Most students even educators dislike proofreading their written work. I read this article about how pod-casting aids in proofreading but it is called proof-revising. Podcast is an audio recording that can be posted on a blog. In order for proof- revising to be done, students has to open the podcast of their story on a class blog and use their individuals blogs to follow. Podcasting helps students to listen to what they have written critically. It also encourages students to be actively involve in their proof- revising since they have to monitor, diagnose, revise and edit their writing. All these skills are essential for improvement in writing.
The method of using podcasting to revise writing is difficult and time consuming but there is no doubt that it improves students' communication skills and literacies. It is recommended that this method should not be used daily but it should be done on selective pieces of writing to highlight both the students' strengths and weakness. Anyone willing to take up the challenge?
References:Davis, A. & McGrail, E. (2009). "Proof-Revising" With Podcasting: Keeping Readers in Mind as Students Listen to and Rethink Their Writing. The Reading Teacher, 62(6), p522-529. DOI:12.1598/RT.62.6.6
Hi Lynette,
ReplyDeleteI found your post to be very interesting and informative. Editing is an area of literacy which is often not taught to students. Generally students are told to "check over" their work, many of them read over their work without edit for specific things such as grammatical errors or punctuation errors. I am yet to find a student who likes to edit his/her work. I think using podcasting to edit is an excellent use of technology in education since, editing is a skill necessary for all curriculum areas. Listening to their pieces, can be an effective way of editing, since students can evaluate how punctuation can impact on the meaning of text. I will be exploring this tool in the future. I already located the article .Thanks for sharing
I agree tht editing is not something that students generally appreciate the value of. And as such the use of podcasts seems a great way of helping students understand their value. Students who have reading difficulties find it especially difficult, for example if they cannot spell they often cannot correct their own spelling errors. I sometimes encourage students to do peer editing. This is done by peering a student with a better writer. Students prefer this to the teacher's questions and comments.
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