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“A podcast aimed at 3-10-year-olds that parents could actually tolerate—if you could do it right—would be an unbelievable hit,”
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NPR saw a 75 percent increase in podcast downloads
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while adults and teens could easily fill their waking hours with audio, kids would struggle to fill a few.
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The absence of images in podcasts seems to be a source of their creative potential. Without visuals, listeners are required to fill the gaps—and when these listeners are children, the results can be powerful.
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Not only are children listening and responding creatively, observations suggest they’re also learning.
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When it comes to using public radio in the classroom, Brady-Myerov believes three-to-five-minute segments are most effective, leaving the teacher significant time to build a lesson around the audio.
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That said, a number of schools have already begun incorporating longer podcasts into their curricula, to great success.
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high-school teachers in California, Connecticut, Chicago, and a handful of other states have been using Radiolab, This American Life, StoryCorps, and, overwhelmingly, Serial.
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TeachersPayTeachers.com (a site where educators can purchase lesson plans) saw a 21 percent increase in downloads of plans related to podcasts in 2014, and a 650 percent increase in 2015.
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Research further supports the benefits of audio learning for children. When words are spoken aloud, kids can understand and engage with ideas that are two to three grade-levels higher than their reading level would normally allow.
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Aural learning is particularly helpful for students who have dyslexia, are blind, or for whom English is their second language, who might struggle with reading or find it helpful to follow a transcript while listening.
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ELL Parents Can Boost Their Children's English Skills By Doing These Two Things - Learn... - 0 views

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The letter I had to write to my child's teacher - The Washington Post - 1 views

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6 Best Practices For Expanding A Blended Learning Initiative | Getting Smart - 0 views

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1. Blended Beats Virtual
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2. Choose and Train the Right Teachers
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3. Student Engagement is Essential
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4. Parents Need to Be Educated, Too
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5. You Need Support Over Time
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6. Decide What Scaling Means to You
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Learning Myths And Realities From Brain Science : NPR Ed : NPR - 0 views

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The idea that individuals have different learning styles, such as auditory or kinesthetic, is a pernicious myth. Boser compares it to the flat-earth myth — highly intuitive, but wrong.
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Almost 90 percent of respondents agreed that simply re-reading material is "highly effective" for learning. Research suggests the opposite.
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On the topic of "growth mindset," more than one-quarter of respondents believed intelligence is "fixed at birth". Neuroscience says otherwise.
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Nearly 60 percent argued that quizzes are not an effective way to gain new skills and knowledge. In fact, quizzing yourself on something you've just read is a great example of active learning, the best way to learn.
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More than 40 percent of respondents believed that teachers don't need to know a subject area such as math or science, as long as they have good instructional skills. In fact, research shows that deep subject matter expertise is a key element in helping teachers excel.
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"Parents' opinions are important, but teaching is a real craft," Boser says. "A lot of science goes into it. And we need to do more to respect that."
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