Podcasts are a very interesting tool that can be used in both classroom instruction and teacher education. Sites such as gereration.prx.org are sites dedicated to youth driven or youth oriented radio shows and podcasts. These sites allow teachers and students alike to listen to podcasts about educational topics and ideas for classroom activities. These sorts of sites can be introduced during classroom instruction and give students the unique opportunity to not only learn from students and teachers all around the world, but also to post and share their own classroom experience with other classes around the world. These sorts of sites also generally contain useful casts that can be viewed as homework assignments or by teachers for ideas on activities.
When searching through podcasts I found it was more common to run across sites featuring podcasts that catered mostly towards informing and educating teachers on new teaching methods and ways to incorporate other materials into their lessons. Wiley.com features a wide array of topics to choose from ranging from reading to accounting and gives lists of resources as well as podcasts on how to use and incorporate some of these resources. Goodreads.com is partnered with programs like Audible and promote the use of books in classroom instruction as well as access to podcasts about reading. Cisco.com pushes a lot of its own educational tools and supplies numerous podcasts about a variety of subjects although the casts I listened to on this site were definitely directed towards teachers as the level of vocabulary being used was quite high. Podcasts are a great tool in a teacher’s arsenal in both classroom instruction and as a way of expanding one’s knowledge about teaching.
Resources:
http://generation.prx.org/?gclid=CILu7LbHq6wCFeoZQgodYF_jDg
http://www.goodreads.com/
http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/hmpgs/index.html
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