15 February - Podcast

What?
We created an awesome public service announcement, turned that into a podcast and shared it with the world.  It was fun and relatively easy.

So What?
I say relatively because we had trouble with the email coming through.  I realize now that I need to go and buy an I-pod or I-phone or smart phone or some such thing because I am way behind the times.  In regards to the podcasts: I have had teachers create podcasts of classes for people who missed that day or for those who wanted to review.  At the time this was announced I thought what a great idea and that it would be useful to study from.  Truth be told though I never went back and listened to them.  Why would I sit through 2 hours of class again?  Instead I read my notes and the text for the class.  The podcast assignment for this class however was a good use of time.  The podcasts are relevant, short and concise.

Now What?
In the future, I think that I could use podcasts for important events in the classroom that students would actually want to refer back to.  That being said, they will be short events.  I think that once a podcast is over 15 minutes, it either needs to be broken up into segments or edited down.  I also wonder if my students will really access an audio only podcast.