The benefits of podcasting in the classroom are endless. Children in Elementary school today are able to download certain podcast and carry them around (on an ipod mp3 etc.) They are able to refer back to these podcast at any given time if need be. Although I have access to podcast today I really wish that technology was this advanced when I was younger. The amount of technology that children have today is out of this world.
If a student misses class they are no longer subjected to have to depend on fellow classmates or their teacher. They now have the option to know what work is due the following day or week for class. Not only do they know what's due for the present week, but if they know they are going to have to be absent in the future that can start working on those assignments. Podcasting can make a teacher and students life easier than ever imagined. The social networking and media world has grown so fast and is only going to continue to get bigger and better.
Podcasting delivers radio quality instruction and content that can be accessed at your connivence, it trains the mind for higher ordered thinking skills , allows differentiation and project based learning, last but not least it promotes and encourages creativity and innovation as well.
I agree with you about the benefits of podcasting are endless. The benefits are great outcomes of podcasting. One of them is the idea of students can start their assignment if they know they will be absent in class. I agree that this idea will make a student's and teacher's life easier. There wouldn't be much stress on the teacher or the student and they can move on to the next material. Great Blog!!
ReplyDeleteYes this is very true. Having the podcast cuts down on disrupting the class to ask what the student missed and creating more work for the teacher. If the student is sick and at home they can actually do the assignment and email it or have it turned in to the teacher with no late penalties. The benefits ARE endless.
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