Podcasting in Education

Very interesting research I am doing on Podcasting. My researching slowed a bit when my husband joined the iPod craze and started using "my iPod", I am having great difficulty sharing! As I read in the Sunday Trib about the millions of iPods shipped this Christmas, I was thinking about the power or Podcasting to reach students and teachers in our schools. No more ignored morning announcements, subscribe to the feeds of information YOU need. I see a staff feed, sport feed, administrator feed, you name it!

I will continue to research and report back!
meg

Happy New Year!

Hello all!
Finally calm has again settled at home after the holidays. I am back at the computer and back to research about Blogging. In an interesting twist I began some research about Podcasting and I am very intrigued. I know I am sounding like a geek (yet again!) but in simple terms a podcast is a recorded audio file posted to a blog that can play on your iPod or MP3 device! I listened to my first podcast and I see huge potential for our students, I must figure out a way to make this work!

Podcasting is a very new term, and I am up to my neck in research, but I am really interested in how the audio files can help the struggling learner. I will try and keep my blog updated as I collect my research. More as I continue!