PROGRAM TRANSCRIPT

[Lagavulin]

I don't think it is too hard to see how TV and movies have taken away from the imagination required in reading and listening to stories. At an education conference I attended in Calgary a few weeks ago, the keynote speaker mentioned the old time radio programs and suggested that the art of listening was being lost.

Well, I certainly don't want to be accused of contributing to the decline of civilization through apathy, so, with my grade 8 students (the same age at which I started listening to CBSRMT), we launched into a drama unit with my students. As part of the unit, I wanted them to listen to an old radio play (and partly just wanted to get paid to listen to CBSRMT at work!! :D

In order to facilitate active listening, I took the time to transcribe an entire episode, "The Threshold" (no particular reason other than it was the first I listened to that would suit their interests).

Anyway, the transcript I prepared is available online at:

http://k12edtech.mb.ca/cbsrmt/cbsrmt-script-1119.htm

I would be happy to send anyone the original Microsoft Word file if they want. E-mail me: macfarlane@k12edtech.mb.ca

[vgarci]

Miles,
What a cool idea. If I were a betting man, I'd bet the kids had a great time and you're a good teacher. Our schools have gotten so regimented lately that the teachers don't seem to have any flexibility. They seem to teach for tests and the curriculum is very much prescribed.

[brian1984_2001]

I taught ninth grade civic for one year (My careers are as fleeting as my hobbies as I have been a cop, a private investigator, a teacher (which is what my degree is in), a congressional aide, and now a media relations person.)

Anyway, I used something similar to this to teach a unit on Watergate. I transcribed some of the tapes and had the kids play the parts. My test scores and general class participation were highest when I used this method.