Podcasting is revolutionizing education:

Teachers are using the technology to present and extend their classroom lessons.   Students are using Podcasts to learn and to teach others, creating their own Podcasts for class room presentation and school broadcasting. Podcasts are the modern approach to staying in touch with pen pals from around the world. Schools are using Podcasts to keep their students, faculty and community involved in school activities. Parents are able to stay on top of school activities, the lessons given their children and their children’s Podcast assignments. The tool is vital for working parents who may not otherwise have time to talk with teachers regularly. Librarians are expanding the traditional collection with Podcasts. Study aids are being revolutionized as well, as companies like Spark Notes make their study aids iPod-ready. Just a quick review of their iPod and a student can review before an exam, like electronic flash cards.

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Visit Apple’s online seminar for a great demonstration on how to use Podcasts, how students can use them, and how teachers can integrate them into the classroom and curriculum.

• New York Times article on Podcasting in schools.
• Seattle Times looks into Jamestown Elementary School and how they are using ipods and Podcasting.
• New York Times article on Podcasting in Elementary Schools.
• School Library Journal story on how librarians are using Podcasts.

Here a fourth grade class uses Podcasts to build relationships with pen pals in England and record their daily activities, giving parents more insight into their day. Teachers find that Podcasts have found that involving students in Podcasting is making them give their best effort, since their work will be on display across the World Wide Web. Students are learning to be speak clearly so they can be understood. Fifth graders offer their own lectures on what they have learned, making students the teachers.. Shows many other classes that are also broadcasting. Here a fourth grade class uses Podcasts to build relationships with pen pals in England and record their daily activities, giving parents more insight into their day. Teachers find that Podcasts have found that involving students in Podcasting is making them give their best effort, since their work will be on display across the World Wide Web. Students are learning to be speak clearly so they can be understood. Fifth graders offer their own lectures on what they have learned, making students the teachers.. Shows many other classes that are also broadcasting.

• Spark Notes now offers study guide text that can be downloaded onto ipods.
• Spark Notes also offers audio study guides mainly on required English reading.
• Study Guides for Pearson Text Books - If you’re using a Pearson’s text book, you may soon have Podcasts that can help you study.  Pearson Education plans to release downloadable study guides (for use with Pearson texts) and audible review notes for exam preparation.
• A secondary school in Scotland uses Podcasts as means to inform students about announcements and daily happenings taking place at the school; it seems as if Podcasting is being used by the school's journalism class taking the place of the school newspaper.
• A class uses Podcasts to report on their findings on a field trip to University of Southern Maine. The site also lets parents know exactly what is taking place each week.

A really great Podcast demonstrating how to use Podcasts, how students can use them, and how teachers can integrate them into the classroom and curriculum. Interviews Middle School Teachers, gets perspectives of teachers and students. A high school offers its own Podcasts interviewing faculty and students on sporting events and other events taking place at school. Article explains how the University of Florida will now offer Podcasts on their website about University and local news. The Georgetown University Forum is a weekly radio program highlighting the research and expertise of Georgetown University faculty, provides interviews with scholors in various fields of interest.

Overview

• They can create Podcast lectures.
• Foreign language teachers can create Podcasts to help their students better grasp pronunciation
• English teachers have been employing Podcasts within the classroom, specifically making students create their own Podcasts on reading and writing material.
• Teachers can create Podcasts for parents to view posting them most conveniently on their school website, interacting also with their students, other educators, and their community.
• Teachers can use Podcasts for virtually any presentations on any topic, with Podcasts lectures become fun and engaging.

Additional resources

• Apple offers a guide for educators who want to create a Podcast, offers instructions.
• Pearson Education plans to release downloadable study guides (for use with Pearson texts) and audible review notes for exam preparation.
• A great site for teachers who want ideas for their classrooms, gives ideas for teacher made Podcasts.
• Another resource specifically for teachers on Podcasts.
• A list of academic Podcasts used at various universities.
• Stanford on iTunes : universities are using Podcasting as tools to advertise their school.
• Harvard’s Understanding Computers course located on iTunes.