Information about the mySF Project podcasts and their purposes for secondary
teachers and students studying Science Fiction
The
mySF Project has been running in one form or
another within different school systems and even at the tertiary level for
over twenty years. Right from the start, audio files were added to intranet
and external websites for students to download to support their studies.
In 2005, using the myclasses educational portal from
Editure, a variety of different
audio files were added to students' class portals to support their studies
in the mySF Project. The podcasts started with
two, short introductions to the mySF unit (very rough), then another two
podcasts for each of the
five theme
areas in the
mySF Project. Images were added
to the podcasts in 2006 to make them extended podcasts or vodcasts, using
still images from films and shows, compliant with the Copyright laws. The
podcasts were organised as two per theme area (in learning episode 2 and 8)
based on professional readings in their use.
Further readings and formative trials showed the podcasts were useful for a
variety of reasons (if you want to
read a literature review on this topic, please use this link - it is a
twenty page Word document from this author) but the scope was widened to
include SF reviews, interviews, texts, creative writings - all related to
teaching SF in the secondary classroom. The past and current podcasts are
linked to the
mySF Project blog and
their purpose here is to seek collaboration with other educators. That's
you!
The podcasts in mp3 format can be located on the
mySF Project blog page with paragraph descriptions of the podcasts, starting
in mid-January of 2008 with podcasts from the curriculum content for secondary
students, linked from the
mySF Project theme
area. They are current to 15 August, 2010.
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Michael Sisley
This page updated on 15 August, 2010
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