Thing #17--Podcasting in the Classroom

I added several podcasts from both PBS (personal interest primarily, nature & science podcasts). I thought this was the best site I looked at--there was no "guesswork" about the subject area or the source. I also added quite a few from the Education Podcast Network, but I actually had to go through the second time and really look for them. Although they were organized by general category, only the name & author of the podcasts were given which left the specific content unknown in many cases. Many of those chosen here related to vocabulary and poetry, but there was also one about myths and Literacy on the Go. The Learn Out Loud site, which is primarily a classic literature site, had too many possibilities to subscribe so I'm going to bookmark the entire site for later. I listened to a few when I reviewed it the first time, but didn't find those I sampled very engaging.

I may have students listen to a "word for the day" podcast as part of their warm-up routine and several of the topics listed from the PBS sites match those in my Voyager class (hurricanes/tornadoes). These podcasts could be utilized by those students who wish to know more or as a research source for other classwork. I think the best use of podcasting for my students may be to create our own. I could use it to model fluent, expressive reading of our current novel (would this be OK or would this be a copyright issue ?) and they could create their own to encourage practice & improvement (before "publishing").