Super Super Cool.
I really am becoming an IT whizz adult (ha). I really had never thought in my life I would make my own pod cast but I really enjoyed the process. I have started to gain the confidence and am thoroughly starting to get into this whole creative process. I have never really thought of myself as being creative but this course has really encouraged me to step outside the box. I chose to do my pod cast on healthy lunchboxes as a parent sometimes it can be quite overwhelming and challenging to provide children with nutritional foods that will not only combine energy and brain food but that will ACTUALLY EAT IT. I must admit I am lucky with my girls they will really try anything but I do know of parents who struggle to get their children to eat the healthy alternative.
Anyway the link to my pod cast is here I would love your feedback on my first attempt.
http://emerym58.podomatic.com/entry/2013-04-03T14_21_02-07_00
Now down to the learning theory as its not all about having fun is it. The benefits of pod casting are its easy, convenient to use and is a teaching tool that enables the teacher to communicate the required information to the learner at at time that is convenient for the learner to listen. Pod casting can be used in conjunction with classes especially if the student has misunderstood or needs clarification on a particular topic conducted in the learning environment. Students may find that they can listen to the lecture in class then take notes form the pod cast at a later time this toe of learning may benefit and place a focus on auditory skills by being an active listener and would be a great teaching tool used in conjunction with PowerPoint presentation (Scutter S, Stupans I, Sawyer T, & King S 2010) The benefits of pod casting could support ESL students as it can help them to improve their vocabulary and terminology skills, it allows them the freedom to learn and re learn at a pace that is suitable to them. Overall the pedagogical objective and outcome of pod casting encourages many aspects of learning including communicating through oral presentation and presenting it to a larger audience.The Department of Education (2013) stated that ... a pod cast allows students to share learning experiences, provides them with a world-wide audience that makes learning meaningful...
There is limited research identifying the advantages of pod casting as a learning tool possibly due to the fact it is a new alternative to teaching some of the disadvantages recognised are those students who prefer written sequential learning may struggle there is no visual stimulation from the pod cast its just a persons voice being communicated if the teacher has a boring voice the required outcome of the pod cast may be missed. The attendance of classes and the face to face communication of teachers and learners may become reduced if only pod casting is utilised in the learning process and may increase the use of memory learning as opposed to active, passive, analysing and evaluating skills which learners will need for life.
There is definitely a shift in using different forms of technology in the classroom learning environment the evidence found so far has identified both advantages and disadvantages for the use of pod casting. Like any other learning theory it must be supported by proper pedagogical content through supportive learning environments that provide scaffolding with a clear common goal that is to be achieved through the use of pod casts (BMC 2006).
References:
http://www.ascilite.org.au/ajet/ajet26/scutter.pdf
http://www.det.wa.edu.au/education/cmis/eval/curriculum/ict/podcasts/#value
http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6920/6/41.
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