Teacher's Guide on The Use of Podcasting in Education
What is a Podcast ? According to the New Oxford American Dictionary a podcast is a " digital recording of a radio broadcast or similar program, made available on the internet for downloading to a personal audio payer." in other words, it is a digital audio file that is created, shared and heard. Podcast can also be in the form of videos streamlined online, however, video podcast is known as vidcast or vodcast.
Speak to Me: Teaching with Voki
Grades 6 – 12 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson Vote for Me! Making Presidential Commercials Using Avatars
Creating Podcasts with Your Students
Preproduction Before students even think of stepping up to the microphone, much planning must be done. In fact, I've found in creating Radio WillowWeb that preproduction takes over three-quarters of the time to produce a podcast. Students need to keep their audience in mind.
Voki in the Classroom: Four Activities
Looking to enhance students’ technology and 21st-century skills? Voki is a free Web 2.0 tool that allows kids to create talking characters. The site features educational resources, including teacher-submitted lesson plans. Users can customize characters to resemble living people, animals and cartoons.
The Moth Podcasts
NEW: The Moth has a new mobile app showcasing hundreds of our podcast stories. The Moth Podcast features favorite stories from The Moth Mainstage, StorySLAMs and MothSHOP Community program. As a subscriber to the Moth Podcast you will receive one free Moth story every week to listen to on your iPod/MP3 player or your computer. About four times a year, we podcast a popular Moth show in its entirety. We hope you enjoy! Frequently Asked Questions
STEM Projects with Green Screen
Looking for a fun way to introduce STEM projects to students? Try blending green screens into your STEM DIY projects. Let’s take a quick look at a few ways your students can do that. Wait, What’s Green Screen? Before we jump into green screen projects customized for STEM, let’s review what green screens allow you to do.
ESLPodcasts and Vodcasts - ESL All Free Monthly ESL Newsletter - English as a Second Language (ESL) Resources
Dear ESL All subscribers from all around the world, We are happy to resume publishing our monthly newsletter after months of inactivity. As you are more than aware of, things change very fast in the field of second language learning on the Internet, especially when it comes to listening comprehension practice material. So, to help you keep up-to-date with some of the best resources devoted to English learning online, we have, this month, decided to re-visit the subjects of podcasting and vodcasting. What is podcasting? Podcasting is a way of recording and publishing a non-music audio broadcast (news, ESL lesson, discussion, etc.) via the Internet mainly in the MP3 format for playback in a digital music player).
How To Use Flipgrid: A Guide For Teachers -
How To Use Flipgrid: A Visual Guide For Teachers by TeachThought Staff What is Flipgrid? In short, Flipgrid is a free, education-focused platform to create and share short videos. The embedded guide further below provides a much more detailed overview of how Flipgrid works, but the short version is that users create videos around topics, then upload those videos to a ‘Grid’ for sharing, feedback, and topic-based ‘response videos.’ But what features make Flipgrid it unique?
University of London Podcasts
Over 170,000 Students Join a community of over 170,000 students to earn a qualification recognised worldwide. 17 Colleges and 10 Institutes The University of London consists of 17 self governing Colleges and 10 other smaller specialist research institutes. Media Home » Media » Podcasts
