Portable Radiohttp://portableradio.edublogs.org
This is a podcast made by students in grades 5 and 6. Since our classes are in the portables, we thought the name, 'Portable Radio' would be a great name for our show. Our school, A. Lorne Cassidy Elementary School, is located in Stittsville, Ontario, Canada. We are a part of the Ottawa Carleton District School Board.
Season 4 Episode 5
Posted: May 2010
In this episode you will hear the Public Service Announcements Mr. Toft’s Grade 5 students created to remind kids to keep their bones healthy. They first listened to a variety of real public service announcements you hear on the radio. Next they formed groups and created a script copying the style of one of the commercials they heard. They did their best to make sure an important message about healthy bones was included. Finally they recorded, edited and mixed music and sound effects into their radio commercials.
An audio podcast in MP3 format.Season 4 Episode 4
Posted: April 2010
In our latest podcast:
- Mrs. Smith’s students teach us about brain food
- an interview with members of the Canadian Internet Registration Authority
- poems by students in Mr. Toft’s class
- Sydney’s report about her trip to Egypt
- voicemail from Mrs. Smith’s students
- Caitlin’s report about Zhu Zhu pets
An audio podcast in MP3 format.Season 4 Episode #8
Posted: March 2010
Earth Hour is Saturday, March 27th from 8:30 pm to 9:30 pm. This is a time when people are asked to think about how they can conserve the Earth’s natural resources and energy. Our class had a discussion about the value of Earth Hour.
An audio podcast in MP3 format.Season 4 Episode #7
Posted: March 2010
Should Tofino, British Columbia be able to ban fast-food franchises from setting up in their town? We discussed this issue today and here are some of our opinions.
An audio podcast in MP3 format.Season 4 Episode 3
Posted: March 2010
In this episode Elisabeth, Ryan and Keegan try their luck at the “Don’t Say It!” game, Evan explains how to dive off a cliff and Talia and Katherine tell us about Sens Skills. Dillon, Alex and Cameron tell the Ancient Greek story of Odysseus and the Cyclops. Sydney, Kayla and Lauren perform their version of Echo and Narcissus. Calysta, Greg and Sheridan leave Mr. Toft a voicemail.
An audio podcast in MP3 format.Season 4 Episode #6
Posted: March 2010
Last week Canada’s federal government announced they would be changing our paper money to plastic in 2011. Some students in Mr. Toft’s grade 5 class thought this was a good idea but others did not.
An audio podcast in MP3 format.Season 4 Episode 2
Posted: February 2010
In this episode:
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Egg protector speeches: Greg, Ryan, Calysta, Katie, Kayla, Sydney
Mont Cascades: Lauren
Rocks and Minerals: Caitlin
Don’t Say it! – game played by Katherine, Charlie and Maxim
How to play freeze tag: Dylan
Station IDs: Greg and Alex
How to play Man Hunt: Cameron
How I Moved my Little Brother off the Couch: Emily
How to move Devin’s Brother off the Couch: Devin, Keegan
How to Move Talia’s Sister off the Couch: Talia
How to Get My Brother off the Laptop: Dillon
Ballad for a Green Alien: performed by Sheridan
Blue’s Smile: performed by Maggie
An audio podcast in MP3 format.Season 4 Episode #5
Posted: January 2010
This week Apple computers is announcing a new computer tablet. One of the features of this new device is that you can download books. There are already other devices like the Kindle that let you do that. In our class we read hard back and paper back books but we also use audio books and digital books. We were wondering if paper books will disappear in the future and be entirely replaced by computer books or if people will still want to have traditional books.
An audio podcast in MP3 format.Season 4 CBC Version
Posted: December 2009
Congratulations to the students from Mr. Baird’s class and my class who came to school yesterday. Your P.O.V. on closing schools on snow days was aired this morning on CBC radio’s Ottawa Morning.
An audio podcast in MP3 format.Season 4 #1
Posted: December 2009
Today was a snow day and all the buses were canceled. The schools remained open. The students who were able to come to school today (Mr. Baird’s Grade 4/5 class and Mr. Toft’s Grade 5s) decided to put together a P.O.V. giving their opinion as to whether schools should be open on snow days.
An audio podcast in MP3 format.Season 4 Episode 3
Posted: October 2009
In today’s news we learned that the chief medical officer for Canada’s Olympic team wants our athletes to get the H1N1 vaccination sooner than everyone else. Canada’s Public Health Agency disagrees, saying that the athletes do not need any special treatment. Here’s what Mr. Toft’s students have to say about this story.
An audio podcast in MP3 format.Season 4 Episode 2
Posted: October 2009
Should we say thanks, even when we don’t mean it? The students from Portable Radio share their opinions. We were fortunate enough to have this P.O.V. aired on CBC radio’s Ottawa morning on Monday, October 12, 2009.
An audio podcast in MP3 format.
Whilst all the podcasts listed in this directory are selected in line with our criteria, we do strongly recommend educators that the contents of all podcasts, podcast feeds and channels are regularly auditioned to ensure that they are suitable and appropriate for the age range of the children and young people.
Thursday, 2nd September 2010
