Podcast Link - Week 7

Portable TV, Ottawa Canada 4/5th Graders This video podcast, Portable TV, is created by 4th and 5th graders in Ottawa, Canada! This particular episode contained the following segments: • Junior Achievement – students built structures out of spaghetti and marshmallows in a timed format in order for them to feel a similar type of pressure an adult might feel in business; students assembled pens in order to feel similar to a person who might work in a factory; students created advertising posters for their made-up business and pitched their ideas • Student-Invented Game – a couple of students created a game to be played in the gym. They listed the items needed to play the game as well as demonstrated and explained how to play the game. • Top Ten – two students listed the top ten things to do at recess and showed video of students doing these activities during recess o Hopscotch, hide and seek, talking with friends, four square, playing on the play structure, racing, playing manhunt game, touch football, basketball, and soccer (from 10 to 1) • Snail and Whale Visit Our School - little stuffed animals were sent from a different school to theirs and they created a slideshow with them doing different activities • Very Snowy Day – the students documented a very snowy day on 12/21/12 and them playing in it • Teacher vs. Student Challenge – students challenge a different teacher to different competitions. This podcast in particular included a puzzle and playing Guess Who where the students described how to play and the rules of the game