Innovation Strategy & Roadmap: Montera Middle School Podcast
This year, students at my school have been fascinated with the old yearbooks that we have in the library. They love looking through them to find older siblings and friends and to see what the school looked like decades ago. We also have a good number of teachers and staff who went to Montera along with lots of parents who attended as well. This fascination with the past got me thinking about how to connect our students with alumni in a creative manner. I had also been intrigued by the User Research from Pew data about podcasts that were provided in the CYOA module. Combining these thoughts together led me to put together a plan to start a Montera Middle School Podcast that is written and produced by students. Let me know what you think!
2 Comments
Roya Koutchekinia
Hi Maggie,
What a wonderful idea! As a parent volunteer, I helped 6th graders write a monthly newsletter about their school community. I loved the energy and level of engagement from the kids. I think podcasting would be an even more attractive tool for middle schoolers (I seem to remember much excitement when kids were allowed to make announcements over the PA announcement). I also really appreciated the presentation of your innovation roadmap!
Maggie Rogers
Thanks Roya! We do have students who make the daily announcements and they definitely get excited about it. Also, I worked with a few students interested in podcasting when we were online during COVID but I think I made it too complicated. I was learning myself and trying to find ways to engage these kids from home but it fizzled out. After putting together this roadmap, I think it’s doable and much simpler than my first attempt. Looking forward to trying it next school year. As for the presentation, I must thank Canva for offering some really fresh templates this year. I’m pleased you liked it. Thanks!