My Take
This is great, however, I was hoping that I could use it for my 5th graders but it seems like the content is a bit too high. Is there a way that youth radio could perhaps cater this to a younger crowd? It would be a dynamic resource for students to build on their listening skills.
How I Use It
I would use it to update my students on current events via audio podcasts on the site. I think this is a great resource especially for middle and high schoolers and I can see that it could become very popular for this age group.
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Lisa L.
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June 21, 2014
Wonderful resources of youth voices in current issues
To use Youth Radio was easy for my students, but I found the continual scrolling to be an issue. It just seemed as if the site was "busy" and there wasn't one thing to focus on. Unfortunately, that was distracting for some of my colleagues who would rather create links on a padlet and then have the children reach their goals through accessing one page.
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Kelly K.
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