Thing 17 Explore Podcasting
For audio learners or special needs students podcasting is a plus.
For the average student with good reading skills, I still think audio podcasts are too time consuming, not convenient to transport and not that valuable. Vodcasts (which are also podcasts) I believe will be an real hit with the students. Students are not trained to just “listen” and tend to multi-task or get distracted easily. Although producing my own pod-casts was fun…not everyone is a great public speaker. This was not my favorite tool.
Podcasts I listened to:
Nancy Pearl Book reviews Google RSS feed This is an enjoyable feed, that I enjoy weekly. It keeps me up-to-date in my field and makes a great conversation piece for the lunch bunch.
I hope to research some more podcasts on web 2.0 tools and download them to my ipod for listening during the airport downtimes while traveling this summer. A lot is available but it takes time to find the GOOD ones.
Directories I plan to use are:
The Grazer provided by this class.
