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TOOL FACTORY’S NEW BOOK “ADVENTURES IN PODCASTING” IS JAM-PACKED WITH LESSON PLANS FOR K-12 SCHOOLS

Sunderland, VT, September 18, 2007 – If you want some fantastic podcasting ideas, then Adventures in Podcasting: Incredible Lesson Plans for Your Classroom is the book for you! There are 40 detailed lesson plans across every subject area to spark students’ imagination. A companion CD with editable worksheets lets teachers tailor every lesson plan to their own curriculum objectives. Send your students on a podcast adventure to report on life deep in the heart of a rainforest; or reenact life as a prospectors panning for gold out West in the 1800s! This book is jam-packed with teacher-created project ideas to help you and your students get creative in the classroom.

Forty different lesson plans cover podcasting topics in all core curriculum areas and the electives. Many lesson plans include cross-curriculum ideas to help educators plan projects that will be relevant across multiple classes. Companion worksheets enhance every lesson plan and help your students organize and plan their thoughts. Each activity is easy to adapt for younger or older podcasters, and a slew of these original ideas came from classroom educators across the country.

Bonus CD Included

Tool Factory has include a copy of every worksheets in the book, on CD, plus a bonus planning chapter from Tool Factory’s Simple Guide to Podcasting book.  The additional planning chapter is ideal for educators who are planning their own podcasting ideas, or who want to add a new twists to the existing lesson plans.  The worksheets are provided in PowerPoint format so it’s a cinch to edit them to match any state’s unique standards.  Change words and phrasing to supplement the classroom curriculum add new questions, or change the formats for younger or older students.  Personalize worksheets to any students’ needs and interests. Once edited, worksheets can be printed for classroom use.

Here are some sample lesson plans from Adventures in Podcasting: Incredible Lesson Plans for Your Classroom:

English: Choose Your Own Podcast - Do you choose to take an adventure back in the time to battle ferocious dinosaurs? or travel forward to discover what lies ahead? Students write their own branching episodic tales and invite listeners to dictate what happens in the next episode!

Math: Math Mystery Stories - “How did Count Barkov steal the 47 golden eggs?” Students compose mystery stories which are only solvable by math-savvy detectives, and then publish them in an episodic podcast.

Science: The Tonight Show with Your Brain - Students take on the personalities and roles of different organs in the body and get interviewed by the host, the quick-witted Brain!

Social Studies: Journey Down the Nile Maneuver through rapids and careen past crocodiles in this exciting podcast that tells a serial tale of your students’ imaginary wild ride down the Nile in ancient times!

Adventures in Podcasting: Incredible Lesson Plans for Your Classroom

Item #: Pbook2                     Grades: K-12           Book and CD Set: $19.95
http://www.toolfactory.com/products/page?id=PBook2 

More Podcasting Resources Available From Tool Factory

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ABOUT TOOL FACTORY

Tool Factory is a woman-owned, Vermont-based business with the goal to make a difference in US education by providing superior software. The catalog offers over 150 titles, including a suite of software tools designed to maximize the use of digital imaging in the classroom. Teachers, students, and parents join the Tool Factory staff in testing products to ensure that they are easy to navigate, fun to use, and beneficial to the learning process.

Media Contact: Jennifer Sweeney
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