Honestly - I think I will fall in love with this once I take about 50 valium and a few deep breaths. It is just so foreign. I think I need more seemless software to use that has everything in one place for me... so I will continue the search... because so far I just feel frustrated. I love the whole concept of having my voice online, so I'm determined to conquer this beast!
Some of the best things about podcasting for students will be that they can do it on their own time, on the go, use it for reviewing, and those that are audio learners (like me) will be able to use it when they are most alert to get the most out of their learning! Of course, a pitfall will be that the students will actually have to take the time to access the media, which will mean they will have to purposely seek out the time and means to do so, which I have found is difficult to motivate them to do, so making it a part of class activity initially is probably a good idea. I will use podcasting in my classroom (after I get better at it, practice it, put a series into place, maybe even take a dedicated workshop) by having my students create podcasts as assigments, assign them to listen to my podcasts, and have them listen to other history podcasts (the BBC has some terrific ones!) My students could create a podcast about a specific historical character as if they were that character, and autobiography that they would have to do research for. They could do a podcast about a battle, or even a war. The purpose behind this would be to cement the information in their useful memories. Podcasting for history has enormous possibilities and the more online searching I did the more I found it being used all over in my subject area!
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