A few years ago when one of my professors in graduate school told us about podcasting, I did not like them at all. I had a printed copy of the article that he wanted us to listen to. I could read faster than the article was read to me and I was frustrated. Then I got an iPod. I know podcasts can work with any mp3 player, but this was my first chance to actually download a podcast using iTunes. I then saw how cool it was.
Though this lesson, I was able to revisit some podcasts that I had forgotten about. I really like Grammar Girl. If I were still in the regular classroom, I would absolutely have my students listening to her. I would also be using the other English lesson podcasts, like English Idioms and Slang or the Vocab Minute. The book talk podcasts are very helpful for me to use in the future. I can use them to gather ideas on how better to do book talks with the elementary kids. It's always good to get more ideas for that.
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Media Specialists sometimes like to have students do book reviews as audiofiles that can be broadcast through a website or shared as a podcast. Podcasting has come a long way in a short time as far as perfecting the craft.
ReplyDeleteTony Vincent has a gread PDF document that is the manual to have for helping students create great podcasts. His site is learninginhand.com and he has many resources related to podcasting.