Stroll across any school campus these days and youll see iPods, MP3 players and other types of portable media devices everywhere you look. These trendy gadgets have become a way of life for todays students and a growing number of educators are starting to capitalize on it through podcasting.
Pioneering a powerful new form of online communications, podcasting for educators has become an effective way of interacting with students outside of the traditional classroom. It enables the delivery of radio-quality content that can be listened to anytime, anywhere even when students are not connected to a computer. But before incorporating it into the curriculum, its important to exam some of the benefits of podcasting for educators and how others are already using the technology to improve and expand the education of their students.
Universities were the first to embrace the technology, handing out iPods to freshman and making podcasts of lectures. At the K-12 level, teachers are just starting to explore the possibilities. But podcasting isnt just about turning classroom lectures into online audio content. Many educators are turning PowerPoint presentations into...