Our session will explore the following:
The research behind using podcasts via TinkerClass in the classroom, which revealed:
-Observable engagement and equitable experience in project-based activities across all learners, irrespective of their race, native language or income level
-Lowered anxiety regarding reading and encourages executive functioning skills as kids lean into scientific inquiry
-Shared community experience
-Passion and joy for learning in an accessible format
-Activated creativity and ideation
-Teachers' want for a tool that promotes science, 21st century skills, and the 6-C’s: Content, Creative Innovation, Critical Thinking, Communication, Collaboration, Confidence
How teachers can use podcasts & TinkerClass in the classroom:
-Explanation of equipment required
-Examples of how to integrate audio into existing lesson plans / curricula
-Run-through of how podcasts and TinkerClass can streamline instruction and be templated to optimize teacher prep time
TAKEAWAYS:
Panel attendees will learn how to use podcasts in the classroom through TinkerClass’ modular LISTEN, WONDER, TINKER, MAKE pathway, which guides students to gather and analyze their own hypotheses and data to create multimedia presentations of their engineering designs and scientific experiments.
SPEAKERS:
Carole Paterson (TinkerClass Community Tinkerer and Science Teacher: Ligonier, PA), Rebecca Caban (Educational Producer)