Blog Post 4

After reviewing several sites on the importance of pod-casting in the classroom, I came across several websites that were very informative. The Benefits of Podcasting in the Classroom By Joe Dale was very informative and gave several key points to the importance of  classroom podcast. This is a few things that I thought were good points.

• an effective way of interacting with students outside of the classroom
• it promotes creativity and innovation
• it can offer distance learning opportunities for absent students
• parents can see and hear what their children are doing at school

After viewing What is a Podcast? I feel like It helped me to understand what a podcast actually was and how it can be used efficiently in the classroom.   It opened my eyes to the fact that the term podcast is a cross between "broadcast" and "iPod." Podcast allow things to be shared via the internet! Doing a podcast is very inexpensive and the children tend to really enjoy participating in the podcast.

In Langwitches blog it was amazing to read about the first grade students and their podcast that they made using a chapter book on the Vacation under the Volcano by Mary Pope Osborne from the Magic Tree House series. It was really neat reading about how they put their podcast together and worked hard to make it great!