This document discusses podcasting in education and provides examples of how it can be used. It begins by describing different types of podcasts, such as audio-only, enhanced with images/slides, and video. Podcasting in education can involve finding existing podcasts to supplement course materials, making your own podcasts to provide additional content or review materials for students, or assigning students to make podcasts to develop communication skills and work on research projects. The document provides several examples of podcasts used in education, such as the BBC's French language podcast and podcasts made by students to highlight what they are learning. It concludes by offering suggestions for designing podcasts, including considering the audience and purpose, and tools that can be used to
15. • Develop communication
competencies
• Research project: finding and
evaluating information, developing
ideas, and sharing information
• Scaffold assignments: one student’s
project could be another’s review
material
Those you assign
16. • “Whenever I hear myself on a podcast, I want to get
better for the next time.”—Alex
• “Podcasting is very motivating because people from
all over the world are listening to you. We are
competing with all the other student podcasts to be
the very best.”—Zach
• “Podcasting is motivating because it is just plain fun.
It doesn’t matter what the subject is, podcasting
makes all subjects enjoyable to learn.”—Kim
• “Podcasting motivates me to do better with my
sentence fluency and my speech.”—David
Student responses
Quotes from
students at
Longfellow Middle
School
http://www.thejournal.com/articles/17607/
18. Podcast Libraries
There are a lot of
educational podcasts on
the web, you can often
browse directories to find
good ones.
oculture.com/2007/06/podcast_library.html
19. Professional Websites
The BBC produced a
video podcast, with
footage from France, to
help readers learn
French.
bbc.co.uk/languages/french/mafrance
20. Study Cast
Audio segments created
by a teacher for students
to review.
http://www.mrcoley.com/studycast/
22. ColeyCast
Recorded by students,
each broadcast
highlights some of the
things they’re learning in
the classroom.
http://www.mrcoley.com/coleycast/
23. WillowWeb
WillowWeb is produced
by students and
teachers at Willowdale
Elementary School.
http://www.mpsomaha.org/willow/radio/listen.html
24. Coulee Kids
Coulee Kids is produced by a seventh
grade writing class at Longfellow Middle
School in La Crosse, Wisconsin.
http://wiki.sdlax.k12.wi.us/groups/couleekids/blog/
25. The Road She Traveled
This localized project evolved from the
Coulee Kids Podcast.
http://wiki.sdlax.k12.wi.us/groups/theroadshetraveled/
27. • Who is your audience?
• What is the purpose of the podcast?
• What role will it play in the course?
• In student evaluation?
Things to Consider
28. • Audacity (audio)
• PowerPoint (slides)
• http://flickrcc.bluemountains.net/
(photos)
• Point-and-shoot camera (photos and
video)
• Windows Movie Maker (to pull
together an enhanced or video
podcast)
Tools
29. • CD or DVD
• Course Management System
• Website/Blog
• Hosted site (odeo.com, blip.tv, etc.)
• iTunes (anyone can add a podcast to
their directory!)
Places