2. Technology in Teaching & Learning is not new- examples which have changed the way we learn include: Printing press Electric light Radio Records (Vinyl) Taped recordings Television VHS tapes Cassette recordings VCD DVD But these all had limitations due to cost, availability and reaching a vast audience What’s changed today? Internet access is becoming increasingly available to a large majority of the world’s population Educational institutions are embracing IT and technology to facilitate teaching & Learning Experienced teachers are retraining to embrace IT/Technology assisted learning Software and hardware is developing at an incredibly fast rate in a competing marketplace for IT products and devices to aid students, parents & educators Before & after the Internet & IT revolution
4. What are they? essentially podcasts have developed from old technology- see earlier examples They’re files (either digital, audio or video) which are produced, uploaded to the web and available for download by users. Most audio files are MP3 and video files have names like MP4WMVMOV MPEG FLV These files may be downloaded as podcasts There are software applications which may be downloaded too-to help you deal with multiple files and types. Podcasts
5. They may be used across levels, institutions (primary, secondary & tertiary) and across the curriculum. They may be downloaded, or created in the classroom. They're a great vehicle for allowing students to create and publish their work online too. Students become motivated and pursue excellence in producing their best, most creative and well planned work. Why are Podcasts useful in Teaching & Learning situations?
6. They’re a vehicle in which the core traditional essential elements of learning are occurring: Creating evaluating analyzing applying understanding remembering The creation of Podcasts ensures a wide range of cognitive skill development as well as encourages and fosters affective and psychomotor development. Advantages of Podcasts
7. application of knowledge comprehension of what’s been taught analysis of work through active processing synthesis of work taught active participation on behalf of the learner they feel valued lots of sensory stimulation lots of organizing These are key psycho-cognitive skill development areas required at all levels of education-from elementary school through to higher education For example
8. It’s simple: access to the WWW Computer microphone recording software http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExkMeQfuLGc&feature=related How to make a podcast
9. review a book read chapters/sections of a book share favorite passages new vocabulary themes and ideas group based discussion interviews Podcast Ideas for the classroom
11. Ode on a Grecian Urn by John Keats http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gOShpPL3Ds&feature=related The Love Song by J.AlfredPulfrock by T.S. Eliot http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhiCMAG658M&feature=related A.E.Houseman: WW1 Poetry http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfAmgl8YkWg Dulce et Decorum Est by Wilfred Owen http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVMFB7mHVaI&NR=1 Walt Whitman – Oh Captain My Captain http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJ1MWYAJbWs&NR=1 The Tiger by William Blake http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-yhzeZQi58&feature=related Shall I compare the to a Summer’s Day by William Shakespeare http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tJBX2JgZZQ&feature=related YouTube as a vehicle for teaching literature
13. Ideas for podcasting in the classroom. (2009). Retrieved December 7, 2010 from http://fcit.usf.edu/podcasts/ Integrating podcasts into the classroom. (2009). Retrieved December 7, 2010 from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExkMeQfuLGc http://www.learningandteaching.info/learning/bloomtax.htm retrieved December 8, 2010 References
