5 th graders about reading and writing . It sounds like a good thing to motivate and promote more meaningful writing from students. I recently filmed a math class for the first time....well..... first successful time. there are some logistic problems that cropped up the first time. However, it was simple once i got a plan. I think that it wouldn't be that hard for students to try this. It also sounds like a great activity for the post-CRCT weeks of school. My goal is to get a class blog working and now i think a podcast would be a good project for them to work on. The class was so interested in watching the video from the math lesson that this would be even better. Student produced, directed and written.

Jessica made an interesting observation about my question of assessments elsewhere. We do look at how other countries educate their children, but not at how they assess that learning. This (blogging) is a great way to poll other educators on what they know and then seeing what we need to investigate. I have tired of hearing how the Japanese, the Chinese, the Germans etc. teach without hearing about how they check it........

does anyone have some sites on Diigo that would be helpful?

this is interesting communications. one of the things that i mentioned in my first blog entry was about standardized testing. does anyone know how other countries handle evaluating their students nationally and individually? Surely there is a better way. My students are tested, tested, tested and retested!!! i am sure someone in this group has done some research on this.