Podcasting is a great tool. Here are 3 specific Ideaas on how I could use podcasting.
1. I want to have my students interview some college professors about the subject we are going to talk about. I think they will be way more interested, engaged, and have vested interestin the subject. It will get them thinking about real life applications about the topic and get them onto a university campus. I think more our students are exposed to college while in secondary education the easier the transition will be and also more interest will be there to go to college. I think making a podcast of the interview and having the students understand that it will be published and the rest of the class will listen to it will make this process even more meaningful.
2. I think a great idea is to have diferent students assigned to make a review podcast for diferent material covered in each unit. We could have these published on a class website and would be an awesome tool for students that miss class and for all students who need a short review of material.
3. I think a Podcast series for the class that includes what projects we are working on and how it relates to real life applications would be an awesome way to get parents and community interest in my classroom. A big part of being a teacher should being a part of the community. I expect my students to do some awesome things while in my class and it would be a shame if no one else but me knew about it.
4. - bonus - I think some sort of collaborative podcast series between diferent subjects / schools / states / countries / etc. would be a super powerful way to get kinds intereseted in your subject.
