Bethany's Podcast
This is the second podcast that I have created for a course. The first podcast I created was through a class I took at Bloomsburg University as part of the Master’s of Reading program. That particular podcast was created in class with specific guided directions and only took a few minutes. Unfortunately, I don’t remember the program that the instructor had us use.
At first, I was unsure of how to proceed with creating this second podcast. I found Audacity easy enough to download and use to create a recording. I was then able to save the recording I made as an MP3 file. After that, I was unsure of where I could post the MP3 file to create a podcast; but, after looking at Gayle’s podcast blog post I decided to use the same web site (box.net) to share the file. Thank you Gayle! Podcasting does not seem to be a hard tool to use as long as the user has a place to share their podcast and a program such as Audacity to create it. Richardson (2010) states, “As long as you have a way to make the recording, and as long as your students have access to the Internet, you can make this work” (p. 115).
Podcasting can be utilized and incorporated in various content units and activities by all educators from elementary to higher education. In the library, I could see using podcasts to create electronic book reviews or even record an entire read aloud for puppet shows. There are many different ways podcasts can be used to enhance student learning.
Reference:
Richardson, W. (2010). Blogs, wikis, podcasts, and other powerful Web tools for classrooms. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.
