The document discusses podcasts and their use in education. It defines a podcast as a digital audio recording that instructors can use to deliver content to students asynchronously. Podcasts can be distributed online through websites or directories. The term "podcast" comes from "broadcasting" and the iPod. Podcasts allow for educational content to be accessed anywhere via devices like computers, phones and tablets. The document outlines benefits of using podcasts in the classroom like bridging traditional and modern teaching methods and allowing students more active learning.
2. •A PODCAST IS A DIGITAL AUDIO RECORDING, WITH OR WITHOUT IMAGES,
WHICH INSTRUCTORS CAN USE TO DELIVER CONTENT TO STUDENTS IN AN
EASY ASYNCHRONOUS FASHION.
•ONCE GENERATED, PODCASTS CAN BE DISSEMINATED ONLINE THROUGH
PERSONAL WEBSITES OR PODCAST DIRECTORIES.
•PODCASTING, THE NAME FOR THIS PROCESS, IS AN AMALGAMATION
OF”BROADCASTING”AND THE ACRONYM”POD”.
3. •POD STANDS FOR PORTABLE ON DEMAND,AND WAS FIRST USED
TO NAME APPLE COMPUTER’S WIDELY SUCCESSFUL PORTABLE
MEDIA PLAYER IPOD.
•NOW ,THE TERMS PODCAST AND PODCASTING ARE PART OF THE
AMERICAN LEXICON AND REFER TO THE DISTRIBUTION OF ANY
DOWNLOADABLE DIGITAL AUDIO FILE THAT CAN BE PLAYED ON
NUMEROUS DEVICES SUCH AS COMPUTERS,SMART
PHONES,IPADS, AND OTHER PORTABLE MEDIA DEVICES.
4. EDUCATIONAL PODCAST
•IT IS AN ALTERNATIVE METHOD OF LEARNING WHICH CAN HELP TO IMPROVE YOUR
LISTENING SKILLS. MOST OF PRODUCERS OF PODCASTS ARE EDUCATORS WHO USE
THIS TECHNOLOGY TO COMMUNICATE WITH THEIR STUDENTS OUTSIDE THE
TRADITIONAL CLASS.
•THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT KINDS OF PODCAST AND RADIO SHOWS .WHILE SOME ARE
FOR NEWS , ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC OR OTHER TOPICS , THERE’S ALSO MANY
EDUCATIONAL PODCASTS OUT THERE. EDUCATIONAL PODCASTS ARE FOR ANYONE WHO
WANTS TO LEARN THROUGH AUDIO LECTURES, DISCUSSION AND INTERVIEWS.
5. •USING A PODCAST IN YOUR TEACHING CAN ENCOURAGE YOUR
STUDENTS TO ENGAGE WITH YOUR CLASSES, YOUR MATERIAL
AND TO NEVER MISS A THING .PODCASTING IS ONE OF THE BEST
THINGS YOU COULD DO FOR YOUR STUDENTS.
6. •PODCASTING IS THE ABILITY TO CREATE OR LISTEN TO AUDIO OR VIDEO
CONTENT EITHER LIVE OR DOWNLOADED FOR LATER USE.
•A PODCAST IS SIMILAR TO A RADIO SHOW IN THAT EACH SHOW CONSISTS
OF A SERIES OF INDIVIDUAL EPISODES YOU CAN LISTEN TO ON YOUR
COMPUTER OR ON A DIGITAL AUDIO PLAYER LIKE AN IPOD .
•PODCASTING INVOLVES THE ONLINE PUBLICATION OF DIGITAL FILES
WITHIN A CHANNEL TO WHICH OTHERS CAN SUBSCRIBE AND OBTAIN
UPDATES.
7. •A PODCAST CAN CONTAIN ANY TYPE OF FILE : AUDIO, VIDEO,PDF,OR OTHER.
•PODCAST ARE DIFFERENT FROM WEB-BASED AUDIO AND VIDEO FILES
BECAUSE THEIR FEED PERMITS SUBSCRIBING AND AUTOMATIC TRANSFER
OF THE FILES TO A PORTABLE DEVICE LIKE AN IPOD, LETTING PEOPLE TIME
AND PLACE SHIFT WHEN THEY CONSUME MEDIA.
•EDUCATORS CAN EASILY INCLUDE PODCASTING IN THEIR REPERTOIRE OF
TEACHING TOOLS BECAUSE IT ONLY REQUIRES A MODEST BUDGET,
SOFTWARE EXPERIMENTATION, AND CREATIVITY.
8. BENEFITS PODCASTING IN THE
CLASSROOM
• PODCASTING GIVES EDUCATORS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BRIDGE THE TRADITIONAL CLASSROOM SETTING
WITH PROGRESSIVE STATE OF THE ART TECHNOLOGIES.
• IT IS AN EXCITING AND NOVEL MEANS FOR STUDENTS TO TAKE MORE ACTIVE ROLE IN THEIR OWN
LEARNING EXPERIENCE.
• IT IS ADAPTABLETO THE LEARNING NEEDS.
• ASSIGNMENT STUDENTS CAN EDIT AND PUBLISH THEIR OWN PODCAST.
9. IMPLICATIONS FOR EDUCATION
• COURSE CONTENT DISSEMINATION.
• CLASS ROOM RECORDING.
• FEILD RECORDING.
• STUDY SUPPORT .
• FILE STORAGE AND TRANSFER.
