Peercasting: Students Produce Math Support at NC Middle School - Bridget McCrea, THE Journal

Peercasting: Students Produce Math Support at NC Middle School - Bridget McCrea, THE Journal

If there's one thing that teachers know how to do, it's create engaging learning environments with limited resources. Take Nancy Trollinger, an eighth- and ninth-grade math teacher who recently came upon an excellent way for struggling learners to pick up complex algebraic concepts: peer tutoring ... with a little technological twist. By throwing technology into the mix, this teacher at West McDowell Junior High School in Marion, NC, has created a successful program that finds advanced students producing podcasts that explain those concepts for other students.