Final Podcast Proposal

Final Project Proposal Kris Lutes

Purpose of my Podcast
The purpose of this podcast is to inform the classroom parents of curriculum expectations and happenings in our classroom or throughout the building that pertain to kindergarten students.
Podcast Description
My podcast will be intended mainly for my students’ parents but may be beneficial for my students to view as well. I will broadcast weekly on Friday. This will be similar to my weekly newsletter. The podcast will allow me to share more information and “show” parents some of their child’s school experiences. Hopefully this will be helpful in encouraging more parental/school interactions. The podcast would contain past and upcoming information. I hope to include video, photos and audio of events that have taken place in our room. I also will include the next week’s unit of studies so the parents are aware of what we are doing in the classroom and may provide support at home. I can also address particular homework assignments. I will host the production. (If it catches on maybe we could rotate the host spot to other members of the kindergarten team?!) After that, perhaps after some practice I/we would be able to have some “guest spots” that involved the students. I would like to include a Who’s Who portion in the podcast. This may be introducing parents (and students) to teachers or staff that the children interact with but don’t necessarily see on a day-to-day basis. I also thought a section like this may be beneficial for introducing new students in our classroom throughout the year. The length of the podcast would be determined by the amount of information given each week. I would think it may be three or four minutes to no more than ten minutes. The state and local objectives could be included as they pertain to the information given each week as well. I think this form of “newsletter” may be the way of communicating with 21st century families.