Thanks for the suggestion of www.breakingnewsenglish.com
This looks like a terrific resource for teachers who are might be game
for trying to integrate technology in general and podcasts in
particular. It is very comprehensive and addresses how technology like
this can be wrapped into a broader lesson. It also has info on how
podcasting works, and where to get software so that teachers or students
who want to get the broadcasts might be able to do it on their own. 

As the article on higher ed alluded to, wouldn't it be nice if we could
put all our classes online like this so learners could get them when
they needed them, whether they missed class, had to stop for a while or
were on a wait list.  If only we had the time, money and....
Thanks to Alex and David, and to Mariann for moderating!
Steve Quann



Steve Quann
NCSALL, NCTN, and NELRC  
At World Education
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617.482.9485


>>> bjteach at ameritech.net 03/03/06 3:07 PM >>>

Hi All
   
  You can use any MP3 player to download current news written at a lower
level from www.breakingnewsenglish.com.  The articles are wrtten in two
versions easy and hard, and the easy version has an audio portion which
can be downloaded as a podcast.  The aricles have accompanying
vocabulary and lessons which can be printed and used along with the
podcast.
   
  

Marian Thacher <mthacher at otan.us> wrote:
  Thanks, Gina, that's really interesting. And speaking of teaching (or
learning) in your underwear, check out Stanford University on iTunes.
They
are putting up lectures and other interesting events, including music,
for
free download.
http://itunes.stanford.edu/

OK, we might not be Standford University, but what content do we provide
that we could be podcasting now? Perhaps, as David mentioned, short
"learning object" presentations. I'm thinking of an learning
disabilities
teacher that does very short (5-10 minute) pull-out groups in the
learning
center on math and writing topics. You could download and listen to the
explanation of dividing fractions 10 times if you wanted to, and have
the
worksheet in front of you while you are listening.

Marian

The Technology and Literacy Discussion List on
Friday, March 03, 2006 at 8:01 AM -0800 wrote:

>Some comments:

>I attended a presentation a while ago about the potential of m-learning

>for education. One professor had apparently jumped early on the

>bandwagon & has been recording his lectures as podcasts for over a

year.

>At first, he said, he just recorded his regular face-to-face lectures &

>made them available as podcasts. As the podcasts became more & more

>utilized by students, he started to get a fair bit of feedback. He HAS

>changed his teaching somewhat as a result. He said (words to th effect,

>can't remember exactly): once you understand how they are being used,

>you teach with podcasts differently. A lecture is designed to be

>listened to by a group of people sitting together in a room. But a

>podcast is usually used in a far more personal way. Once you realize

>that your student may be listening to you while they are travelling or

>jogging with a friend or lounging around in their underwear, you start

>to record podcasts differently, more personally. You speak as if you

>were speaking to just one person rather than a whole group.

>

>So perhaps teaching with podcasts is an area of education that is still

>rapidly evolving.

>

>Gina

>

>Gina Bennett

>eLearning Support

>College of the Rockies

>Box 8500

>Cranbrook, BC V1C 4L5 


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