Lars Brownworth, a teacher at a Stoneybrook school started pod casting before it became a big deal. He decided one day to post a recording of himself teaching about the Byzantine Empire and posted it on his personal website. He hardly received any viewers. After Apple started posting pod casts on Itunes, Brownworth’s brother posted his pod cast onto the itunes site. By the time he was back from a trip 1,392 people had already downloaded it. There are other pod casts such as “Word Nerds” and “Grammar Girl” are geared towards teaching and learning.
Pod casting is great way to teach students. So many students today have some form of mp3 player whether it be an Ipod or not, and most of these students are permanently affixed to them so why not put something educational on it?
This may not be the most effective way of teaching but it sure would not hurt. If students are willing to download and listen to these pod casts then they have a greater chance of learning. But I do no think that the majority of the students will be willing to listen to pod casts about education rather then listening to their music or watching videos.
Further technology would be great in order to create a low cost mp3 player that can only play a type of file geared towards learning. This could then solely be used in a classroom setting to aid in teaching. Games can also be created to make the pod cast more rewarding and fun.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/31/education/31education.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&sq=podcasting%20education&st=nyt&scp=2
1 comment:
I agree with what you said about a big majority of students having some form of Ipod or mp3 player. It would be to their advantage to learn something from them other than just listening to music. As teachers, we need to figure out a creative way to incorporate the technology so that the students still learn. I like your idea for making games and using them with podcasts.
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