WHAT IS PODCASTING?
It is a relatively new form of communication. Merging or "Mashing" Blogging and radio together. The difference is that anyone can do it! You don't
have to have a radio studio, radio show or even a radio to share or listen to a podcast. Podcasting can be listened to with any computer or MP3 device such as an ipod.
Listeners are notified through their RSS feed that new content is available. After you have downloaded the podcast to your device you can then listen or even watch it at anytime.
Anyone with a simple computer and a microphone can be a podcaster.
Podcasting can contain other media elements such as audio, video, images, PDF or other.
Students, teachers, administrators, classrooms, administrators and more are podcasting on a regular basis.
So what can a teacher do with podcasts?
Grammar Girl: Daily Grammar tips such as: Starting a sentence with "however", the difference between who and whom, collective nouns and so much more! This would be great with a high school Language Arts class. This can be a podcast that can be used in a station or center for remedial help.
Writing Fix: A website dedicated to inspiring students to be better writers. One of the key pieces of this site is teaching with ipods. Rob Stone shares his lessons using podcasting and ipods.
Willowdale: A great site to see how elementary students and teachers are using podcasting.
Storynory: A great site filled with podcasts rich with storytellers! New fiction, fairy tales, myths, historical fiction and more! Students listen to rich storytellers using their talent to create a dynamic oral story. This pod and many more can be found on itunes as a free subscription.
Sample uses of podcasts in the Classroom:
Weekly News Broadcasts: Local or school current events, lunch menu and assignments. Have students produce these broadcasts for parent communication.
Document a Field Trip: Students can report and document on a field trip recently taken
Book Talk: Students read literature and instead of writing a summary about students give a podcast on the book.
Record lecture or class discussion: Record discussion so students absent may listen at home.
Fluency Lesson: Students practice reading aloud a book a few levels below. After significant practice students read aloud the picture book into recording and submit it to itunes. Share the digital book to lover level grades or even the local children's hospital.
Free software and news feed for podcasting:
Garageband (MAC)
1 comments:
Ally! Thanks so much for the links to the free software and the news feeds for me to begin casting in my classroom. :)
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