It went everywhere with us- I do, vaguely remember borrowing it once to prove that she did, indeed, snore when she slept... (don't worry- she's a silent sleeper now). We would make "radio shows" or commercials or just goof around. If we found those little cassette tapes today, I'm positive they'd be quite embarrassing. Its interesting how times change.
Can you imagine your 8 year old self creating today's equivalent... a podcast? Sharing your thoughts and chatter with friends, family and whoever would listen? I definitely can not. I'm sure our students can- they love to talk, as evidenced by the number of times I ask them to "tone it down." A podcast would allow them to speak for a specific purpose. I wonder if they'd have anything to say...
Blogs are difficult enough. Trying to get your "voice"" to convey through the written word. Podcasts are scripted radio- the 'Super Me' of the blog world. If a blog is "all about the writer" what is a podcast? Easy to continue to old adage- "a face for radio and a voice for silent movies." We could change it to "A face for podcasts and a voice for blogs..." bless her heart, times are a'changin...
This reminds me of the movie, "The Princess Diary"? Didn't her best friend have a podcast...soomething silly, but fun? I will have to look it up. But you and your sister reminded me of that!
ReplyDeleteBeth needs to start watching good movies....
ReplyDeleteThat picture of your recorder definitely has the good old 80s/early 90s written all over it. I remember I had a cassette tape for Transformers book that I could create my own story. I definitely made at least 10 episodes.