Sharing Student Voices with Cell Phones

Working on a tip from Kerry Mullen, I signed my class up to be a part of the Student Voices Inauguration Project on the PBS News Extra site. They were looking for students to call in to Gabcast to record their thoughts, experiences, and reflections about Obama's inauguration. I couldn't have asked for a better follow up activity to my first attempt with cell phones in the classroom (nor a better way to incorporate this historic day), and so at 7pm on Monday night, I pounced upon the opportunity.


I called the phone number on the web site and, surprisingly, the coordinator of the project picked up. I don't know why she wouldn't have, but I suppose I was imagining that I was going to get a prerecorded message or something. Even though I was a little disarmed, Lizzy talked me through the project and its goals, took my information, answered some questions, and sent me an email with the Gabcast access codes. Really, it took just a few minutes, and just like that I was ready to go.

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