Podcast

We talked about Podcasts and what they are.  Sherry and I then put together our own Podcast of morning announcements. 

The idea that I liked the most for using Podcasts was to use it in math.  I think it is a terrific idea to record your math lectures and then post them on your classroom blog.  This way your student can listen to them over and over again.  I think this would have been very helpful for some of my college classes also. 

I think it would also be great to use for some fun activities in the classroom.  In Kindergarten my teacher recorded us sing "Rudolph the Red-nosed Raindeer" on cassette tape.  I think this would be so helpful to use instead of a cassette tape.  You could even e-mail the parents with their child's song attached and they could either record it themselves or do whatever they want with it. 

I think the thing I got the most out of this is the desire to own a Mac.  I really like the idea of being able to record in the classroom; especially without a microphone.  I think I will be saving my pennies so that I can really use this during my teaching.