Please visit my podcast or you can find it on i-tunes under the title "The Christmas Orange"
http://lucasstories.mypodcast.com/2008/10/The_Christmas_Orange-151199.html
Podcasting was very nerve racking. I tried a few different free podcasting creators before I settled on the first on I tried. Mypodcast.com worked very well for me. The reason I didn’t stay with it at first, is because the original recording had a lot of background clicking sounds. After a few days of trying others (that I couldn’t get to work), I went with mypodcast. Luckily, the background noise didn’t affect the final product. It was really exciting to hear my own story being published. WOW, what a great way to help kids who are having trouble with class. It would be so easy to record a lecture, even while you’re giving it in real time to the class. Many teachers already wear headgear for a speaker system. Why no wear one for recording your lesson. This way you would have a record of every class lecture. Students who need to hear the information again could just download it. It would also be helpful for our school tutors and special education teachers to see what is being done in class. These people are very important to my students. They help the kids get what I am trying to teach. If they could listen to the podcast of the lecture, they will know the exact concepts I am working toward. Finally, kids who are sick both short term and long term could download a lecture and listen to it at home. Not only that, but their parents. There are always parent, myself included, who wish they could find out what is going on in class. Especially when the child comes home and answers every question with, “nothin’.” “What did you learn today?” “Nothing’.” It is very frustrating. Other uses are educational podcasts. These are really informative and a lot are free. What a great idea to give parents who ask what they can do to help their struggling child. I really like the podcast idea. I’m going to have to do more research on the matter.
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"Many teachers already wear headgear for a speaker system. Why no wear one for recording your lesson. This way you would have a record of every class lecture. Students who need to hear the information again could just download it."
Good idea! I can think of numerous times when students have had to miss a class or lecture, and would have benefitted from a recording/podcast that they could refer back to when completing make-up homework and assignments, so as to catch up with the rest of the class.
What a great idea!! I am definitely going to look into doing my own podcasts. I have not listened to yours yet but it is on my list of things to do soon! At the end of each day I am supposed to get the students to tell me 5 things they learned that day. We keep a list and at the end of the week we send the list home as part of the weekly progress report.
That is a great idea for creating podcasts for absent students. I teach in a high school where there is a high number of absences. When the students need to hear what I talked about, maybe safety lessons, it is extremely important they know my standards. I don't use a microphone system to teach, but I am going to figure something out that will work for this. Thanks.
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