Podcasting

(i**POD** broad**CAST**) An audio broadcast that has been converted to an MP3 file or other audio file format for playback in a digital music player. Although many podcasts are played in a regular computer, the original idea was to listen on a portable device; hence, the "pod" name from "iPod." Although podcasts are mostly verbal, they may contain music, images and video. []

=**Why Podcast? Classroom ideas include: **= = = 
 * Students reading their original poetry or short stories.
 * Foreign language teachers narrating passages to be translated at home by students.
 * Biology students recording two minute overviews on specific genetic disorders.
 * Music students recording original compositions.
 * History teachers recording classroom discussions or lectures for absent students.
 * Elementary students recording a greeting to pen pals across the country or world.

excerpt from: Lorrie Jackson, []
 * The simplest way to start is to add podcasting to a project you’ve done for years. In just minutes, you can join the Web 2.0 revolution and be a podcaster yourself. So, energize your students and enliven your classroom with a podcast today!

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[|The Education Podcast Network]

[|NASA Podcasts]

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