More recently, it was listening to Wilco podcasts while painting the dining room and getting all the chores done before the masses show up for the birthday party. The point is, podcasts can go anywhere with you: shoveling, biking, doing laundry….the list goes on.
The only place that I think Educational Podcasts could go wrong, is if they don’t keep their content interesting enough for the kids of today, then they’re just going to keep playing games, texting, or listening to music on their portable devices. The idea of an educational podcast for a student to take with them wherever they go is great, but only if they’ll LISTEN to it wherever they go. That’s why for my first podcast, I want my students to try introducing the CD that will be handed out to students who made a charitable donation to help Haiti in the last couple months. (Podcast link below)
I think that podcasting can be most powerful for students if it’s them who are creating the podcasts for each other. They an take ownership of what they created, and have a sense of pride when another student uses that podcast to help better understand a topic they struggled with before. I’m looking forward to teaching my kids GarageBand. I found that it handled ALL the audio files I has, no matter the type, unlke Audacity. Audacity was way to picky about what files it could read. My Mac’s GarageBand (from back in 04) still reads new files being released today (like MP4). Can Apple see the future?
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