Podcasting is definitely a great tool! Especially in certain classes, not math though. Definitely in social studies english, and sometimes in science. It is great for lectures and such, and you could record what the math teacher is saying but you cannot record the examples. Both notes and recordings could be used for a math class though. My final thoughts about podcasting are good ones, just not for a math class.
Yes, podcasting is similar to web 2.0 technology that we have discussed thus far. It is not the same as a wiki, I am opposed to wikis and I favor podcasting slightly. Wikis can be unreliable sometimes where as podcasting if you record your own audio, you know that is true. Podcasting is very similar to VoiceThread because they both us voice and/or video recordings. Most of the 2.0 technologies are similar to podcasting, a few have certain differences.
I own a ipod, I have the iphone 3g and the iphone4 and each of them are capable of doing numerous things but my main use for them is listening to music, checking emails, and my random need for the internet to look up a certain topic. I wouldnt use this tools in my classroom unless I wanted my students to listen to music, which is very unlikely. While such technology can be a good advantage, if used unproperly it can be a major fault in your teachings. But online commmunication, if used correctly, is a great tool to have.
Using a podcast in a math class would be hard but itmay be possible. Still not losing up to technology inthe classroom, I have to admit I am caving to the pressure. lol
ReplyDeleteI agree podcasting is a great tool for certain classes Entlish, social suties,science math not so. Teacher can give lctures but science project in most cases need to be seen unless the podcast is geared toward the textbook. Maybe lecture on math problems if it geared toward specific problem in the textbook. I will be an English teacher and cannot think past that I know there is a host of informaion accessible on podcasts shows.
ReplyDeleteI know I will be teaching a math class and many things I have learned in the class will be very difficult to incorporate in my classroom. Not impossible just very difficult, podcasting is one of these. Students need to see the formula not hear it. It is very difficult to just listen to a teacher without any notes.
ReplyDeleteAs a student who has taken several classes online, podcasts have been an invaluable tool. I know that it does not seem like podcasts can be very helpful in math but I must disagree. One of my science classes was online. As we all know that science and math are interrelated... we did lots of calculating in that class. I was very overwhelmed until my teacher attached a podcast showing how to do the calculations. Also, there are several ways to tackle a math problem and several ways to teach it. I know that when I took college algebra I used every available tool online that I could find to help me. I don't think that I would have made it if it were not for the teaching that I found online. Podcasts can be invaluable in seeing someone else teach a particular concept. If one of my students does not understand how I have taught a particular concept, I love knowing that there is another example available to them that may demonstrate the same concept taught another way.
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