Sunday, November 15, 2009
Podcasts
I chose to listen to a podcast on Grammar Girl, discussing adverbs ending in –ily. I will most likely not use this specific podcast in my classroom because I will be teaching Math. However, I can see myself using podcasts in my classroom. I think this is a good way to back up what you are teaching, and give students another resource for learning. I can see myself using a Podcast when I think a particular subject or topic in Math is hard and the students are struggling. I will encourage my students listen to this Podcast at home to help them with homework and studying. It could also benefit students who were ill, and missed the class lecture; they could catch up on missing information using a Podcast. podcasts could also help those students who may take notes slowly or have a hard time keeping up. I also think it is a way to help a teacher, and have proof of what they are teaching. Also, especially in Math most of the concepts and what is taught is never really changed so these podcasts could be used each year without really having to change them. I think it may take some students a little bit to get use to listening to podcasts, but in the end they would really find them beneficial and helpful.
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I'm glad you tried out Grammar Girl, Rachel! I think it's a great way to help reinforce/remind students of particular rules. And I'll admit that I've headed there when my boss and I were proof-reading an article and we questioned the punctuation.
ReplyDeleteI'm also intrigued by the idea of trying podcasting as a way to reach parents. Perhaps instead of or in addition to a weekly newsletter. Parents could listen to it on their way to soccer practice, while grocery shopping, on the drive to work, etc. If ever find myself back in the K12 system, I'm going to give it a try!
A classmate of yours found a podcast that was used for daily announcements. I think that would be great for the whole school to use. A principal or a secretary could record the announcements for the day and post it on a school website - a great alternate to the loud speaker announcements because the teachers can chose to listen to them at any time of the day.