Sunday, November 8, 2009

BP #6 20091105_ Research Web2.0 tools - 1


Castroller.com is a podcast cite that one could create their own channel. Your channel could be your class discussions that your students would have the ablility to review for test material, if the student was out, they could listen to the podcast to gleen the information discussed in class that day. Cast Roller's settings allow you to limit who has access or ablility to set permissions.

I could see this being used with Art History lessons or lessons that students are working in groups with the class textbook.

2 comments:

SLPenrod said...

That sounds like a great way to keep kids up to speed, especially for secondary teachers. I know from my colleagues at the high school that having 150 or more students can make them crazy, and trying to keep up with their attendance or lack there of even more so. This is one way to cut down on the nutty. If the kids know that they are responsible for looking for the information (not that there's a guarantee that they will, but you can hope) this is one way to try and stay ahead of the confusion. Plus, the idea of using an iPod might cut down on the "uncool' factor, and encourage kids to do the work. This is a great idea. I'm all for anything that would appeal to kids.

em said...

I think that having the podcast is a great addition to the class. As SLPenrod said it will help the kids stay up to speed, which is great because it is so hard for them and the teacher to get them caught up once behind. Also, if you record the whole lecture as a podcast then if something confuses a student they can go back and listen to it again or ask the teacher about the specific part that was confusing.