Podcasts

Podcasts

One of the most basic and powerful ways to increase student motivation to write and communicate is to change student perceptions of audience. By producing a podacst, students are inviting their audience to listen to their writings. Instead of asking students to write exclusively for an audience of one (the teacher) using technology from the mid 1500s (a pencil,) teachers can now challenge students to publish for a global listening audience via a classroom podcast. Here are some examples:

http://epnweb.org/index.php?openpod=18 http://www.podcastalley.com/search.php?searchterm=high+school http://www.podcastalley.com/search.php?searchterm=middle+school