There are many technological resources for teachers to integrate into the classroom.
Well...Many, may be an understatement. There are TONS of resources out there to help educators integrate technology into the classroom. The main issue is trying to figure out which ones are the best for your classroom structure and the most user friendly.
Today, in class we discussed the many resources that educators can use along with strategies to keep students engaged. One of the tools we discussed were Podcasts and the way we can use them in the classroom. A podcast is a type of digital media consisting of an episodic series of audio radio, video, PDF, or ePub files subscribed to and downloaded through web syndication or streamed online to a computer or mobile device. A way that teachers can possibly use Podcasts in the classroom is to have students do recorded presentations via Podcast instead of live presentations. For example, if i were a history teacher and assigned a project of some sort for my students to compete and present to the class, i could have them do a Podcast recording instead. Then i can have my students view their classmates Podcast for homework instead of taking precious instuctional time to sit through days of presentations. This method will also allow teachers more flexibility in grading presentations.
Another tool we discussed was Flip teaching. Flip teaching is a form of blended learning which encompasses any use of Internet technology to leverage the learning in a classroom, so a teacher can spend more time interacting with students instead of lecturing. This is most commonly being done using teacher-created videos that students view outside of class time. Flip teaching is a great tool to integrate into the classroom so that students can access information outside of the classroom to help with homework or a better understanding of the lesson. Teachers can play recorded videos about a lesson while interacting with students instead of standing in front of the room lecturing.
Hope you find some of this info useful!
To find more information about Podcasting and Flip Teaching feel free to visit the following links;
Flip Teaching: http://www.cyclesoflearning.com/page4/index.php
Podcasts: https://voicethread.com/
You are right! Making the decision can be a little bit confusing, but we are already learning how to produce videos, which is a great thing to know as teachers and also as students. We can implement these strategies in the classroom as well as teach our students how to do so they can do their own presentations and produce their own podcast.
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