Thing 19

I listened to several podcasts. I am a visual person, so I didn't enjoy it as much as other "things". Although it is interesting and the topics are endless. I disliked hearing advertisments in many of the podcasts that I listened to (truly like a radio).

I think that students would like to have podcasts integrated in their learning, but I do think that the students would prefer to have something to watch like a vodcast (we are so accustomed to the TV).

The students could be guided to sites with the podcasts to research a topic or unit being studied as long as the technology is available. I think that these podcasts would make current events fun for students to explore.

I could use podcasting in my lectures with teaching Art. Podcasts could be used to include valuable information that relates to the concepts being taught and explore cultural information. I would think that a podcast could be included with a Power Point Presentation (not sure if this is even possible). I will be using podcasting to enhance my lessons containing cultural music to be included in multi-cultural units.

Podcasts would work in my lectures well as long as there is technology available to access it. I don't think that the sound quality is the best quality but yet is still decent. This could get boring if the podcast is too long and could be problematic if a student has a hard time focusing strictly on listening.

The Podcasts that I listened to were from Storynory. I listened to 2 stories: The Dragon and his Grandmother and Jack and the Beanstalk. The listener could follow along with the text, but there were no illustrations to the story.

I also listened to Podcasts that were student made. The "I believe in..." series, which students used as a reflection, expression of thoughts and public communication.

I looked and got away from Podcasting at the Scholastic 10 podcasts for teachers. There I found the poetry links that read poetry. This will be great during April is Poetry Month!

My favorite podcasts I explored was 60 seconds of Science at Sciam.com