Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Blog Post #4


The Benefits of Podcasting in the Classroom
This link was created by Mr. Joe Dale, and it tells the benefits of students podcasting in the classroom. Some of these benefits include promoting creativity and innovation, creating project-based learning, and creating an effective way for the teachers to interact with their students. Another great thing about this link is how he ads a video that explains all of the ways that podcasting benefits the students.

Judy Scharf Podcast Collection
This link is provided by Ms. Judy Scharf. Out of all of the other links, this one is my favorite! It is perfect for one who is new to podcasting and may not understand what it is. Ms. Scharf tells exactly what a podcast is, and explains why using a podcast in ones classroom would be a great idea. She then provides teachers with tips that will help them to become successful at teaching their students about podcasting.

Langwitches - Podcasting With 1st Grade
This link tells about the benefits of teaching younger kids in elementary school about podcasting and the skills that it provides them with. It tells how the 1st graders get excited about podcasting, and they begin to open up and become more active in class projects. Podcasting helps the students speaking and presenting skills get better, and these skills will help the children throughout their lives.

2 comments:

  1. "This link tells about...." You start all tree parts in the same way. The first two state the author of the material accessed through the link. The last one attributes powers of telling to the link. In all three cases it would be better to say something like this. The link in the header above takes you to a website (or blog) by so and so where you will find...

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    Thoughtful. Interesting.

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  2. I totally agree with you about Judy Scharf's Pod casting Collection being the favorite. What stood out to me the most is how she provides tips for the teachers that will help them to become successful at teaching students about pod casting.

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