Podcasts

I had no idea what a Podcast does, until I read Catherine Van Moolenbroeks blog. I read where she went to a website "PodcastFAQ", so I googled it and found the website. It has a lot of information about Podcasts and Podcasting and when I started reading it, it made a lot of sense. Thank you Catherine. I realised without knowing that I have been downloading music through a Podcasting website, called Pro Share./Livewire. I had to pay a one off fee to download music or videos, however it was worth it, as it provided me with a variety of music that I can use to put on my phone and use it in my digital tools example PowerPoint or Weebly.

"That same little orange icon responsible for blog subscriptions also works with podcasts. In fact many RSS readers such as Google Reader, support Podcast RSS feeds. You can also subscribe using a podcatcher. A podcatcher is an RSS (Really Simple Syndication) reader specifically designed for podcasts and many times syncs with a media device".

For younger grades I would use short podcasts so students don't become bored, older students may stay engaged to longer podcasts, if the information is interesting and linked to subject areas.

Several podcasts that I would use in the younger grades of school. These podcasts are called 'Stories to Read, Words to Know' by Evan-Moor Educational Publishers. These podcasts are based on storybooks. The book gets read by a lady at a pace so children can follow as she reads, then it is followed by echo reading (she reads, then students read). The kids of the future are technology literate, so as Learning Managers we need to engage them in the new technologies that is fast becoming the way of the world.


References:
PodcastFAQ.com (2010). Other Methods. Retrieved from http://www.podcastfaq.com/finding-podcasts/other-methods/