10/17/16 Devin Gozdenovich

In class today, Mr. Rivers introduced to us the new unit we are starting. Over the weekend, we listened to podcasts to be introduced to them. We discussed in our groups the similarities and differences between the ones we listened to. He then went into detail about what they are and how they're used. We discussed as a class about the similarities and differences of different podcasts. We cam up with a few for each. For similarities, there were that all podcasts lack visuals and it is just people speaking. This made the speaker have to use their tone and description to really put their point across. Also, a lot of podcasts have guest speakers and appearances to either enhance their podcast or to gain more popularity by having celebrities make appearances. There were quite a lot of differences, but one major one was there are fiction and non-fiction podcasts. Some are stories that have characters and a plot and setting, but there are also ones that are just teaching the listener about certain things, or having the listener almost sit in on a discussion. Then Mr. Rivers gave us an assignment that we will be working on for the next few weeks. We will be creating our own podcasts in groups. The group had to chose a genre or topic that four movies and a book have to relate to. We have to read and watch all of them and then make a podcast on each. This will be decided later on in class.