Podcasting in Education

Podcasting holds vast potential in the world of education. I am thankful that we were given this assignment, because I already have so many ideas floating around in my head. Podcasting can give students an outlet to express their creativity. I can only imagine the level of motivation that would be present if students were able to create podcasts of their own news broadcasts, original scripts, and writing pieces. Podcasts would be a wonderful way for students to share with each other, and with other classes, what they have learned and created. I also plan to have students create podcasts of our monthly newsletters to post on our class website. Podcasting can also bring pen pals/key pals to another level. Students can create podcasts to send to their pen pal/key pal rather than sending their written or typed work.

Click here to see a video about meeting standards with podcasting. This video is a little bit lengthy, but is extremely useful!

Podcasts also have the potential to be wonderful instructional tools. In previous years, I have searched for books on CD and most of the time, my searching has ended in failure. With podcasts, I can easily create my own listening center for students using the books that we are reading for the week. I feel slightly overwhelmed with the possibilities of podcasting in education, but I am excited to implement many of them in my classroom this coming school year.