Podcasting

Along with blogs and wikis, podcasting is a digital product that teachers and students have begun to embrace.  Defined by Wikipedia as "a series of audio or video digital-media files which is distributed over the Internet by syndicated download, through Web feeds, to portable media players and personal computers," podcasts are engaging ways for students to share what they are learning with a world-wide audience. 

Educators have several sources for finding podcasts to use in their instruction----including Podomatic, the RECAP Podcasting Library and the Education Podcast Network----but the best source is easily iTunes.  In the iTunes Podcast Library---which can be found listed as a link in the iTunes Store menu---users can find a collection of almost 80,000 free audio and video programs being created by experts from around the world on topics ranging from racing to religion. 

Whether your listening to---or creating your own---podcast programs, this is a source of digital content that is definitely worth exploring.

Podcasts to Explore