Creating a podcast, wow!

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 I am here again! This time I will talk about an exciting task. We created a sound rich story type podcast with my groupmate Başak! Doesn't that sound exciting? We wrote a short story using the words in our task instructions and narrated it. We discussed the unexplained death of an old fortune teller and their brief chat just before she passed away while reading a girl's birthday fortune.The girl doesn't believe in such superstitious things although the old woman is quite passionate about it. We also added sound effects to give a feeling of tension and fear according to the theme of the story.

Task Completion Process:

 Frankly, although I felt a little nervous at the beginning, I didn't experience much difficulty during the preparation process.We had no trouble coming up with ideas and started creating the story in our heads as soon as we saw the words. Since we prepared it during the holiday, we shared the story among us, told it separately and combined our voices. I was afraid of not being able to do this, but it was very easy. Adding sound effects took some time but thanks to the Capcut application, we had many effect options. Even though the process feels stressful at times, I listen to our podcast repeatedly and only recall the good moments.

My Comments:

 I will give such an assignment to my students in the future, and they may even add different dimensions as technology will develop further. I think it is an assignment that requires a lot of website or application research while preparing, stimulates the imagination and gives the student a feeling of accomplishment at the end of the process.Therefore, such homework needs to be done from time to time. It is an activity that enhances verbal and cognitive function while improving technology skills.

Also, our podcast is live on Spotify! Don't forget to listen! 

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Başak's blog: https://bsharings.blogspot.com/

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