As a long term Apple fangirl, podcasts are something that I am very familiar with. I am also that person who brings podcasts up in conversations with friends..."Yo friend, I listened to this great podcast while I was vacuuming, you should listen to it!". One podcast I listen to an a somewhat sporadic basis is linked here. This podcast is titled EdPod hosted by Australian Broadcasting Network and gives me some good insight into what is currently taking place within the education sphere.
The first thing I have to say about Podcasts is that I like the simplicity. It is pretty easy to search for something you may want to listen to and be automatically exposed to a number of different podcasts on the same topic. This can be helpful within a classroom to expose students to becoming more connected with information and becoming information critical. Podcasts could also be used for students for presentations that are shown in digital form - like a voiceover over a photo story. From a personal perspective, I probably would incorporate podcasts into the classroom, on a very limited basis. Public speaking provides students with a lot of opportunities for advancing their social skills and it's something that I believe is especially important. However, some students may have a fear of public speaking of have social anxiety, so using a podcast platform for these students to present could be much more beneficial than not presenting at all or in front of very few others.
I decided to use an online voice recorder provider; vocaroo.com, to show just how simple it can be to create voice recordings, which can then be used to create a podcast. To listen to an example, click here.
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