1. http://www.podcastdirectory.com/episodes/mon

2. Podcasts
and
Screencasts
Mariana Recinos

3. IMPORTANT!
• It is important to expose students
to real language used in context
because that motivates them.
• Studies show that students who
listen to authentic oral materials
exhibit greater listening
comprehension

5. • Students are now available to learn and
manipulate language through the
creation of their own podcasts and
screencast projects.

6. PODCASTS
• It is a digital file that is created and posted
on the internet and can be played back on a
mobile device or on a personal computer at
a time convenient.
• Pod: play on demand
• http://www.podcastdirectory.com/episodes/how-to-

7. • Users can subscribe to a podcast and the
subscriber will receive new content once it
has been added and uploaded by the author.
Users can listen to the program when, where
and how they want.

8. • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7V-CBgpsmI

9. • The most popular way to subscribe to
podcasts is to use iTunes. It is a free software
in which users have hundreds of podcasts
available.
• http://www.apple.com/itunes/podcasts/

10. Web-based podcasts
• www.podcastalley.com/
• www.podcastpickle.com/
• www.podcastdirectory.com

11. Examples
in class
• You can listen to a
podcast about
something specific
and ask your students
to write down words.
(challenging, funny,
interesting, etc) then,
students can make
their glossary with
words used in
context.
• You can use podcasts
to listen to poems.

12. Be careful!
• When choosing a podcast, make sure it
contains meaningful language, and real-
world communication.
• There are many people out there who create
podcast which are not ok for teaching.

13. vodcasts
• They are similar to podcasts but they have
video, too.
• Vod: video on demand
• Vodcasts are also posted on the internet and
they can be played on a mobile device or on
a personal computer.
• Students can connect visuals to the audio.

14. Screencasts
• They are digital recording of computer screen
output, also known as a video screen
capture, often containing audio narration.
• The term compares with the related term
screenshot. Screenshots generate a single
picture of a computer screen so the
screencast is a movie of the these pictures
enhanced with narration.

15. Why screencasts?
• Improve student learning
• Available all the time
• Students control the pace,
start/stop/replay
• Focus on one topic

16. Free programs
• www.screenr.com
• www.camstudio.com
• http://www.techsmith.com/download/jing/
• http://www.screencast-o-matic.com/
• http://screencast.com/

17. Genres
• Tutorials
• How-to
• Demo
• Featured story

18. • When doing screencasts, do not add
unnecesary things or images.
• Whatever that does not help to tell the
story is just baggage. Dump it and focus
on the story.
• Do not make either of them too long to
keep your students attention.