After reading articles and creating my podcast I
do believe that online learning does take away the face-to-face interaction
that a lot of people need. Some people enjoy online learning, I am among the
people who do. When taking an online class and actually hearing my instructor’s
voice I do feel more connected. I think using podcast can help create a piece
of the connection that is missing with online classes. I am a visual and
auditory learner and watching the podcast from my instructor of what is
expected each weeks greatly helps me to understand and process what I need to
do.
The purpose of my podcast was to share how easy it is to make a
picture book or any type of book online to share with students. I read the book
and explained how the creation of such books can be used in the classroom. The
website I used to create the book is http://www.bookemon.com/. I feel there are
many ways using podcast can enhance learning in life and in the classroom.
Podcast can also be created and used to help a struggling student to have a
better understanding. Once the podcasts are made they can be used over again
for years to come, or until other technologies take its place.
The technologies I used to create my podcast were Jing to capture
the video/audio because ti was very easy to use and it didn’t take but just a
few minutes to explore and know how to use the software. I signed up for Screencast to store and share my podcast. I used
Microsoft LifeChat-LX-3000 to record the audio. I could not use the microphone
on my laptop because it picked up the noise from my laptop fan. I was not
difficult to create a podcast, but mentally it was overwhelming at first because
I knew that my voice would be on the internet. It took a quite a few sessions
to get the podcast right but in the end I was happy with it. I do plan to use
podcast in the future. I feel there are many ways it can be used in the
classroom and in life. I am looking forward to coming up with fun and creative
podcast for my classroom.
My Podcast: http://www.screencast.com/t/aNN9xxkptg
My Podcast: http://www.screencast.com/t/aNN9xxkptg
Great work, Vicki - remember that you can limit who can listen to your podcast in screencast if you want to - that my take away a little of the anxiety.
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