ITEC7430 Thing 15 Podcasting

The first time I ever used Podcast about 3 years ago before I went to Ecuador and I was learning spanish. I signed up for a Survival Guide for learning Spanish. I downloaded it on my Ipod and would listen to it during my free time. t was pretty cool and much handier (is that a word???- I don’t like the look of it. lol) than carry a book around. Other than that I used podcast to download “hoops and yoyo” which are the characters for hallmark cards. They are so hilarious. It is pure comedy. As far as using podcast in my classroom I may be about to use it for phonics with my first graders and even to read stories that my children have created. I thought about maybe recording my voice reading a story but I don’t think that is completely legal and “IT MAY VIOLATE SOME COPYRIGHT LAWS.” Other than that I could see the school possibly using it to record the school news show. I think that it would give students an extra incentive to here themselves on the internet.
I could definitely see Podcasting being used as to teach foreign languages. If students are absent from school and if possible lectures could be record and places on podcast for review. If students and parents are subscribed to the podcast feeds it could possibly be used to send messages about the school and/or class however I do not know how effective that would be if individuals do not check their mail and feeders frequently.

ITEC 7445 Multimedia Project Discussion

My project is going to be about the life cycle of butterflies. My students will be about to learn and have an understanding about the life cycle of butterflies. Students will be about to read and view picture about the different changes a caterpillar and a butterfly go through. The will be able to see video show the changes and be asked to recreate the life cycle on the web and even asked to draw/design it. I would eventually like to a life cycle page of the life cycle of different things such as plants and animals but I am going to start small for now. I plan to incorporate pictures and video links into it. I would like try and incorporate some Voicethread because I have such a large number of ESOL students. I will have read back up on that because I forgot how to use it. I am still learning about this project t and I sometimes worry that I may be turning it into a webpage vs a WebQuest. I think its partially because I feel somewhat over consumed with all the material we are learning about.