I'd heard of podcasting before but I'd never really considered it being used for learning. I looked up articles on this subject and actually found podcasts on learning different languages and literacy and all sorts of educational things! It was amazing! I did eventually find a good article titled "There's Something in the Air: Podcasting in Education."
They give an example of a girl named Jenny waking up to check iTunes and seeing entertainment podcasts and educational podcasts side by side and doesn't really get surprised by this because she's so used to it. I don't use iTunes or check podcasts but I can see how someone wouldn't be surprised, technology is being used for practically everything nowadays, including education.
They talk about assignments of the students making podcasts, which I think is a great idea. What better to show that you're learning something than using technology to post it where anyone who is learning the same thing, teaching it, or interested in learning it can see. That could possibly teach people who want to learn about it but can't take a class for it or help teachers who don't know what to use for a certain class period.
I think that podcasting to show what you've learned or viewing podcasts to learn something new is definitely a way of the future and I'm sure it will be catching on in all the classrooms soon. Who knows where this could lead next? That would be an interesting journey!
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I have used podcasting in a class at FGCU before! I took environmental bio and my teacher posted all of his lectures for us to download. It was neat because it made it really easy to study while driving, just listening to my IPod through my radio.
I agree that podcasting is a great tool to use in the classroom, I didn't even know that podcasts were being use in a classroom before this!
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