You know what kids love? Podcasting. Creating a video as silly as this requires some research, script writing, rehearsal, and concentration to stick with making a video about one topic in its entirety. This can help teach creativity, technical literacy, videography, public speaking skills, the list just goes on and on!
<{[(By the way, this isn't actually a podcast because... anyone? Anyone? Bueller? That's right, its not linked to an RSS feed. Apparently one needs XML coding to do that, or money to have Apple do it.)]}>
A podcast is basically any multimedia file that someone puts
on the internet, but is different from other uploaded files – like most
YouTube videos – because podcasts are maintained on the viewer’s computer or
personal media device – assuming that they subscribe to a podcast ….. by an RSS feed that
automatically syncs new episodes as soon as they’re posted. Podcasting is different from normal streaming of sound or
video in that way.
Podcasting began to catch on around 2004, and Apple created
a version of iTunes, 4.9.0, in
2005 that effectively ended advancement of podcast media by
independent developers.
Podcasting is like an “online prerecorded radio show,”
according to Wikipedia, and traditionally included only an audio feed. A
little more recently, with the advent of vloging, or video blogging, for the
less "nerd-literate," many podcasters have become vodcasters,
meaning that they feed audio and video files. (like that video!)
A little less high-tech is an enhanced podcast, where still
images are included with the audio feed,
But those aren’t nearly as cool as using real video.
Another interesting development is the podcast novel, where
up-and-coming authors read their work
To the world via their computer microphones, hoping that
they’ll get enough fans that it’ll be
Worth giving their work out for free.
Podcasting can be used in the classroom to make stories come
to life with sounds – or even videos!
This is a great option to differentiate for auditory
learners, and we’ve all heard how super-important differentiation is. Another use of podcasting in the classroom is to help sick
kids stay caught up with classes by getting the lectures online – it can also help kids who do come to class
but don’t care enough to pay attention figure stuff out later.
I mean, in an ideal world they’d care enough to watch the feed.
Podcasting class information can also help kids review for
tests – so they know exactly what to study
Although, my problem with all this is why would they pay
attention in the first place when they can just get it right before the test on my podcast?
A great way to extend kids' thinking using podcasting is to actually have them design and record their own podcasts to share with the class; this encourages creativity, technical literacy, and keeping up with the trends of the current generation!
This was all for my Technology in Education class, just by the by, in case anyone ever comes across this and cares. K, have nice day!
A great way to extend kids' thinking using podcasting is to actually have them design and record their own podcasts to share with the class; this encourages creativity, technical literacy, and keeping up with the trends of the current generation!
This was all for my Technology in Education class, just by the by, in case anyone ever comes across this and cares. K, have nice day!
