This week I have decided to look at pod casting for my tool of the week.
As I have established in my first ever blog post (here if you don't remember), No Learner learns the same way. With using ICT, we incorporate so many different types of text; written, spoken, diagrams, pictures, audio, visual. You couldn't do that with a black board and chalk! I have finally realised that this is the reason that we are encouraged to look into all different ICT tools. Enhance our teaching to all the students that can't read 10 chapters and remember the whole thing.
So anyway...What is a podcast?
A podcast is like a radio show. However, instead of being broadcast live, a podcast is recorded and then distributed over the internet, so that you can listen to it whenever you please. There are thousands of podcasts available, ranging from general interest entertainment shows to those which focus on specific topics (e.g. computers / music / education).
(http://www.teachingideas.co.uk/ict/podcasting.htm)
A podcast could easily be put together with pictures and make a virtual slide show of images to make a movie or slide show. Recordings can be done from an iphone, ipod, ipad, computer and many more devices, so it is a readily available tool that could be used in the classroom - or out of the classroom. The program I have opted for is called AUDIOBOO, it is downloadable free from the iTunes store or online Here. The great thing about AudioBoo is that it can be embedded into a blog or wiki (blogs don't usually allow audio).
A podcast could easily be put together with pictures and make a virtual slide show of images to make a movie or slide show. Recordings can be done from an iphone, ipod, ipad, computer and many more devices, so it is a readily available tool that could be used in the classroom - or out of the classroom. The program I have opted for is called AUDIOBOO, it is downloadable free from the iTunes store or online Here. The great thing about AudioBoo is that it can be embedded into a blog or wiki (blogs don't usually allow audio).
And I bet you thought, how can this be used to benefit learning in the classroom... I was thinking the same thing until I had a deeper look into it.
Have a look at what I have done with this example of intergrading podcasts into a school blog
Have a look at what I have done with this example of intergrading podcasts into a school blog
This could be a great approach to teaching for the Auditory learners- those who prefer to listen and speak.
Another way that I would use a podcast for in the classroom is storytelling. Having a group of students put together an audiobook of something they have written together . A classroom radio station is a great way to incorporate this- even potentially developing literacy skills by writing scripts, setting up interviews and developing teamwork skills by working together to put together the recordings to make a great show. This would open all types of doors in the ICT world- particularly as this could be used as early as grade one. Another academic incorporation could be using a recorded podcast for dictation that could be done at home for practise tests, or even through the class so I could roam the classroom and check for students having trouble (I used to hate this one at school - having the teacher stand up the front of the classroom and have to write down what she said).
I think it is clear that podcasts can hold a range of uses- all you have to google is 'Uses for a podcast in the classroom' and there are hundred of ideas.
Although using ICT in the classroom can highly benefit learning outcomes and experiences it is detrimental that referencing and copyright laws are taken into consideration while teaching and
when students are using ICT. It's very important that all permission is granted when using other students work as well.
Always check Reference and copyright laws!!
Here is another way couple of ways that podcasts can be used in everyday teaching:
Another way that I would use a podcast for in the classroom is storytelling. Having a group of students put together an audiobook of something they have written together . A classroom radio station is a great way to incorporate this- even potentially developing literacy skills by writing scripts, setting up interviews and developing teamwork skills by working together to put together the recordings to make a great show. This would open all types of doors in the ICT world- particularly as this could be used as early as grade one. Another academic incorporation could be using a recorded podcast for dictation that could be done at home for practise tests, or even through the class so I could roam the classroom and check for students having trouble (I used to hate this one at school - having the teacher stand up the front of the classroom and have to write down what she said).
I think it is clear that podcasts can hold a range of uses- all you have to google is 'Uses for a podcast in the classroom' and there are hundred of ideas.
Although using ICT in the classroom can highly benefit learning outcomes and experiences it is detrimental that referencing and copyright laws are taken into consideration while teaching and
when students are using ICT. It's very important that all permission is granted when using other students work as well.
Always check Reference and copyright laws!!
Here is another way couple of ways that podcasts can be used in everyday teaching:
Anyway, thanks for reading! I hope I am not only teaching myself ways to incorporate ICT into my classroom to be the best teacher I can possibly be- but also my other fellow future teachers.
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