Podcast

This week we made a podcast using our superdupermusiclooper track as intro and outtro music. I was already really excited about using the podcasts from the lecture on monday. Seeing all the interesting ways which podcasts are being used in schools by children made me think of many more ways in which i would like to use podcasting with a class.

They create a way for teachers and pupils can be in contact outside the school day to continue the childs education in a fun way in which the pupil does not know that they are learning. They also provide a way of telling parents, teaching and other pupils about what they have been learning and show off the skills they have.

I think a school podcast run by different classes would be a great learning oppotunity for pupils as it can be made so cross curricular. Obviously it is ICT and links very strongly with Literacy but it can also be liked to geography, history, music, science and much more. The pupils will have a reason to be learning these different topics and gives them an audience who they can tell what they have learnt.

I found the softwear a little challanging at first as it was hard to find the tools I wanted to use. However after a short time playing around on it finding the different settings and tools we were easily able to start editing out blog. Pupils would easily be able to use this softwear with a demonstation from the teacher.

We had a lot of fun making our blog and after some inital winging about how our voices sounded we got into writting a script and editing to add different sounds etc. I think podcasting could build a lot of confidence in pupils especially those who struggle with writting as it is another way for to get their knowledge across.