Which podcasts did you find interesting? Identify one or two podcasts and describe how you would use them in your work. (Be sure to include links in your blog entry to the podcasts mentioned.)
I love the idea of podcasts so you never have to miss a radio show again. I was less familiar with student-created podcasts. They seem to fit a very specific audience, so the value for students might be in the creation: writing and editing a script, reading it clearly and with expression, and the technical skills needed to record and broadcast it.
One great podcast from NPR is Nancy Pearl's book reviews. (I am biased because I own 2 Nancy Pearl action figures, complete with shushing hand.) She has written Book Lust for adults and Book Crush for YA readers and also has something enlighening to say about the books she reviews. She always has a theme for her show and is just a real pleasure to listen to.
http://www.npr.org/rss/podcast/podcast_detail.php?siteId=4949408 Nancy Pearl book reviews
Another interesting podcast is this series, done for an on-line college class. The students were required to write a podcast extolling the tourism highlights of a certain region. These are fun to listen to and could be used in school as a model of expository writing or even as an exercise in following oral directions. (High school or middle school students could be asked to create a map that corresponds to the podcast.)
http://travelgeography.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=220788#
Three NAU students podcast on Maui, New York's Hudson Valley, Tourism News, and and Yosemite National Park.
While we might not use podcasts very much, these would be great to recommend to teachers to use - one more tool in our repertoire
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