Podcasts

What is Podcasting?
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Some example podcasts
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**Why should I use it in the classroom?**
• Students can download online podcasts to learn content (like [|ChinesePod]) • Learning content is portable; can be done anywhere (at home, on the bus, during study hall) • It can provide self-paced material for enrichment or remediation • Student podcasts develop oral fluency, rhetoric, and spoken literacy • Student podcasts differentiate for student work, giving them another medium to express their learning

What are some possible student products?
• TV/Radio news shows • Persuasive speeches • How-to presentations • Student interviews, such as "Meet My Parents" or "Remembering the 50s" • Recorded classroom debates • Siskel/Ebert-style book reviews • Dramatic scenes • Recorded musical concerts/practice

Other teacher podcasting resources
[|Education Podcast Network] (many more student podcasts) [|Podcast Alley] (educational podcasts for downloading) [|Odeo] (more educational podcasts for downloading) [|KidCast] a blog about podcasting in the classroom [|Flexible Learning] podcasting resources for teachers