As we try to broaden the application and relevance of our school web site, we thought we would try our hand at podcasting. For those of you on the fringe of technological savvy (like many of us) a podcast is a web-based broadcast that can be played on an iPod, any mp3 player, or directly through your computer.

Our first set of podcasts are listed below. For instructions on playing or downloading these audio files, scroll down a little further.

What Your Incoming Kindergartner Needs to Know
—Amanda Cauthen, Kindergarten teacher

What do Good Readers Have in Common? Some interesting highlights from reading research.
—Jeff Paulson, 3rd grade teacher

Why Jim Dale (narrator of Harry Potter) Doesn’t Reader Better than a 5th Grader
What fluency is and isn’t, and how DIBELs is used. —Jeff Paulson, 3rd grade teacher

Fluency Tips: Improve Fluency at Home Part I Tips and exercises for increasing fluency that you can do at the kitchen table.
—Wes Wood, 4th grade teacher

To play any of the podcasts, click on the title link. Your default music player should open automatically and play the file.

You can also right-click and choose Save target as…. This will allow you to save the entire audio file to your computer. Then you can put the file on your mp3 player or iPod using the device’s instructions. You can also burn it to a CD, e-mail it, or play it through your computer’s media player. If you have difficulty playing the files, click on this link: Thrasher Podcasts and send us an e-mail.