Thursday, June 11, 2009
Podcasts
Podcasts are more than a person or a group of people talking abut certain events or subjects. They come across to me as a radio talk show. I was browsing through many of the websites given to find podcasts on education, and I came across this one in particular.Leisure Podcasting, from the website Twenty Minutes for Tech. Scott Hertzog, a high school English teacher talks about how he got started with podcasts for his own personal use, then when it was time to come back in the fall to start classes back up, he decided to incorporate podcasts in his teachings. He thought it would be a great way for absent students to listen to a lecture or even study before a test by listening to it. This caught my attention because when I was first introduced to podcasts, that was the first thing that came to my mind. It is a great way for students and even other teachers or parents to listen to a lecture. Most of the time, when I listen to something more than once, I miss something I did not hear earlier. I think it is a good idea to have podcasts in the classroom, especially is the secondary and up level. If more and more teachers start using podcasts it may be useful to their students and their students may start showing signs of high grade improvements.
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I agree with your idea that podcast will let not student miss anyclass since the lesson is there just go and listen. It will very helpful tool for us as teachers to use podcasting to update the students and parents with our information and lessons.
ReplyDeletePodcasts can really enhance the learning experience for all levels of excellence. As you pointed out, podcasts can be tools used for absent individuals to catch up and for studying the material outside of class. Giving the students access to a lecture for studying purposes will benefit everyone. The teacher may see better tests scores because studying can be very convenient with the podcasts and students that struggle can hear (or even see) the lectures as many times that are needed. Making a podcast is not very difficult either.
ReplyDeleteI think podcast allow students to use technology and in a new exciting way. Its something new and kids always like to get their hands on new technology. I think the point you brought up a excellent point about how podcast are a excellent tool for students to not get behind if they miss class.
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