Podcasting 2

YES it worked!!!! Whilst there is a stutter, the voice over maybe a little quick and it's not the most riveting podcast it is still a "podcast".

Now that I have calmed down a little and am thinking clearly I can see how much fun you could have using podcasts within the classroom. The more practice you have recording, downloading and publishing them the easier it will become. Like most (if not all) of the digital tools this blog has looked thus far podcasting allows students to think, create, analyse, evaluate and apply their new knowledge. According to Pulman (2009) there three steps to producing a podcast: planning, recording and publishing. Throughout this experience students are engaged in their learning striving to get to the final product.

Podcasting gives teachers and students the opportunity to communicate with anyone in the entire world. A school may adopt another school from say England and complete work together. This incorporated with google earth allows for younger students to learn about the size of the earth and where different countries are located. Ideas and uses are endless.

Podcasts allow teachers to turn their classrooms into news rooms, radio stations, the moon or even a gold field, the options are endless. Podcasts can be used at the beginning, middle or the end of a unit of work. For example if the class is doing a unit on Bushrangers the teacher could present the class with a podcast of Ned Kelly talking about how life was back then.

Podcasting allows students to work collaboratively, sharing ideas and learning from each other. Used in the correct context this digital tool presents teachers and students with a unconventional yet very effective learning mechanism.