Microphones
I used these microphones during the newspaper topic I taught. The class ended up writing a newspaper report on The Good Samaritan. To start off the pupils watched the BBC class clip of the parable. I then put the pols into groups of 6 and gave hem each a role. The roles were the traveller, the lawyer, the priest, the Samaritan, the innkeeper and the reporter.
It was the reporter's job to interview each of the pupils, the reporter recorded the responses using the microphone, and the pupils had to respond in role. The questions were along the lines of the following: "Why did you leave the traveller on the side of the road?"; "How did you feel when you walked past the traveller?" and, "When you left the traveller did you regret what you did?"
The advantages for using the microphone other than writing down the response were numerous. The pupils were engaged and really enjoyed feeling like they were being interviewed for a newspaper. I think that the responses would not have been as creative if the pupils had just written the responses down. Having recorded the responses, the pupils were able to listen back to their recordings and make more notes if they wanted to.
The microphones are easy to use because as soon as the recording stops it separates from the next recording so all the recordings are tracked. This means that it is easy for the pupils to find their own recordings. This saved a lot of time in the lesson and allowed pupils to spend longer on their reports.
Using the microphones also develops speaking and listening skills in a fun, exiting way.
It was the reporter's job to interview each of the pupils, the reporter recorded the responses using the microphone, and the pupils had to respond in role. The questions were along the lines of the following: "Why did you leave the traveller on the side of the road?"; "How did you feel when you walked past the traveller?" and, "When you left the traveller did you regret what you did?"
The advantages for using the microphone other than writing down the response were numerous. The pupils were engaged and really enjoyed feeling like they were being interviewed for a newspaper. I think that the responses would not have been as creative if the pupils had just written the responses down. Having recorded the responses, the pupils were able to listen back to their recordings and make more notes if they wanted to.
The microphones are easy to use because as soon as the recording stops it separates from the next recording so all the recordings are tracked. This means that it is easy for the pupils to find their own recordings. This saved a lot of time in the lesson and allowed pupils to spend longer on their reports.
Using the microphones also develops speaking and listening skills in a fun, exiting way.