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The Proof Is in the Podding
The author, Steve Abrams, presents information on the use of iPods at Duke University by college students and a presentation by Christine Dowd, a K - 20 education consultant with Apple. He recounts 18 uses for iPods, though I believe they must be the video iPods they're referring to. Retail and free sites are listed as teaching resources as well. Two new web based resources are explained; an iTunes server software where a private digital school can be structure. The second is specialized search engines for podcasts through Podscope and Podzinger.
Abrams reports back that Duke University is continuing their iPod experiment and ends with a list of web site resources for pod casting - which I will be following up with.
This article has further opened up my eyes to other media to use in education. With all my investigation into streaming video and reading blogs about digital cameras, e-Books and digital white boards I was interested in checking out more media hardware. I thought the iPod was mostly used for music listening and wasting time! I'm going to check out further information on podcasting because I feel like that will allow more project learning situations like the digital camera. The iPod's heavy emphasis on auditory learning skills could definitly assist students who prefer that learning style. It would also allow repetition at a learners preferential timeline. I didn't realize that there are microphones and ways to produce visual podcasts, especially with Apple's new touch screen technology. As an older student and teacher I can see how all of these choices in technology could overwhelm a teacher in practice. And as the movie assignment showed, the appropriate, confident use of technology brings about good results. Inept, unprepared use of technology BLOWS. Pam
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Hi Pam;
ReplyDeleteThanks for reminding me that podcasts can also be video podcasts. I always think of podcasts as only providing audio. The classes I teach are so visual in nature that I have never considered using podcasts.
One of the teachers in my other Ed Tech class is doing a research study on reading comprehension and fluency by having her second grade students read into an iPod. Then the children listen to their own recordings. Supposedly by having them listen to their own voice recordings they are able to improve their reading skills.
In a previous class we looked into podcasts in the classroom. There are a lot of good audio and video resources out there if you search iTunes or other services. It makes a lot of sense to put instruction into a format that students are comfortable with and one they can use whenever they have time available. I feel like this would have been useful to me in college. If a student misses an important detail when taking notes it can hurt them on a test. If a professor offers the audio of a lecture, students could go back and make sure they wrote all important information. Also, from the perspective of a teacher, it makes for an easy way to remember how something was covered last year. If something went well you can repeat it or if something could have been handled differently that can be fixed as well. Good luck on your blog summary,
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I love using Podcasting in my classroom. I think this is a great tool and should be looked at more as an asset in the classroom. I have used downloadable pod and video casts. I have also had students create their own. I would love to see more research done on using this tool.
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