The Benefits of Pod-casting in the Classroom
Pod-casting is an effective way to communicate with children outside of the old fashioned teaching in the classroom. With pod-casting, students can work together in groups or even individually. Podcast focuses on Bloom's Taxonomy which is evaluation, synthesis, analysis, application, understanding, and knowledge. This new effective way of learning gives students the opportunity to demonstrate their higher thinking skills in a fun, creative way. Since podcast involves videos, this allows students to visually show what it is that he/she has learned. Instead of explaining word for word, this allow students to have a visual aid in explaining their project or assignment. Even though pod-casting is great for students, it is also beneficial for parents as well. Due to the audio clip that podcast offers, this gives parents the opportunity listen to what has been taught to their child/children.
Judy Scharf What is a Podcast?
Ms. Scharf first explains what the term "podcast" means. She explains that it is between an ipod and a broadcast, making it a radio-style talk show. Ms. Scharf gives a few tips for teachers in succeeding with pod-casting with students. First, she mentions to give students a choice of topics. Children love to try new things on their own, so I completely agree with this tip. Next, is to allow other people (such as the principal, department of chairman, etc.) to come in and watch the presentations. Children enjoy having an audience, especially when it is something that they have really worked hard on.
Langwitches 1st Graders Create Own Read Along Blog
This particular blog shows how exciting pod-casting is to children. They were excited about recording their voices and took real interest in editing their podcast, also. As the lesson continued with using the podcast, the students became more and more comfortable. Their level of confidence increased, which is so very important. I believe that it is very important for a child to be confident in everything they do, especially in school. When your confidence is up, you can conquer more, especially when dealing with challenging situations.
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Having the links to the websites would be helpful so I could explore them on my own as well, but other than that I enjoyed reading your post. I think having an audience of some sort for the children to show their project to is important as well. It really makes them feel accomplished and build up confidence, just like you said, and I believe that's important. I don't know if you also looked at the other links that were provided, but I learned a lot about podcasting from them. Like they can be used for younger children and teaching another language.
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