With over 150 entries from countries all over the world, this year’s KidCast awards were brought together some really impressive student and teacher achievements in podcasting. I’m very proud of the work that each entry brought to their shows. Not only do this years entries represent academic and technical excellence, but they also will serve as examples for thousands of other students and teachers who are just beginning to explore podcasting.
The judging for this year’s contest was conducted by six judges who are educators and experienced podcasters. Listening
critically to this many shows was a big big job and I’m very thankful to everyone who assisted. I also want to give a special thank you to Humble Daisy – maker of Profcast and Atomic Learning for their generous support of this year’s contest.
Here are the results:
- Professional Development
Cheryl Davis, Miramonte High School – Orinda, CA
Gone Google - Instructional Podcast
Frank Falotico Hartman Podcasters of Hartman Elementary – Elwood City, PA
Concept Library - Documentary
Victoria Monacelli – Harding Middle School – Philadelphia, PA
The Holocaust - Sound Seeing Tour
Mary Lehman – Stony Brook Elementary School – York, PA - Talk Show
(Video) Matt Rasgorshek – Studio66 – Westside High School, District 66 – Omaha, NE
(Audio) James Pippen – Wuerzburg Elementary School – Wuerzburg, Germany - Drama
Frank Fitzpatrick – Ward Elementary School – Richmond, VA
“Give Me Liberty, or Let Me Sleep!” - Where in the World
Kelly Bauer – Manzano Day School – Albuquerque, NM - Best in Show
Linda Huryta and Sarah Haver Radio Willow Web – Willowdale Elementary School – Millard, NE
Honorable Mention – Steve Katz CDS News – Country Day School – Escazu, Costa Rica
Honorable Mention – Paul Fuller Podkids Australia – Orange Grove Primary School – Perth, Australia
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My teachers and students are interested in listening to the “Where in the World” winning entry from Kelly Bauer and Manzano Day School. We are subscribers to the podcast, but do not see it listed. I see we can get to it from the Kelly Bauer’s web presence, however we don’t see it listed with all the other classes as a part of the “Where in the World” feed.
Thank you for the opportunity to participate in your podcasting contest.
This has been our first year podcasting at our school, and we are encouraged
by the positive response from students and teachers. It has been a wonderful
learning experience. In order to encourage our teachers to participate in
podcasting next year, we would like to know how we can improve to make our
podcasts effective teaching and learning tools. Any comments, suggestions
would be greatly appreciated.
Jean Schmitz and Herb Mahelona
Jean and Herb – Great idea! I’ll use the next show to share some tips for taking entries to the next level. Unfortunately, given the number of entries we can’t provide entry by entry coaching comments. However, we can provide comments which will likely be helpful across the board.
– Dan
Alan,
The Manzano entry will be added to the RSS stream soon.
Dan
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