Wolverhampton City Learning Centre

Deansfield War Audio Soundscapes - The Western Front, D-Day and Vietnam Jungle War

Richard Anderson — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 22:18:08 +0000

On Wednesday and Thursday last week, I worked with Year 9 students from Deansfield High School to create soundscapes based around three conflicts in the 20th Century. Students created audio diaries for front-line soldiers on the Western Front in World War I, the D-Day landings in World War II and Vietnam. The diaries were written from the perspective of men looking back on the events from 10 years later. They then mixed these with sound effects to recreate the atmosphere and emotional intensity of life as a combat soldier.

Click “Play Now” to listen to the podcasts, or right-click on the “Download” link and “Save Target As” (or your browser equivalent) to download them to your computer.

St. Peter’s music and podcasting project - Session 3 podcasts

Richard Anderson — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 11:19:31 +0000

From Wednesday to Friday last week, three groups of Year 8 students from St. Peter’s CE Collegiate School visited the CLC to learn how to use GarageBand as both a music and podcasting tool. The students spent the morning using the loops in GarageBand and MIDI keyboards to create an original jingle of about 1 minute in length, then used this jingle in a podcast based around a topic in the Music curriculum. The podcasts from the second session are listed above. You can listen back to podcasts online by clicking on “Play Now” or download the podcast to your computer by right-clicking (ctrl-clicking on a Mac) on the “Download” link and “Save Target As”. Note that these podcasts won’t yet appear in iTunes. I will compile several together later this term, to prevent our listing in iTunes from being flooded with 27 podcasts in three days!

St. Peter’s music and podcasting project - Session 2 podcasts

Richard Anderson — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 11:13:23 +0000

From Wednesday to Friday last week, three groups of Year 8 students from St. Peter’s CE Collegiate School visited the CLC to learn how to use GarageBand as both a music and podcasting tool.

The students spent the morning using the loops in GarageBand and MIDI keyboards to create an original jingle of about 1 minute in length, then used this jingle in a podcast based around a topic in the Music curriculum.

The podcasts from the second session are listed above. You can listen back to podcasts online by clicking on “Play Now” or download the podcast to your computer by right-clicking (ctrl-clicking on a Mac) on the “Download” link and “Save Target As”.

Note that these podcasts won’t yet appear in iTunes. I will compile several together later this term, to prevent our listing in iTunes from being flooded with 27 podcasts in three days!

St. Peter’s music and podcasting project - Session 1 podcasts

Richard Anderson — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 09:27:04 +0000

From Wednesday to Friday this week, three groups of Year 8 students from St. Peter’s CE Collegiate School are visiting the CLC to learn how to use GarageBand as both a music and podcasting tool.

The students will spend the morning using the loops in GarageBand and MIDI keyboards to create an original jingle of about 1 minute in length, then use this jingle in a podcast based around a topic in the Music curriculum.

The podcasts from the first session are listed above. You can listen back to podcasts online by clicking on “Play Now” or download the podcast to your computer by right-clicking (ctrl-clicking on a Mac) on the “Download” link and “Save Target As”.

Note that these podcasts won’t yet appear in iTunes. I will compile several together later this term, to prevent our listing in iTunes from being flooded with 27 podcasts in three days!

Moseley Park Poetry podcast - “Vultures”

Richard Anderson — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 12:43:29 +0000

This podcast was created by four groups of Year 11 students from Moseley Park Technology College and is based around the poem “Vultures” by Chinua Achebe. It explores the themes of the poem, and is aimed at supporting GCSE English students studying the poem for their forthcoming examinations. The four original podcasts have been combined together to create a single podcast exploring the poem from the different groups’ perspectives.

Remember you can can leave your feedback on the poem by clicking on the post title (”Moseley Park Poetry podcast . . “) and filling in the comment form. All comments are moderated (checked) before appearing.

Moseley Park Poetry podcast - “Night of the Scorpion”

Richard Anderson — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 12:40:44 +0000

This podcast was created by a group of Year 11 students from Moseley Park Technology College and is based around the poem “Night of the Scorpion” by Nissim Ezekiel. It explores the themes of the poem, and is aimed at supporting GCSE English students studying the poem for their forthcoming examinations.

Moseley Park Poetry podcast - “Limbo”

Richard Anderson — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 12:32:39 +0000

This podcast was created by a group of Year 11 students from Moseley Park Technology College and is based around the poem “Limbo” by Edward Brathwaite. It explores the themes of the poem, and is aimed at supporting GCSE English students studying the poem for their forthcoming examinations.

Moseley Park Poetry podcast - “The Island Man”

Richard Anderson — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 12:27:32 +0000

This podcast was created by a group of Year 11 students from Moseley Park Technology College and is based around the poem “The Island Man” by Grace Nichols. It explores the themes of the poem, and is aimed at supporting GCSE English students studying the poem for their forthcoming examinations.

Moseley Park Poetry podcast - “Blessing”

Richard Anderson — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 12:22:30 +0000

This podcast was created by a group of Year 11 students from Moseley Park Technology College and is based around the poem “Blessing” by Imtiaz Dharker. It explores the themes of the poem, and is aimed at supporting GCSE English students studying the poem for their forthcoming examinations.

Digital Imaging Showcase - Autumn Term 2007

Richard Anderson — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 16:35:28 +0000

During the Autumn Term, two groups of Year 10 GCSE Art students from Colton Hills Community College and The King’s School visited the CLC for three-day digital photography projects. Some of the imagery created by the students from both schools was stunning.

Here’s a showcase of some of the images created by the students:

[See post to watch Flash video]

You can also download an iPod video or 3gp (mobile phone) version of the film using the links above.

The Northicote School speak to Dr. Matthew Kenworthy

Richard Anderson — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 08:48:07 +0000

On 31st Oct. 2007, as part of a 2-day project on space and space travel, Year 9 students from The Northicote School participated in a video link-up with Dr. Matthew Kenworthy, an astronomer working at the University of Arizona in Tucson, USA. During the interview, students asked Dr. Kenworthy about his research, his life in the USA, and about “hot topics” such as the Moon Landing “hoax”, life on other planets, and the future of the Sun and our Solar System.

Dr. Kenworthy very kindly agreed to speak to the students at 7 a.m. in Arizona (2 p.m. GMT).

The MMT Observatory (where Dr. Kenworthy carries out much of his research)

Here is the video of the complete interview:

[See post to watch Flash video]

You can also download a 3gp (mobile phone) version of the interview, or an audio-only MP3, using the links at the top of this post.

The Session Reports for The Northicote project days are online now (Day 1 Report, Day 2 Report)

Pendeford Business and Enterprise College - School developments podcast

Richard Anderson — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 14:23:11 +0000

Today, a small group of Y7 - Y10 students from Pendeford Business and Enterprise College visted the CLC to learn how to create a podcast. The students created a podcast to describe some of the latest developments and activities in their school:

School productions
School events
Sports
Healthy Eating changes.

We hope that you enjoy the podcast. Remember to add your comments by clicking on the podcast title (”Pendeford Business and Enterprise College - School developments podcast”) and filling in the comment form.

Our Lady and St. Chad’s Podcast - Olympics 2012

Richard Anderson — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 14:25:55 +0000

Today, Year 9 students from Our Lady and St. Chad’s Catholic Sports College visited the CLC to create a podcast based the London 2012 Olympics. The topics covered in the podcast includes:

The ways London will change in preparation for the Games.
The city of London and the diversity of its people.
The meaning of the Olympic rings
The healthy diet of atheletes

The podcast also includes a description of a recent exchange visit between the school and schools in Uganda.

We hope that you enjoy listening to the podcast. Remember to leave your comments by clicking on the podcast title above (”Our Lady and St.Chad’s podcast . . . “) and completing the comment form.

Story Genres - Aldersley High Y7 English podcast - 21st June 2007

Richard Anderson — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 14:19:00 +0000

Today, Year 7 students from Aldersley High School have created an English podcast on the features of different story genres. The genres they cover in the podcast are:

Adventure
Fantasy
Romance
Horror

For each genre, they cover the characters, plot devices, writing style and locations that typically feature in stories belonging to that genre. The podcast also features a short horror radio play.

We hope that you enjoy listening to the podcast. Leave your comments by clicking on the Podcast title above - “Story Genres . . .” - and filling in the comment form.

Coppice Performing Arts College podcast - Entertainment Broadcast - 20th June 2007

Richard Anderson — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 14:37:05 +0000

Today, Year 9 and 10 students from Coppice Performing Arts College visited the CLC to learn how to use GarageBand to create a podcast. The students planned a recorded an Entertainment show featuring:

News and interviews
Music reviews and interviews
A “guess the celebrity” quiz
The weather forecast

We hope you enjoy listening to the podcast! Remember to submit your comments by clicking on the podcast title above - “Coppice Performing Arts College podcast . . . ” and filling in the comment form.

Aldersley High Space Podcast

Richard Anderson — Thu, 17 May 2007 18:28:02 +0000

This podcast was created by Y8 students from Aldersley High School. The students worked in groups to research a topic connected to Space, and to record sections of the podcast. We then linked the sections together, and added an introduction. The topics covered in the podcast are:

The use of animals in space exploration.
The Moon Landing “Hoax” conspiracy
Could there be life on other planets?
UFOs - alien or otherwise
The Mercury Seven (the USA’s first astronauts)

Some of the links the students used to research their topics can be found at http://del.icio.us/clcresearch.

KS3 English SAT 2007 ‘The Tempest’ key scene revision podcast - Parkfield High

Richard Anderson — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 15:22:12 +0000

This is a Year 9 English Shakespeare SATs revision podcast, focusing on Shakespeare’s ‘The Tempest’. The podcast gives an outline and details of the plot, characters and themes of the play and a detailed analysis of Act 1, Scene 2, lines 189 - 321.

The podcast was created by a group of fourteen year 9 pupils at Parkfield High School working at the City Learning Centre. The objective was to teach and help support the learning and revision of this new play for the 2007 SATs examination.

We really hope that you enjoy listening to the podcast and that it helps you to understand the main points of the play in preparation for your SATs examinations. Please submit your comments by clicking on the podcast title above (’KS3 English SAT 2007 . . . ‘) and filling in the comment form.

Revision Links

Parkfield High Year 11 Podcast - ‘Poems from other Cultures’

Richard Anderson — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 14:16:35 +0000

This podcast was put together by a group of Year 11 students from Parkfield High School. It discusses the main themes and revision points from three poems in the AQA English Language syllabus:

The Island Man
Night of the Scorpion
Two Scavengers in a Truck and Two Beautiful People in a Mercedes

The students planned and recorded this podcast in a one-day session at the City Learning Centre. We hope that you enjoy listening; add your comments by clicking on the title above (Parkfield High Year 11 Podcast - ‘Poems from other Cultures’) and completing the comment form.

Gifted and Talented KS3 Science podcast

Richard Anderson — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 17:00:55 +0000

Year 8 and Year 9 students from Heath Park, Wednesfield High, Moseley Park and St. Edmunds have spent today creating a podcast to help their classmates revise for their Key Stage 3 Science SATs exams next year. The topics covered by the podcast include:

Balanced and Unbalanced Forces
The Energy Transfer to a bulb in a circuit
Elements, Compounds and Mixtures
The Structure of the Cell

The students had to research, plan, record and edit the podcast during a 5 hour session at the City Learning Centre. We hope you agree that they made a really good job of it! Podcasts can be used as a way for learners to explore and express their understanding of almost any curriculum area.

Please submit your comments on this podcast by clicking on the message title above (”Gifted and Talented KS3 Science podcast”) and filling in the comment form.

St. Anthony’s Space Reflections - ‘We learned that’

Richard Anderson — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 08:27:06 +0000

A simple reflection on some of the learning outcomes from a visit to Leicester Space Centre by Y5 students from St. Anthony’s RC Primary School. The track was put together in GarageBand as a whole-class exercise at the start of a session of space-related activities at the CLC

Grove Primary Space Reflections - ‘we learned that’

Richard Anderson — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 10:22:06 +0000

A simple reflection on some of the learning outcomes from a visit to Leicester Space Centre by Y6 students from Grove Primary School. The track was put together in GarageBand as a whole-class exercise at the start of a session of space-related activities at the CLC.

Highfields Planets Podcasts - Pluto

Richard Anderson — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 14:44:50 +0000