Podcast
The Process
I started the process of making my podcast by outlining and scripting it. I outlined it by myself and then used Microsoft’s CoPilot to turn the outline into a scrift. I tweaked the script once it was generated to make it more applicable to my format. To record, I used my phone’s microphone and the voice memos app. To edit the podcast, I used Adobe Audition, which I had never used before but I caught on very quickly because it is very similar to Adobe Premiere Pro which I have used in years past.
Credit
Alexander Astin’s Theory of Student Involvement
Nancy Schlossberg’s Marginality & Mattering
Transcript
Hello, Listener. Welcome to Coni 101. This episode is all about the benefits of getting involved at school. Have you ever wondered why some students seem to excel in both academics and extracurriculars? This is because getting involved at school leads to better grades.
Extracurricular activities have students develop essential skills that lead them to success inside and outside of the classroom. Skills such as leadership, time management, and teamwork are taught in classes, but the full extent of them can’t be understood until they are applied in the real world. For example, students will learn a little bit about teamwork in a group project, but they won’t understand the full extent of it because at the end of the day they just want the best grade they can get. Working towards a common goal, making mistakes, and learning from them is really how students can learn teamwork.
While in extracurricular activity, students can also build a support network. When a student spends a lot of time with a specific club or job, they build relationships with other students and staff. Alexander Astin said, the student is spending time on the campus, thus increasing the likelihood that he or she will come into contact with other students, professors, and college staff.
This takes us to our last point, personal growth and confidence. When coming to college, it is a lot of students’ first time being independent and managing their life. In Nancy Schlossberg’s Marginality and Mattering, she cites a study by Morris Rosenberg who says, quote, mattering is a motive. The feeling that others depend on us, are interested in us, are concerned with our fate, or experience us as an ego extension exercises a power influence on our actions, end quote.
In conclusion, it is important for students to get involved because it teaches them new skills, it fosters a strong support network, and it leads to personal confidence inside and outside the classroom.
For more information on what I’ve discussed, you can check out my sources. Alexander Astin’s Theory of Student Involvement, Nancy Schlossberg’s Marginality and Mattering, and Morris Rosenberg’s Mattering.
So, if you want to boost your grades, consider joining a club, job, or sports team at your school. It might just be the key to your success.
