Podcasts

After recently investigating and learning about ITunes podcasts and ITunesU I am very impressed with what they have to offer. I first began just looking through the different podcasts but I realized that I spent a lot of time searching. One great thing about ITunes is that they have a search bar. I am going to write a paper about inclusion for another class so I decided to search for inclusion.  I found many podcasts that had great clips about inclusion.The podcast I chose to listen to was by Tara Stevens titled "Inclusion".  The author is a professor at Texas Tech University. Another podcast that I listened to was titled "Tippin Mother's Day" by Instructional Technology. This podcasts has storytelling podcasts done by elementary school students. I wanted to know different ways that you could incorporate podcasts in the classroom. In this podcast, students retell a story and are recorded on a podcast (Instructional Technology, 2011). This was my first experience with podcasts and I see how they could be very useful. I was able to listen to lectures about inclusion in the comfort of my own home. I also think that it is very useful because you can subscribe and have access to the podcast without Internet access. I could definitely incorporate the use of podcasts in my classroom.

References

Stevens, T. (2006, July 27). Texas Tech University College Of Education. Podcast retrieved from https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/inclusion/id129950726?i=96632169 

Instructional Technology (2011, August 2). El Paso ISD. Podcast retrieved fromhttps://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/grade-2-tippin-mothers-day/id360543177?i=81851581