10/24: Podcasting

In class last week we learned about podcasting. Podcasting is a form of technology to record sounds and post the recordings onto the internet. Podcasting can be used in all subject areas and grade levels, you just have to get creative. In our class, everyone recorded group presentations onto a podcast to use at a later time. If you would like to hear an example of a podcast, you can hear the one our class made tonight. Podcasting could also be used in history classes to record a radio piece from a certain time period. Lastly, I think podcasting could be useful to record class lectures and presentations for absent students or students who need to return to the material as a form of review. When I attended the technology conference at MSU one presenter showed us how she used podcasting in her foriegn language classes. She would record herself saying certain phrases or words and the kids could repeat her. Also, if the students in the foriegn languag class wanted to go back and here the pronounciations, they could go online and hear the podcast any time they wanted. I am very excited to learn even more about podcasting and hopefully use it in my future classroom to enhance my students learning.