Podcasting

www.podcastalley.com/
learninginhand.com/podcasting/
Podcasting is a term first coined by a man named Ben Hammersley in an article that he wrote for The Guardian in 2004. It is a way of viewing new shows at a time that is convenient for you instead of having to waste time in front of the TV. These can also be done by amateurs using only a video recorder and access to the internet. You can share your information to anybody interested in it on the internet. It is basically videos downloaded from the internet that you can take and watch anywhere. Podcasts are very useful when wanting to do a D-I-Y project. You can search the internet for videos containing your desired project and most likely, you’ll find dozens of videos that show you how to do it. It is also very useful in the classroom. A teacher can search almost any lesson they want to teach their students and will find numerous teachers who have already taught that lesson and were kind enough to record it and share it on the internet. Teachers may also create their own podcasts with their students and post it on the internet. Podcasting can also relate to the constructivist school of learning because by using the strategies of another teacher to teach again what you may have already taught your students, is a piggy back on what they have already learned from you. I think it is very important to expose your students to several different ways of learning things.