ALEX Learning Activity

  

Active Listening With Podcasts Independent Assessment

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  This learning activity provided by:  
Author: Jacy Douglas
System:Cullman County
School:Cullman County Board Of Education
  General Activity Information  
Activity ID: 2849
Title:
Active Listening With Podcasts Independent Assessment
Digital Tool/Resource:
Active Listening Assessment With This Is Love Podcast
Web Address – URL:
Overview:

This activity includes a teacher-created Google Slideshow for assessment of active listening skills with a 30-minute podcast on a high-interest topic, a student note-taking handout, and a Google forms quiz. 

This activity was created as a result of the ALEX Resource Development Summit.
  Associated Standards and Objectives  
Content Standard(s):
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 7
25. Use active listening to acquire information and assess its relevance and credibility.
Unpacked Content
Teacher Vocabulary:
25.
  • Active listening
  • Relevance
  • Credibility
Knowledge:
25. Students know:
  • Active listening skills.
  • Relevant information is connected closely to the topic and purpose of the presentation.
  • Credible information is accurate and reliable.
Skills:
25. Students are able to:
  • Listen actively to determine the relevance of a speaker's ideas.
  • Listen actively to determine if the speaker's ideas are credible.
Understanding:
25. Students understand that:
  • Listening actively can help them determine if the speaker's ideas are relevant and credible to the given occasion.
Learning Objectives:

Students will independently demonstrate active listening skills by using a printed handout to take notes and completing a Google Quiz.

Students will identify a first-hand account of events as a credible source of information. 
  Strategies, Preparations and Variations  
Phase:
After/Explain/Elaborate
Activity:

1) Assign the Google Slides presentation to students.

2) Provide note-taking handouts (or blank paper if preferred).

3) Allow students to listen to the podcast independently and take notes using strategies they have previously learned in class.

4) Assign students the accompanying Google Forms quiz.
Assessment Strategies:

Collect the student note pages and review them for accuracy.

Assign the Google Forms Quiz, which consists of two multiple-choice questions and six short-answer questions requiring students to explain their thinking, ask a question about the events that took place, and display an understanding of primary source credibility.
Advanced Preparation:

View the Google Slides presentation and listen to the podcast episode.

Print out student notetaking handouts (a link is also included in the slide deck).

IMPORTANT: YOU MUST EDIT SLIDE #4! If you want students to take the Google Forms Quiz, you will have to make a copy of it. You can add a link to that quiz on slide 4, or you can simply delete slide 4 and distribute the quiz in a different way. Instructions for doing this are included on the slide. If you do not edit slide 4, students who click the link will be given access to their own copy of the quiz with suggested answers.
Variation Tips (optional):

This episode of the podcast is about a man named Michael who is blind. He escaped from the 78th floor of the World Trade Center tower 1 on September 11, 2001, with the help of his seeing-eye dog, Roselle.

This podcast listening activity could be used in conjunction with other activities related to Patriot Day. 
Notes or Recommendations (optional):

A transcript of the episode with photos of Michael & Roselle is available at https://thisislovepodcast.com/episode-20-roselle-and-michael/. The transcript may be printed or provided digitally for students who are deaf, hard of hearing, or with auditory processing disorders.

 

This activity can be used as a stand-alone activity or together with the following activities as a complete lesson:
  Keywords and Search Tags  
Keywords and Search Tags: 911, active listening, assessment, comprehension, Google Form, listening skills, Patriot Day, podcasts