First BLASTcast
Our 3rd, 4th and 5th graders at church this evening created our first BLASTcast podcast! Check it out, our first effort is 20 minutes long, with the first half different segments/corners by kids and...
View Article5th Graders speak: “Who Is Jesus?”
5th grade students in the Sunday school class I’m co-teaching this semester contributed to this four minute audio podcast on the theme, “Who Is Jesus?” Some of these recordings were made during our...
View ArticlePodcast7: 10 year old reflections about Jesus on Christmas Eve
Our 5th grade Sunday School class of 10 and 11 year old students recorded a seven minute podcast today, which is going to be played during our family Christmas Eve service at church this year. This...
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Praying Boldly and Persistently
According to the current entry in the English Wiktionary, a “podfader” is: A podcaster who gradually or suddenly stops podcasting. Last fall I helped create several podcasts for our elementary...
View ArticleElgg learning community for 5th grade Sunday School created
I’m going to be teaching 5th grade Sunday School this year at our church for a third year, and this time around I think we’re going to try using a walled-garden learning community website powered by...
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Why did God create me? (Lesson intro and class podcast)
Cross-posted to the BLASTcast blog. This morning in our 5th grade Sunday school class we started a new unit with the theme, “Why did God Create Me?” We read and discussed the following verses:...
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Why are we not perfect?
Update 26 Dec 2014: The podcast links for BLASTcast in 2009 are unfortunately broken due to a server change. (If you’re looking for our podcast recording from December 6th, this is it! Please be sure...
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Something is missing in this secular symbol of Christmas: Jesus!
Today in our 5th grade Sunday School class we looked at this commercial/secular holiday wreath for sale at Target. What’s missing? The Christ Candle, of course! Last week our students created advent...
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Fruits of the Spirit
Update 26 Dec 2014: The podcast links for BLASTcast in 2009 are unfortunately broken due to a server change. Cross-posted to the BLASTcast blog and podcast. We continued our discussions [in our 5th...
View ArticleVideos about being a servant like Jesus
Our 5th grade Sunday School class has started a new lesson series, and we are focusing on what it means to be a servant and how we can each make a difference in the world. I’m looking for different...
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REMIX of the Bible Book Bop by Go Fish
Last month our 5th graders shot video and photos to create a “remix video” of the song “Bible Book Bop” by the group Go Fish. We have posted this video as a YouTube response to the “official” music...
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Survey: 72% of Millennials ‘more spiritual than religious’
The USA Today article, “Survey: 72% of Millennials ‘more spiritual than religious’” caught my eye today. From the survey of US residents: Among the 65% who call themselves Christian, “many are either...
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Greyson Chance, YouTube, Lady Gaga, Paparazzi, Ellen and Jesus
Today in our fifth grade Sunday school class, we discussed Edmond 6th grader Grayson Chance and his experiences on the Ellen show Thursday. To start, the students brainstormed answers to three...
View ArticleCrucified with Christ (5th grade Sunday School lesson this week)
This Sunday in 5th grade Sunday School, we’re discussing and exploring the meaning of Paul’s words in Galatians 2:20. I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The...
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Initial Christian focused videos with Storyrobe
Cross-posted to BLASTcast. Encouraging 10 and 11 year old students in fifth grade to think deeply about the ways God speaks to us in our lives, what the Bible means for our lives, and how we should...
View Article10 year old reflections about Jesus on Christmas Eve
I’ve republished a 10 minute, 47 second enhanced audio podcast which my fifth grade Sunday School students created in 2007 for the Christmas Eve service at our church. They reflected “reader’s theater...
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1st BlastCast Podcast of 2011
Update 26 Dec 2014: Unfortunately the website Cinchcast went offline and I didn’t backup our podcasts there, so this recording has been lost. Today our fifth graders recorded a short audio podcast...
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