The students in Woburn Jr.’s Boys and Girls Reading and Technology Clubs contacted authors of the nominated Silver Birch 2007 books, and interviewed them over the phone. Check out their podcasts! Some of them created Jeopardy games too!
Silverbirch Podcasts
Please give your comments on what you thought of the podcasts and games. We would appreciate a hurrah and a wish!
Let's Talk About Books! 
Pramya said,
May 8, 2007 at 8:47 pm
I thought of the podcast were really fun because I had an interview yestersday on May 7,07 with the amazing author Hazel Hutchins and she answer my questions in full detail and then today on May 8.07,at Girls Club I started worked on my script and then I practising my script and then after that I recorded my script on Audacity on this mircophone and then I listened what I recorded and the I fixed some mistakes in my script and I kept on trying until I got it right!Also I hope that everyone is enjoying doing this too.
Diane Swanson said,
May 30, 2007 at 1:56 pm
Hi Folks,
You did a terrific job with your podcasts. Congratulations! The project was not only ambitious, it was also original — a great idea well carried out. Good for you.
Warmest wishes,
Diane Swanson
L.M. Falcone said,
May 30, 2007 at 2:04 pm
WOW! I thought the podcasts were great! Getting authors to answer questions and talk about their books and ideas was soooooo interesting! I can’t think of anyplace else where students can go to have an experience like this. You guys are brilliant — absolutely brilliant! You did a fabulous job! BRAVO!!
sheree fitch said,
May 30, 2007 at 2:06 pm
WOW! YOU ARE ALL AWESOME!!!!!!!
It all looks and sounds fantastic!
Thank you ….
Sheree
Mr. Caruso said,
May 30, 2007 at 7:38 pm
A great job was done by all! It was amazing to see all the hard work that was put into the podcasts and then finally see the finished product.
You should all be very proud of yourselves! FANTASTIC job!
Mr.Caruso
Rick Hay said,
May 30, 2007 at 8:16 pm
What a fabulous piece of work! I’m playing the podcasts for my students so that they can learn more about their favourite Canadian authors. I hope you will keep this page posted for years to come – maybe you can add to your selection of authors from year to year.
Frances Parker said,
May 30, 2007 at 8:27 pm
I am very impressed with the depth of this undertaking. I can’t wait to get my students to try some of your Jeopardy games and to listen to your interviews. Congratulations to all who worked on this project. Well Done!
Mrs. VanDusen, Library Technician at Red Lake Madsen P.S. said,
May 30, 2007 at 9:13 pm
Congratulations on a wonderfully original and exciting project! I have only listened to a few podcasts so far but I am looking forward to trying them all. I will certainly show the participants from our school what you students have been up to! I wonder too, if it would it be possible to get the correct answers to the jeopardy questions?
Thank you for your hard work!
Greg Harris said,
May 30, 2007 at 11:09 pm
I just listened to Walking With the Dead and I was really impressed with the quality of questions. Your questions got the author, L.M. Falcone, to tell her stories about herself and her story — brilliant.
Thanks for sharing these. I’ll be sharing these podcasts with the Silver Birch crew on Friday. You’ve given me ideas to use next year.
p.s. I’m a Teacher – Librarian
Tyler Noble said,
May 31, 2007 at 12:19 am
What a wonderful activity! It must be nice to hear the voice of an author you respect so much. I’m really impressed that they all gave you the opportunity to ask them a few questions.
Keep up the great work!
Tyler Noble
Grade 3 Teacher
TDSB
Ms. Paonessa said,
May 31, 2007 at 2:12 am
Amazing work everyone! All that hard work over lunch hours and after school has truly paid off. I purchased some of the Silver Birch books when some members of the Boys and Girls Club went to Harbourfront and I look forward to sharing your work with my class them. Oh, and hopefully I can add these to my Ipod. Congratulations to all members of the Woburn Boys and Girls club.
Deb Kitchener said,
May 31, 2007 at 2:16 am
I cannot believe how impressive your podcasts are! I am Head of Library at a High School and would love to do a similar project with students at my school. Your work is exceptional and a great model for all students!
I am very interested in podcasting and using them with students of all ages. You have provided me with some great ideas. Thanks for sharing your work!
Colin McAuley said,
May 31, 2007 at 9:47 am
Wow..you guys rock!!!
I really love the interviews and the Jeopardy games. I especially liked the interview with Hazel Hutchings author of Sarah and the Magic Science Project. I was surprised by some of the things she said such as that she always wanted to be an author but she changed her mind many times. Also, I was surprised to learn that if she wants to produce a picture book for kids, she has to write about 5 just to get 1 accepted. Imagine if you had to write 5 stories just so your teacher would accept 1!
Anyway, this whole project is very impressive and you all should be very proud. You have produced something that many people will be interested in.
Congrats
Colin
Kathy Kacer said,
May 31, 2007 at 1:11 pm
Hello everyone,
First of all, a big “thank-you” to everyone who read
Hiding Edith and voted it for it in the Silver Birch.
I have all of you to thank for the fact that Hiding
Edith was the winner of the Silver Birch for
non-fiction. I am thrilled of course. This win was
extra special because when I went to the awards
ceremony, I actually brought the real Edith with me.
She was so excited and happy to be there, and to hear
that so many young people like you had read about her
incredible life in this book. So, thank you from Edith
as well.
A special thank you to Annie in grade 4 for creating
such a wonderful Jeopardy game based on Hiding Edith.
You managed to create something that is fun and still
has so much information in it. Good job!
I am delighted that so many of you participated in the
Silver Birch program, and read so many wonderful
books. I hope you all have a terrific summer – one
that is filled with safe good times and lots of
reading!
Warm regards,
Kathy Kacer
lily said,
May 31, 2007 at 4:21 pm
Hello everyone! I would like to thank everybody because they did a excellent job,(including me!) on their jeopardy and podcasts! Let’s keep on doing this for years to come!
Kuldeep said,
May 31, 2007 at 4:25 pm
These podcasts are amazing! I like how people worked on them.They were very good! I am happy that there was silver birch in Woburn Jr PS. It was so fun.
From,
Kuldeep!
Meera Mahendiran said,
May 31, 2007 at 4:26 pm
Hi everyone!
Girls Club was so amazing and I would truly love to do it again!!! Look at Born to Play podcast. You will really enjoy it. I loved podcasting and our girls literacy party. This whole experience has been worthwhile.
Siddharth said,
May 31, 2007 at 4:27 pm
Hi! The Aram’s Choice podcast was -Amazing I would love to hear more podcasts .
Siddharth.
Devanshi Joshi said,
May 31, 2007 at 4:28 pm
Hey Everyone,
I had a great experience when my goup and I did the podcast. It was so cool talking to Jaqueline Halsey over the Internet and she was very nice. All in all it was sooo cool!
bye
Ted McNiece said,
May 31, 2007 at 7:26 pm
I am the Teacher-Librarian at Clinton Street School. I saw your Silver Birch Podcasts and decided to share them with my Grade 4, 5 and 6 classes. We had 68 kids who qualified to vote for Silver Birch so they were very excited by your website. Compliments to all of you for such a wonderful job. Your questions were terrific. Hearing the authors discuss their books was exciting for all of us. My Silver Birch books are once again being signed out because of the exciting website you produced.
Sincerely,
Ted McNiece
Ms Sybille Parry said,
May 31, 2007 at 7:44 pm
Wow! I am so impressed with your work here! You are brilliant – every one of you! Ms Papulkas, please, please do a workshop at the Superconference, or better yet ECOO, to share how you created this. I am moving to a library with lots of technology available, and this would hugely motivate my students! Absolutely outstanding work, folks! I’m just, well, speechless, with admiration!
Ms Parry from Kew Beach (soon to be from West Glen)
Meghal said,
May 31, 2007 at 8:10 pm
hey everyone!!
These podcasts were outstanding!!!We had soo much fun making them.We had a great time talking to Jaqueline Halsey because she was very nice.The best part about our podcast was we made it into a radio show.If you want to check out our podcast plz go to Peggy’s Letters.Also,BIG THANK YOU!!!!!!!To Ms.Papulkas.We couldn’t have contacted the author’s without her help and her time she took out for us.
Meghal
Mrs. Bower said,
May 31, 2007 at 10:37 pm
What a wonderful site!! I enjoyed the interview with L.M. Falcone, and I liked hearing how she conducts her research. I also like that she goes to people who will help her with her research, and in the process, she learns alot. It was interesting to hear how her grade five teacher spotlighted her writing talent. That was the impetus that motivated her to write even more. This is a wonderful site and I’m going to encourage my students to visit it.
Meera said,
June 1, 2007 at 12:04 am
look at all the comments we are getting. Everyone should be proud of yourselves!!! I hope that the grade 5’s who become grade 6’s next year do this!
bye
Peggy Thomas said,
June 1, 2007 at 12:58 am
Your work is absolutely amazing. The questions that you asked the authors were interesting and insightful. I am sure that the authors were every bit as excited as you all were. Do you think it is easier or harder to interview this way rather than face to face?
Thank you for sharing your work with everyone else!
Mrs. Thomas
Nancy Belgue said,
June 1, 2007 at 12:48 pm
Hi Everyone!
I just played Casey Little Yo-Yo Queen Jeopardy! You did a no-holds barred, completely, totally, awesome job with this! I am going to listen to some of the podcasts next. I guess I will be in front of my computer ALL DAY just poking around your amazing site. You are the next generation of information technology wizards and my hat is doffed to all of you. After checking out your work, I think I’d better just stick to my yo-yo! Congratulations on a job well done!
Best wishes,
Nancy Belgue
Janet Clements said,
June 1, 2007 at 4:48 pm
I’m a librarian at Morrish PS. My grade 4/5 students were really impressed with your podcasts. They enjoyed listening to the real authors, and they liked the music at the beginning of each podcast. They also liked doing the Jeopardy games because they kept track of their scores while they played with a friend. Thanks for sharing your podcasts with us!
Mrs. Bratton said,
June 1, 2007 at 5:06 pm
WOW!!! What a great job you all did! It must have been really exciting to talk to the authors. You asked some great questions. Keep up the hard work juniors.
Amrita Taitram said,
June 1, 2007 at 5:14 pm
Hi Woburn students my name is Amrita and I am a student at Morrish P.S.
I really liked hearing your podcasts.My favourite one was Walking With the Dead. I got to go bye!
Peggy Dymond Leavey said,
June 1, 2007 at 8:08 pm
Hello all you Silver Birch Readers; What a great job you did with the podcasts and Jeopardy. Atkia, I can tell you put a lot of thought into developing your questions for The Path through the Trees. It was amazing. I played it myself just to see how it worked! Thanks very much. I hope you all keep reading this summer. All best wishes for a safe and happy time.
Peggy Dymond Leavey
Larry Moore said,
June 1, 2007 at 9:37 pm
Thank you all for your wonderful interviews. You are getting lots of praise and it is well deserved. All of us at the Ontario Library Association are happy that you think Silver Birch rocks! All we can say is that you rock, too.
Larry Moore, OLA Executive Director.
Jacqueline Halsey said,
June 1, 2007 at 11:54 pm
Hi everyone
It was a real treat for me to be able to talk to you on the phone the other day. Your questions were wonderful. They really made me think.
I loved your web-site. I am going to share with everyone at the library in Nova Scotia, where I work especially the kids.
Have a lovely summer.
Happy reading
Jackie Halsey
Carol Koechlin said,
June 2, 2007 at 2:51 pm
Congratulations to all the super questioners at Wolburn Junior. Learning how to ask the ‘just right’ question to get at the information you want and need is a wonderful skill.
I wish all students could learn this skill and have as much success and fun as you are having with your Silver Birch Podcasts and games.
Keep asking those good questions.
Carol Koechlin
Brenda Turl said,
June 4, 2007 at 7:03 pm
Wow! What an awesome job!!
I am hoping to have some of the podcasts played at a meeting we will be having about Forest of Reading. I want other teachers and librarians to see what great work you have done.
You are an inspiration to all.
This was a super idea!!
Congratulations on a job very well done!
Pramya said,
June 5, 2007 at 12:09 am
I was so happy to hear all the podcasts at our Woburn site. I really like the Crazy Man podcast. They were excellent and they also spoke fluently too. The part I was really happy about was when I got to speak with my author on Skype and speak with her in person too.
I want to thank Ms. Papulkas for all of her work fo helping me on my podcast too.
THANK YOU !!!!!!!!!!!!
CCA Gr.1-2 said,
June 6, 2007 at 2:36 pm
you guys did such a great job! We enjoyed playing the science detective jeopardy game, but found that it was pretty tricky to do without reading the book first. You’ve motivated us to read it! YAY!
Gr. 1-2
CCA Gr.1-2 said,
June 6, 2007 at 2:37 pm
Way to go! It’s cool to see kids so interested in books! My class tried to play the Science Detective jeopardy game but found that we need to read the book first! Thanks for motivating us to read a new book!
Mrs. Klassen
J. Legge said,
June 6, 2007 at 3:51 pm
An unbelievable undertaking! I am so impressed. How did your wonderful teacher-librarian have the time to do such a huge project? You students did a fantastic job and I thoroughly enjoyed viewing the podcasts and playing the games. What a memorable experience for al of you!
Fiona Sterling said,
June 7, 2007 at 5:57 pm
WOW! This is just great!!!! I have only listened to one podcast so far but am planning to go back and have my two kids listen to many more with me.
Congratulations to all of you for each and every one of your successes in undertaking such an interesting and creative project!
You have the BEST teacher-librarian in the city!
Be very proud of all your accomplishments!
Anuj patel said,
June 8, 2007 at 3:28 pm
The best thing that I like about the boys club was the trip to the Double Tree Hotel because we got to meet the authors of many books and we even had a pizza lunch. It was really fun.
Yasin said,
June 8, 2007 at 6:51 pm
You guys did really good
Rajkaran said,
June 8, 2007 at 6:53 pm
Good job! You all did a very good job
Faisal said,
June 9, 2007 at 12:06 am
You guys did a very good job
Michael Comisarow said,
June 12, 2007 at 7:03 pm
Guys – your podcasts are wonderful! I particularly liked your interview with Loris Lesynski, whose books I know and love!
Keep up the great work,
Mike Comisarow
Aamir Mansoor said,
June 13, 2007 at 3:20 pm
Hi,
I really loved the part when Anna, Ben, Sarah and Mr. Wynath saved the crystal butterfly by putting it on the roof of anna’s house
From,
Aamir Mansoor
clinton vanevery said,
June 13, 2007 at 3:26 pm
i liked the podcasts that you guys made and i was amazed that you had a interview with the athor L.M Falcone i liked her book walking with the dead more than i ussally like a book
Sansyana Shanmugasundaram said,
June 13, 2007 at 3:27 pm
Hi! I’m Sansyana from Morrish Public School. I am in grade 5 and I like how you inteviewed the authors! You really did a great job! Hope you enjoy our Hyperstudio’s.I had a great time listening to the interviews and playing the Jeopardy games.It was really FUN!!!!
Chelsea del Campo said,
June 13, 2007 at 3:29 pm
Hi There,
My name is Chelsea del Campo. I go to Morrish Public School. I really liked how you actually interviewed the authors. My opinion on your Silverbirch Podcast website is that you guys really creative on your games and podcasts. I still can’t believe that juniors actually made the website! I would just like to say that you website really inspired me!
Sincerely,
Chelsea del Campo
maja said,
June 14, 2007 at 5:09 pm
hi i love your site
Kajanan said,
June 15, 2007 at 1:29 pm
hi
My name is Kajanan Chandrasekaram and I have one question. First did you first like when you created the podcast. And I can’t believe the junoirs made it.I’m typing from Morrish Public School. And I really like your podcast.
Brandon Ho said,
June 15, 2007 at 1:36 pm
The podcast was great and it told me alot about the book.
Shania Mahendran said,
June 15, 2007 at 1:36 pm
Hi my name is Shania Mahendran. I go to Morrish. I think it is so cool that you actually got to interview the authors. I can relate. I met L.M Falcone at the Silverbirch awards. She is so nice.This year we made hyperstudios, hopefully we get to make jeopardy games like you did next year.My favourite book was Ingrid and the Wolf. My teacher Ms. Brotman loved it as well. Too bad it didn’t win though. Your site rocked!!!
Shania Mahendran
Chelsea del Campo said,
June 15, 2007 at 1:47 pm
Hi again! I just played Jeopardy and it was really exciting! I don’t really know what my score was because writing anything down…. But anyway, my school really enjoyed your Podcasts and I hope you enjoy our Hyperstudios!
Sincerely,
Chelsea del Campo
jaideep.arora said,
June 15, 2007 at 1:48 pm
Hi my name is jaideep I go to Morrish public school I really liked how you talked to the author
Melanie Jackson said,
June 15, 2007 at 10:23 pm
My friend Gianna Dassios of OLA told me about these fantasmo podcasts! Way to go! I am so impressed.
Melanie Jackson
Author, The Mask on the Cruise Ship — and hoping to cruise into some podcasts myself. Thanks for the inspiration!
Kajanan Chandrasekaram said,
June 20, 2007 at 3:14 pm
Hi
Im a student from Morrsih Public School and I really like your podcast.
I just have one question. Did all your grade 5 student make this podcast website . If you did tthat is so cool. Well we made a website too well its not a website it’s a Hyperstudio. We choose one book then we right questions and tell our classmates to answer them.
Aamir Mansoor said,
June 20, 2007 at 3:21 pm
Hi,
My name is Aamir Mansoor and I go to Morrish P.S
I loved the talks you had with all the authors they were very interesting. the jeopardy was the best and it was challenging.
Tarika McIntosh said,
June 20, 2007 at 3:24 pm
I love the Jepordy games. The Walking With the Dead Book is Awesome!! I hope that everyone that read Walking With the Dead agrees with me.
🙂
Mylena Vanevery said,
June 20, 2007 at 3:30 pm
I go to Morrish Public School. I really liked how you actually interviewed the authors. My opinion on your Silverbirch Podcast website is that you guys really creative on your games and podcasts. I still can’t believe that juniors actually made the website
shania mahendran said,
June 20, 2007 at 3:31 pm
Hi,
My name Shania Mahendran. I go to Morrish Public School. Ingrid and the Wolf was my favourite book as was it my teacher’s. I think it is really cool that you got to talk to authors.All of them must of been nice. in fact I met L.M falcone.
Sansyana Shanmugasundaram said,
June 28, 2007 at 7:30 pm
Hi Again! I really want to interview the authors!I told my friend Mithunja to check the website, she said it was awesome ! Hope my school gets to do Podcasts.
Sincerely,
Sansyana Shanmugasundaram
Mithunja Mahalingam said,
June 28, 2007 at 7:36 pm
Hi!My name is Mithunja. I go to Cardinal Leger Catholic School. I am in Grade 6. My friend Sansyana told me about this website.I really enjoyed playing the Jeopardy games.Hope my school gets to do something fun like this! It was really FUN!!!
Sincerely,
Mithunja Mahalingam
Adrienne Mason said,
June 29, 2007 at 1:01 pm
Wow! What a great job you did with your podcasts. I’ve been so busy, I’ve only just sat down to listen to my interview and the interviews you did with the other writers. You did such a wonderful job! Thank you for making me part of this great project.
Adrienne