In the article, Teaching with Technology: Podcast, Jim Lengel, Dean of Faculty at Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology in Boston, highlights the advantages of using podcasts for educational purposes. How right, he is? If you can use an educational application with an Apple product, it is bound to be a hit with young people today. Let’s face it, tapes and cds are a thing of the past. If it plays on an ipod, people will listen.
Lengel explains, that ipods are being used on college campuses, not only to listen to playlists. University students, are using podcasts, to study for exams, listen to lectures or to explore new areas of study. Instead of sharing notes, students can create corporative study groups by using podcasts or they can walk to class listening, to lasts weeks lecture. Further, Lengel points out, that podcasts are particularly effective when exploring verbal or musical material, as professors can create innovative lectures that contain the material they wish to highlight. This allows for the students to not only hear examples during lecture, but at their leisure or even on the go. In his two-page article, Lengel even explains how to make and distribute a podcast, so how hard can it be?
As both a future teacher and a student, podcasts sound very appealing. As a future teacher, podcasts sound like they could be an innovative way to help students review for tests or to work on drill and practice. They seem like a new, fun and an easy way to appeal to students. With all the hours they listen to their ipods, why not get yourself on their playlist?
As a student, I really like the idea of being able to listen to a difficult lecture again or to be able to review for an exam, while out walking. Let’s face it. It is a busy world out there and time management is everything. If I could study on the go or on the road, it could save me hours of sitting, pen in hand. Podcasts seem like yet another way to incorporate technology into curriculum.
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This is a very interesting article. I like the way university students are incorporating podcasts to study for exams and to share notes. Listening to a lecture a few times will definately help with comprehension of the material. I also like the idea that a student can listen to the podcasts at their leisure or on the go. We are fortunate to have such advanced technology at our fingertips. I look forward to incorporating this form of technology into my lessons when I am a teacher.
ReplyDeleteI think you made a great choice for your blog. I too am interested and excited by the idea of listen to lectures on the go. Sometimes it is hard to actually comprehend all the information in a lecture at once and this method would greatly improve that. I also thought the idea of studying for an exam via an audio podcasting was a very useful and innovative way to incorporate new technology into our time. Good job.
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