Ch 8  Podcasting, Video and Screencasting, and Live Streaming

I now have a much better understanding of what Podcasting is.  I think I tried to pretend I knew what it was all about, but never really had a clue...that's a current theme in my life.

Podcasting is a basic way to host your own show!  It's blogging with audio and video so that you are narrating instead of typing.  I think this is less complicated than I once thought.  In fact, I already have all of the necessary supplies...mainly a laptop with a camera and microphone.  I already have an iTunes account if I want to submit Podcasts like Richardson suggests. 

This could be a great idea for student presentations whether it's book reports or reviews, reciting poetry, or discussing a research project on a social studies topic.  This would really encourage them to practice, and I believe I'd see an increase in fluency.  Rehearsed readings are great for working on intonation, rate, and eye contact.

Screencasting seems great for giving instructions for a "How to" writing.  First and foremost, I think I would use it to model for students how to navigate the computer to use the program I want them to use or to find the websites that I think will be beneficial.  I could also see this being a good idea to use during next year's open house for parents.  I could screencast directions for operating Powerschool or my teacher webpage (soon to be a wiki???).