Wednesday, September 12, 2007

Been a long time!

It's been a long time since I've posted anything, but this doesn't mean that I haven't been busy and working on my multilingual podcasts. Since coming back from Perth, I've had loads on, and loads to do, but I've made some progress.
One thing I've been doing is spending quite a bit of time on facebook. I started out a slow and skeptical user, but in the last two weeks, and especially in the last few days when I've been sick with tonsillitis, I've spent a lot more time on it. It's a great site and a great way to keep in touch with people, especially when friends and family are spread all over the world!
I've identified two readers, a native German speaker, and a native Greek speaker.
In German, I would like "Wo Die Wilde Kerle Wohnen" ("Where The Wild Things Are") read and in Greek, a fairy tale, such as "Little Red Riding Hood" or "Cinderella".
I'm still working out exactly HOW to create a podcast, but that is a short term goal for the next week or so. I don't think it's going to be very complicated. Once I've created the podcast, I'm going to create lesson plans/ideas for teachers to use/adapt for their classes. I'm going to try with either (or both if I'm ambitious!) German and Greek to get started, and then hopefully, add other languages in the future.
I carried out a language survey at Mowbray, and we have over 20 different mother tongues! No one thought the number was so high until we started talking to the kids about their native languages. This is why my multilingual podcasts are so important.
I've found a very interesting article on podcasting.
Now I'm going to get started on my own podcast 101!