We were lucky enough to have another journalist visit us on Friday. Eric came along to talk about interviewing skills, questioning and using recording equipment. He brought a recorder and microphone along and we were able to practice conducting an interview by setting the correct levels, recording and then playing it back. There was a bit of cringing and laughter when we got to hear our own voices played back. A big thank you to Eric for spending the time with us and giving a crash course in operating the equipment.
After hearing from two journalists (who have to interview people for a living) we have been able to cross reference the information they have given and build some class criteria for interviewing people for our oral histories. Matai have developed a range of big ideas that we would like to find out from the ex students who will be interviewed by us. The next step will be to practice using the equipment, build on our questioning skills and most importantly listen to what others are saying and let the conversation direct the way we question in the interview.
In the afternoon we went to our buddy class - Kowhai. We did a little buddy reading and began to teach them some of the things we had learnt about interviewing and questioning. We will continue this next week to help them get ready for their own interviews with parents and grandparents, as part of their term 4 inquiry.
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