We have done 3 lesson with the Students....here is an outline of how things went...
Wednesday 11th January 2006
This was our first lesson with the students...we were all quite nervous about it, but as it began we all relaxed.
In this lesson our main objective was to explain the project, decides who's story was going to be used, and start up the script writing process.....as with all we planned operation things never always go to plan.... it was hard at first to motivate the students with the project because at this stage we were teaching in a traditional style which the do not really like. But the enthusiastic students got one really well with the project.
After the lesson in our debrief we decided that some groups needed to be changed around so that we could get the best results and make the students more relaxed.
When the lesson had finished there was a big sigh of relief from all of our group members...as we are not used to teaching year 10 students....but even with our problems we could see that there was some great potential with the students.
Friday 13th January 2006
Even though the date of this lesson could have spelt out disaster...it didn’t.
Our objective for this lesson was to carry on with the script rights and produce a sound effects list
In this lesson we found that it was easier to get into the project...the group itself became smaller and so more time was spent helping the students.
We found that because of the smaller group there was more development of the scripts...and in some cases completion of the work!!!
We were all more relaxed about the project as well....and at the end of the lesson we all left with a smile on our faces as things had gone so well...
Wednesday 18th January 2006
This lesson was the lesson we were most looking forward to!! Recording the sound....
This was the lesson where the students recorded the sounds for the radio drama. We let the students have mini disk players...a mic and headphone....
The students loved this!!! We let them loose around the college to use there imagination to get the sound they needed....a lot of imagination was used...including hitting lockers to get the sound of rain....or being hit by a car.
We also used my car to get the sounds they wanted.
The students all seemed to really enjoy this...and it was great for us to see that they were gaining a lot from this project...and so were we.
Our next lesson would be the recording of the stories...which at the time we are looking forward to!!!