Do your students realize that television used to be called radio?! Beyond the historic value of such a brief lesson in media literacy, students can produce rich and lasting creative audio works using old time radio dramas as the catalyst.
This 5 minute podcast provides a few thoughts on how and why this might be worth pursuing on Arthur Conan Doyle's 150th birthday.
Related Links:
Old Time Radio Shows for Download
The Internet Archive
Audio at Archive.org
Photo Credit: Brice DEKANY
Friday, May 22, 2009
Old Time Radio... in the Classroom
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arthur conan doyle,
audio,
classroom,
creativity,
podcasting,
radio drama,
sherlock holmes
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