Podcasting, Video and Screencasting, and Live Streaming
This chapter gave me a better idea of what podcasting is and how we can use it in the classroom. Basically, podcasting is radio broadcasting. The great thing about podcasting is that anybody can create a podcast
(with a few tools). Also, like websites, podcasts can be available for everybody to view or for certain audiences such as students. I think using a podcast in the classroom is a great idea. One way podcasts can be used in the classroom is by the students. Students can create podcasts and share them with the rest of their classroom. Podcasts could be created for nearly any subject and students could be used as an assignment or project to help students gain understsanding of the subject. Another way podcasts could be used in the classroom is podcasts by teachers. Teachers could record daily lessons so that students could view them from home or outside of the classroom. This would also be helpful for students who are home sick or gone for the day. Podcasting could be a great educational tool in the classroom.
I also gained a better understanding of Screencasting and Live Streaming. To me, these are both extremely helpful tools. Screencasting can be used to show an audience how to do something on a website or where to find something. There are so many ways screencasting could be used; they can be a useful way to educate an audiece. For example, the screencast we watched in class showed us how a wiki can be edited and changes over time. As an educator, I think podcasts, screencasting, and live streaming, could be used as great educational tools. All three of them allow for educating an audience without actually being there. Plus, these tools allow for re-watching where as a teacher can't rewind themselves and re-do a lesson.
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