Podcasts and the teaching Expirence

One tool that seems to be used for the furthering of students and their education is the use of Podcasts. For those who are not familiar with it, Podcasts are audio and/or video files that are distributed over the Internet. Some teachers in the united States are using Podcasts as a tool for children and even adults to communicate and share teaching information with people all over the world. The First podcast I listened to was the SmartBoard Lessons Podcast. The SmartBoard Lessons Podcast was like a radio station for teachers to communicate. Some teachers (such as Elizabeth Christophy) shared her views on the benefits of using a website called teachersconnecting.com and how it has helped her discuss teaching habits with other teachers across the country. Another podcast system that seemed helpful was the KidCast Podcast @ intelligenic.com. In episode #56 (The importance of asking questions),it states that "questions make up the heart of good educational podcasts, whether teacher or student produced" and that "questions set our focus." This was a very interesting episode and i was not the only one who thought so. The next Podcast i listened to was the EdTechtalk podcast. I liked this one the best because you could actually put in questions during the podcast for the teachers and have them answered for you. The main purpose of this podcast was the benefits of educational technology amongst teachers and students. This podcast was actually given an award for best use of audio in education (Edublog Award.) To check out my personally favorite podcast go to EdTechtalk.



The next two podcasts (MacBreak Weekly and This Week in Photography) were different from the others because they were not meant for the furthering of education for children or even high school students. These were more of radio talk shows for teachers. the purpose of these "talk shows" was to share and compare teaching cards and even ask questions on how to be a better teacher. I found all these podcasts to be interesting and helpful for all up and coming teachers.