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Leslie Davison, who uses Google Voice with her students from elementary to high school, loves it. She is a Google Academy graduate and is the best person to answer this question. She is not a member of the blog but I can forward your question to her and let you know her response….after she has time to breathe during break.
Thank you, Diana!
I think I would probably push back as a parent on that one too. If you are sharing the voices with your class couldn’t you do it the old fashioned way with a recorder and player in your room? You could even hold the files on your computer and make cds. It is old school, but effective for controlling.
I know the world of technology is moving towards the clouds, but I feel like we are setting up kids to move into this digital world and never see the world outside the front door. And engaging with that world is really important too. So, I’m just one of the advocates for reducing relying on technology and making conversation face to face. Though I do love this blog and what it offers.
Or use a drop box at MSU Clear. It’s a little bit of a learning curve, but not too bad (and you can write and ask me questions) and then you’ll have access to all the recordings on one website.
Personally, I’d rather have them do Susie-style group orals, so that I grade them on the spot, but I’m lazy that way.
How smart to be” lazy that way”.
A colleague in COACH uses tape recorders. You could use digital voice recorders instead. The advantage of a digital voice recorder is that you can then plug it into your computer and transfer the files to a folder on your computer. Here’s how he sets it up.
With a class of 32, he creates a conversation carousel (inside/outside circle) and pairs up students. Then he places a tape recorder at every other station. Students talk to each other using the prompt (usually an explanation of something they have created or a re-tell of a story). Students with a tape recorder record the conversation, the other students get to “practice”. After a certain amount of time, students move. Outside circle moves one chair clockwise, inside circle moves one chair counter-clockwise. That way everyone who was at a recorder is at a “practice station” and vice versa. He repeats the process as many times as he thinks necessary to get a good sample of his students.
Oh yes, before starting the conversation students introduce themselves to each other. That way he has the names of the two students. At the end they say good-bye to each other.
This is, of course, pure output and should be used judiciously. But it is another way to use technology (See! Digital voice recorder! Transfers to the computer! Technology!) in the classroom. Unless you already have tape recorders and lots of cassettes, I would invest in the digital recorders. The AP exams will soon be all digital, so this will be good experience for dealing with the necessary technology. (See! Vertical planning!)
(Comments in parentheses are for the benefit of administrators who love these things.)