Educational Uses for Podcasting

Educational Uses for Podcasting

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDQD1zlg1eo

“Podcasting in Education” contrasts podcasting from other forms of downloading information on the Web as narrated by David Baugh.  The value is that an individual can subscribe to a podcast from a source and will then receive all of the following podcasts from that source.  The data can be transferred to a portable device as an mp3 file and managed appropriately from there.  Podcast feeds via RSS can be subscribed to and organized through a host site such as cre8orcast.com.

 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExkMeQfuLGc&NR=1

Another insightful source on video via Youtube.com enters the issues constructing the understanding of contemporary students as “digital natives” as Marc Prensky has coined the term.   Colette Cassinelli, a self-proclaimed Technology Evangelist, has attempted to proselytize traditionally trained teachers of the merits of technology using podcasting.    The simplicity of the podcast is emphasized beginning with a functional understand of the term.   Podcatcher software is needed and the episodic nature of the broadcasts are soon to be accessed.  Students will then be able to use the podcast as a means to demonstrate understanding through the creative means of expression offered here.   Cassinelli provides some examples for the modern teacher to begin using this as well as the products of actual teachers and students.   Equipment needed is a microphone and recording software with editing capacity.  There are other sites provides that allow for podcast creation.

 

 

http://currents.cwrl.utexas.edu/spring07/tremel_and_jesson

In true academic form, this article enters the discussion of the technology with a clarifying discussion of the term’s semantics.  The bottom line is that the podcast is a way of making a digital recording available online.  The authors then reflect on how  they used podcasts to maximize effective instruction.  As a means efficiency, podcasts helped save class time as resources for evaluation were disseminated by podcast to make class time focused on the analysis of the subject matter.   An enlightening fact is the laws of radio play also apply to podcasting so there are no infringement issues.   The teacher, a college professor, created his podcast but did not use RSS feed for distribution which could have helped him greatly.  Another example shared was the student’s creation of the podcast.  Requiring the students to acquire skills in recording, musical citations, and the editing process, the process of the product had embedded skills that made this more beneficial.  As the projects continued, the instructor was gaining perspective on how to redirect students for the following semesters.

 

http://poducateme.com/

The name alone evokes the certainty of using the technology for gainful ends.  Based on research compiled at Duke and the University of Washington, the podcast is a must for classroom use as is creates interest and engagement in students.  This site give its readers the “PoducateMe Podcasting Guide and is completely free to access.  The guide is easily the most thorough resources available on the internet.  Typical as well as unique insights are provided other areas of concern to the modern educator: the effect on absenteeism, efficiency,  scheduled content updates, format adjustments, and making links.  The authors have also shown ways in which to integrate podcasts with blog sites such as wordpress.com.  The site also gives very helpful production information as far as recording software, iTunes, self-hosting, bitrate, file and sound compression, recording preferences, etc.

 

http://www.stager.org/podcasting.html

This is a functional index to many resources that will assist in podcast production and broadcast.  It has sites, videos, tutorials, and articles that will enhance understanding and use of this technology.  Indispensible to the progressive teacher, this list is a necessary connection to issues that are specific in nature.  Subjects range from Videocasting with Quicktime for both the Mac and PC users to RSS/XML feeds; all of this is essential in order for teachers to gain proficiency.