Gabcast+Ideas

Check out these ideas for using Gabcast in the classroom!

1. Reminders from Teacher: Post periodic reminders about due dates, upcoming events, procedures, class notes -- you name it! What would you want your students to hear again and on-demand?

2. Parent Updates from Teacher: On Parent Night, make parents aware of your Gabcasts. For the remainder of the year, use the tool to keep parents informed of class happenings.

3. Student Summary of Class: Assign one student per night and ask him/her to call the toll-free Gabcast number to post a summary of the class information for the day. This can be a homework grade. Let the students take control of their learning while teaching digital citizenship and personal responsibility.

4. Basic Podcasting: Users can subscirbe to a Gabcast Channel -- this is true Podcasting! The beauty of this tool is that it requires no computer for creation of the Podcast. Anyone with a phone can create a Gabcast. You can focus on the content instead of the computer skill.

5. Student Response: Pose a question in class and then ask your students to respond via Gabcast. Grade their responses by listening to their posts.

6. Student Group Report: Assign collaborative work and require a summary of findings via Gabcast. Embed these Podcasts in your class blog, wiki, moodle, or other wensite. Students do not need computers to create their reports -- just a phone (landline or cell).