2008-2009 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
Emily Blake, Brittany Dollar, Hannah McGowen, Ethan Nicholas, Kayla Hunter, and Brittany Sternberg (2:50)
Grade 8, Alabama
It's in a format of a newscast about what every middle school student should know.
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Allie Evangelopoulos, Jillian Ryan, Maddie Galassi, and Patrick Russell. (2:29)
Grades 7, Illinois
Every young adolescent deserves to have a guide to survive middle school. We know that we would have liked a guide when we were just starting. We did this project in a way so that students can relate to everyday situations. All young adolescents should stick to these rules to have a fun, safe, and productive year.
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Megan Gray and Mrs. Stern's Social Studies Class (3:24)
Grade 8, Wisconsin
"Messenger of Friendship: Miss Ibaraki" is a community service project from the 2006-07 school year. Mr. Diener (Technology Integrator) and Mrs. Ethel Stern (Social Studies Teacher) were given the opportunity to produce a 5-episode podcast series for the Milwaukee Public Museum about Miss Ibaraki, the Museum's 70-year-old Japanese Friendship Doll. Miss Ibaraki (a.k.a. Miss Tsukuba) returned to Japan in 2006-07 for a full restoration. The podcast series is a first person story of the doll's journey back to her homeland.
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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.
Keri McAlister, Jazmine Hawkins, Madison Scales, Mariana Moody, Michelle Cricke, and LeAndrea Anderson (2:22)
Grade 8, Alabama
What is an ideal teacher and why we believe this person is an ideal teacher.
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Elizabeth Paris, Kelli Krown, Alex Bratsos, Sarah Bloom, and Clare Gleeson (3:58)
Grade 7, Illinois
Our podcast explains what the ideal teacher is like for a young adolecent. They can't be too nice, or too mean. They need to be right in the middle, and we explained just that in a fun and creative way.
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Josh Brown, Trenton Davis, Bill Donaldson, Kevin Beasley, and Matthew Banks (1:07)
Grade 8, Alabama
In this podcast we express, through rap, how the ideal teacher or principal influences students.
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