In my last blog entry, I mentioned that so far, my class’s reaction to the first episode of the podcast Serial was almost universally positive. Now that I have finished that particular unit, I can say that almost all of them really liked it! I even had a student who mentioned that he was happy that he wasn’t reading “boring textbook material”. That sort of response is exciting and proves that reading for class can be fun.
However, I did have some students who didn’t like the material. I mentioned the first student that was neutral on the material because she wanted to see the whole case and wasn’t big on crime shows anyway. I had another student who didn’t like the podcast because she thought that Sarah was a bit too obsessed with the material. But, these reactions are natural. Serial is not going to be a grand slam with everybody. But, the fact that it worked for almost everyone makes me rethink my entire reading schedule.
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