This week in class we talked about podcasts and vidcasts. These are two very useful tools that can be used in education. A podcast is just audio that can be played over the web and a vidcast is audio and video.
I thought this was a fun thing to talk about. I use you tube all the time, so I am already familiar with vidcasts. Our assignment this week was fun, we had to make a video teaching something and then post it on our blogs. It was nice to get ideas from the class about subjects that we could use for our videos. I really think that you can find a way to teach any subject by using this tool. It's fun for the students to be able to view material, because so many children learn by watching anyways.
In my classroom I think it would be fun to take advantage of this tool. It would be fun to have introductory videos, to introduce new ideas and subjects to the students. I think another fun way to use this tool would be to split students up into groups and have them make videos about gravity(for example). Then we could have a day where we watch all the videos and we could even have popcorn and call it our "movie minute", or something. I think it would help the students to get interested and excited about new subjects.
The video of the week was about student blogs, blogging. It was a cute video that tells many of the reasons why blogging is beneficial for students. It made me really realize that I really do want a class blog for my students. I think it would be fun, and students need to learn literacy with technology early on. This way, students can help put things on a class blog and parents can also access it as well, to know what is going on in our classroom. :)
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