Blog Post 5



A group of students working on a podcast



The Benefits of Podcasting in the Classroom

This video shows its viewers several different advantages of podcasting. The first big advantage I saw was that it allows students that may be out of school for an extended period to have access to what is going on in the classroom. This is very important because it keeps students from getting too far behind. The second advantage that I saw is that it allows students to get more involved in day to day classroom learning. They are able to write out scripts and act out different topics which they may be discussing in class. Podcasting is a great way to get students to work together with their peers. It also allows parents to actually hear what is going on in their childs classroom from day to day and they are able to actually see something that their child has produced which is very neat. Overall, podcasting is a great addition to the classroom.


100 Ways to Use Your iPod to Learn and Study Better
This is a great website that has many ideas on how to use your iPod to enhance your studying. The iPod has so many applications now that can aid in almost any course of study. It offers many different types of study guides from Sparknotes to World Nomads, which aids in the study of foreign languages. It also lists different types of podcasts and audiobooks that can be downloaded to your iPod. You can download and learn Spanish from your iPod, that is pretty cool. The possibilities with an iPod are endless. iPods are everywhere now and it is amazing the amount of information that can be found and learned just by using an iPod.

Judy Scharff Podcast Collection

This is the most informative site that I have seen for podcasting.  It breaks it down for the reader beginning with the basics of what a podcast is.  It then goes on to give tips for success in creating a podcast.  Some of the tips for success are: allow students the time to really become familiar with audacity, allow the students to pick the people they are going to work with, and another is to allow them plenty of time to complete their project.  It then gives you a time schedule for creating a podcast.  I think that this is very good to see because it lets you know that for podcasts to be an effetive learning tool for students, it must be done properly and it does take time.  The site then continues on and gives topic suggestions, research suggestions, and even gives teachers a grading rubric.  This site is a great tool for teachers.