Thing 19

I had heard of Podcasting, and kind of understood the concept of it, but really never explored podcasting until today. I think that of the ones that I explored, I like the ones where the students had an opportunity to be creative and share their knowledge in a different form of expression. For example, I liked the podcast called Our City (I guess we are supposed to include the link so here it is: http://learninghand.com/ourcity/index.html). I thought it was a nice idea, having students research the place they live and report on it. The students can also click on other areas of the map and learn about other cities where students who live there have also reported. I think that podcasts are a great way to have the kids share the infomation that they are learning. They are always on the computer and ipods, so I'm sure it would be something that they are excited about. I would like to use podcasts in the classroom, though I still am not quite sure how to find things that exactly fit what you are looking for- though I am hoping that Thing 20 teaches us how to do that.