Student audioboos

I used Audioboo in a lesson with my Physiology students recently. They had previously carried out a practical task, and it had been 2 weeks later that they were expected to write a report about it. I thought that it might work well to use Audioboo as a way of them recapping what they should have achieved, while giving them ownership of their work. Therefore, I asked them to download the app as soon as they entered the lesson. They clearly loved the opportunity to use their phones for something, and I could see straightaway how powerful this was as a way of getting them to 'buy in' to the lesson. They then had to research a small part of the topic we had been working on each, and it was their individual responsibility to collect together information that they could then put in to a recap Boo for them and their classmates to use at their leisure. They immediately saw that there was a benefit, as it meant that they could collaborate on their work. But it also allowed them to use a medium (audio) that they are familiar with being engaged in constantly. The Boo's are now up on a 'physiology' board, which they can access at any time in order to help them with their assignments.