2007-2008 Expressions from the Middle
Student Podcasts
National Middle School Association is pleased to share Expressions from the Middle, featuring podcasts by young adolescents. A call for student podcasts was issued early in the school year for the October celebration, and we received submissions from students around the world. Available on iTunes.
Featured Podcasts
Kaitlin DeAngelis, Emily Bronson, and Cody Kredens (2:40)
Grade 7, Illinois
A call in radio show (complete with songs) describes what we enjoy about being a young adolescent. The song was written by all three students. It also deals with young adolescence.
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Courtney Brennan, Allison Wolfe, Michael Catcher, Kelsey Belitskus, Aeron Pennington, Morgan Shawfield, Dakota Palyszeski, and Logan Haines (3:36)
Grades 6-8, Pennsylvania
After offering our students the topic selections, they felt that bullying was one of the most important topics that middle school students deal with on a daily basis. Students researched and discussed the causes, effects, and solutions to bullying and used the information to create their podcast.
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Vicky Belkin (2:04)
Grade 7, Ohio
We all know how important teachers are to our lives. Without teachers who would educate us and how would we learn the lessons that will help us in life some day? So what is the ideal teacher? I wrote a poem to answer that question.
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Ian Weivoda, Shannon Regan, and John Schmiedl (2:23)
Grade 7, Illinois
This podcast has guidelines for newcomers to middle school. Three experienced middle school students describe what and what not to do. This very important podcast can help you excel in life or at least in middle school.
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Honorable Mentions
Due to the great response for the call for podcasts, NMSA decided to post additional podcasts that we found to be worthy of honorable mention.
Kelsey Csumitta, Mitsuki Fukamachi, and Josh Longo (2:26)
Grade 7, Ohio
Friends, homework, bullies, and social lives are all part of being in middle school. We want to show you how to always keep your cool in school. Middle school can be tough, but listen to our podcast and it won't be too rough!
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Scott Collado, Shannon Kuruc, and Navika Shukla (2:29)
Grade 7, Illinois
This podcast gives tips on what all middle school student should know from different viewpoints. The format is a radio show. Callers phoned in and talked and gave advice.
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Diamyn Rogers, Glynisha Whitfield-Moss, Shelby Totten, and Andrew Payne (1:07)
Grade 8, Alabama
We made up a song about how we enjoy being a young adolescent we expressed how we felt threw music our music is called Rap-O it is a scream-o and rap together.
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Pat Letz, Sara Hill, and Ray Guo (2:32)
Grade 7, Illinois
A group of middle school students confront a really mean teacher. They voice their opinions on the characteristics of a perfect teacher. The students also discuss effective teaching techniques.
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Shaun Roy and Tyler Gaumer (2:10)
Grade 6, Ohio
Every middle school student should know many things, but to explain that all, that is a lot of information. Listen to our podcast to hear students ask the questions that they need answers to. Your hosts Shaun and Tyler. Enjoy!
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