VidCast Reflection #5

Stress Podcast



Our podcast was on Stress, it is a core objective in forth grade. From Uen.org Standard 1, objective 4. Standard one states “The students will learn ways to improve mental health and manage stress.” Objective four states: “Explore positive options for managing stress”

We choose stress as our topic, because it is something that effects everyone. And we found it interesting that it was a core subject taught in fourth grade! I don’t really remember being stressed in fourth grade. But I do see that it is very important to start teaching about the effects of stress and positive solutions on dealing with stress, before you are completely overwhelmed by stress.

This podcast connects to the NETS and INTASC Standards on many different levels. The NETS states: “engage students in exploring real-world issues and solving authentic problems using digital tools and resources, and promote student reflection using collaborative tools to reveal and clarify students’ conceptual understanding and thinking, planning, and creative processes” I believe this podcast about stress does that by letting the student know that everyone gets stressed and giving some ways to help eliminate stress. And the podcast is asking the students to reflect on what stresses them out, and ways to think about ways to control their stress.

Thinking about potential drawbacks for using this in my class, I can’t think of many. The podcast doesn’t go into much detail. It would be great for using at the beginning of a lesson to get a discussion started about stress. It wouldn’t stand alone as a lesson, there is a lot about stress that isn’t covered. So if there wasn’t time to discuss stress and I wanted my students to learn everything in one video this would not be the one I would show.
In the future, I could see adding to this series, taking each section more in depth. Making each new podcast a section to go over in class. I could use this video as a intro to the lessons, then create a podcast that is just about effects, managing, or causes of stress. I could even have my students take a topic and create there own for the series. There are many possible directions to take this series.