Podcast

I tried pod casts today in my classroom and I was surprised how well it worked! I was able to differentiate easily too. There is a basic sound recorder on the computer and my lower students could do the project, and then the more advanced students were able to use audacity. It was fun to watch them really excel and exceed my expectations. A lot of them used music and others did a great job keeping it entertaining.

Digital Editing

I'm a big fan about trying to encorporate digital video into my classroom, and would do more with if my school had more than one camera. I like the concept of editing, but I'm not sure if it adds to the learning experience for students. The video creation process is good and I understand how they will learn the content better. But I feel like in camera editing is sufficient for most of the films I have students make. Granted, quality would probably be better if I allowed them to add special effects, but does that improve content knowledge?

Podcasts vrs Radio

I'm trying to wrap my head around the difference between a podcast and a radio broadcast. Especially since in class we were shown examples of pod casts of NPR. Isn't that just the radio show broken into downloadable segments? All shows have their intro and outro music, they usually have the same people doing the show and in the same format. It almost seems like this is not a new technology. Anyone who had a tape recorder could record the radio and play it later. It just seems to offer a convenience so people can listen to something at anytime.