Educational+Podcasts

Podcasting is so new that educators and students are essentially exploring ways of bringing the technology to teaching and learning. Some of the ways it is being currently used include: 
 * Current applications range from placing audio updates on school Web sites
 * Recording class presentations for later review.
 * Uploading interviews of community leaders and producing online school radio broadcasts.
 * Classroom and student created content.
 * Students creating reports/assignmets as podcasts.
 * Teacher created materials delivered to students.
 * Sports broadcasts may be podcasted.
 * Students conducting oral histories.
 * Student created content distributed through course-related feeds.
 * Podcasting of science practical reports.
 * Personal audio blogs
 * Audio books
 * Music shows
 * Audio tour guides
 * Educational content that depends on audio (language, music, etc)
 * Storytelling

Some School Podacsting Sites:
 [|Mabry Middle School Podcasts site] Web site is an example of how one school has integrated podcasting into providing information and promoting learning. Click on Podcast Central to see examples of classroom uses of podcasts. [|Jamestown Elementary]**.** Web site provides links to podcasts made by Jamestown Elementary. [|Biology at Wenatchee High school Room 302] - link to high school Biology class using podcasting. [|Coley Cast] - The Official Podcast of Room 34. Fifth graders at Tovashal Elementary School in Murrieta, CA share what they're learning in the classroom. [|Broward County Schools News 2 Go] - Podcasts used to feature information about the district, awards/honnors earned, innovative programs and educational opportunitites for students. [|Mike Breeds Chenango Valley Podcast Center] - New York State Regents Earth Science Chemistry Review and Student Podcasts from Chenango High School in Bringhampton, NY. [|Podcasts for Teachers (Techpod)]: Podcasting and Educational Technology for K-12 and All Educators - Live from the Bronx! [|Radio Willow Web] - 5th graders at Willowdale Elementary School in Omaha, Nebraska. Radio Willow Web is a podcast for kids and by kids. Each new show is called a Willowcast and can be heard as an MP3 file. [|Radio Cambridge] - Podcast by elementary students at Cambridge Elementary in San Antonio, Texas. [|Radio Gateway] - A radio show podcast by Grade 5 and 6 students in Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada. [|8th Grade US History Podcasts] created