Educational Uses for Podcasting

Did you get the notes in history? These questions can be discarded with Podcast recording of your lectures. Not to mention how teachers can benefit but also students, in using the Podcasts for presentations. Many of the students already own the tools to listen to the podcast through ipods, mp3 players and cell phone. Another advantage I see with the podcasts is that the instructor can save presentations that either the teacher has done or students to show to current students. I feel this will advance and enhance comprehension of material. In my district we are required to have a website for our class. The podcast will improve the content of the teachers pages allowing a personal feel for parents. I am hoping that the other teachers in my district join in on this adventure.

What is podcasting? A portable on demand broadcast which now can also show images and video. The Faculty Instructional Technology Center of Middle Tennessee State University wrote the article http://mtsu32.mtsu.edu:11206/ which is very helpful to understand the in and outs of podcasting. There is a detailed breakdown of how Podcasting can be utilized in education. These include professional development, online learning, walking tours, student Podcasts, and lectures.

Classroom uses of Podcasts how to integrate this web 2.0 technology into the curriculum is written by Tammy Andrew at http://teachingtechnology.suite

101.com/article.cfm/classroom_uses_of_podcasts. She looks a the endless possibilities of keeping students informed through podcasts because of how the information can be so easily updated to many different devices. She also looks at linking instruction to prerecord podcasts from news sites such as NPR. She ends her article with creating podcasts and discussing some of the hardware components needed and software.

In Wikipedia they look at how Podcasting can be utilized for mobile learning, Journalism, and tutorials. The write up gives some ideas for using podcasting as a teaching tool with grammar schools. This is where I attained the source:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uses_of_podcasting

This write up was about a free podcast course. http://www.freepodcastcourse.com/educational-uses-of-podcasting/

These gives educators the chance to really take advantage of podcasting in a course. Not to mention the course is free. Podcast’s are explained to be a vital missing component to modern teaching method. In some colleges the article mentions that many professors are using podcast’s as a way of delivering reading material through voice instead of reading. In other avenues this article mentions how podcasting is opening virtual study groups. These groups are file sharing and sharing podcasts this way. This is a great way that students can compare notes quickly and at a time of their choice.

This site http://epnweb.org/ Education Podcast Network, is trying to bring all aspects of education together in one location. The site enables educators to post podcasts by subject and topic. Also enabling people to rss feed topics and shows. The podcasts are easy to find and easier to get. If you want to become a person who posts a topic, the site site has information on that too.