(1) Describe the Resource / Experience:
During my resource search this week, I discovered a website entitled “How To Podcast Tutorial”. This site explains what a podcast is in simple, easy-to-understand terms. It also discusses the benefits of using podcasts and outlines the steps to creating your own podcast. I thought this site offered some very interesting podcasting tips and information.
(2) Lessons Learned / Applications for the Classroom / Recommendations for Yourself or Others:
Overall, this resource has prompted me to further investigate using podcasts in today’s classroom. They seem to be very easy to create and use in today’s classroom. Being a second grade teacher, I like for my students to listen to books on tape to improve their reading fluency, but purchasing books on tape can get very expensive. So as for classroom applications, I think it would be great to have my students create their own personalized library of “books on tape” by having them create a series of podcasts of themselves reading the stories. I think this would be a very useful and meaningful classroom project, but I’m not sure how much time and effort would be required to complete it. I am going to further investigate/research creating and using podcasts in today’s classroom and design a plan to implement my “books on tape” library idea in my classroom. However, I may not have enough time to complete this project this year, but we’ll see. If I don’t get around to starting this project this school year, it definitely will be on my “To Do” list for next year. I’ll keep you all posted.
(3) Links to Readings, Resources, or Discussions:
These ideas directly link to the following resource from my Resource Log:
Van Orden, J. (2005). How to podcast tutorial. Retrieved from http://www.how-to-podcast-tutorial.com/what-is-a-podcast.htm
Moreover, even though it’s not completed yet, the ideas expressed here will relate to the Module E WikiText chapter section about podcasting.
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