Purpose: The purpose of my research project is to show how podcasting can benefit students, teachers, parents, and the community collectively in the educational environment. The deployment of podcasting can be created from original content material by teachers in communicating their learning objectives for the students. This information can be in the form of PowerPoint slides or creation of an audio file that can be downloaded to a PC or digital media format.
Implementation: The type of podcast(s) that I plan to develop in my action plan, students will be able to access course material on-line, through audio recordings, and PowerPoint printable lecture slides for Office 2007 and 2010 for PC and Mac users. In an audio format, the use of MP3 players, iPod, or mobile devices that has the application for downloading media files for playback. Students who do not have access to the listed portable devices can access the file and listen to the content on their computers.
Significance: By popular demand the growth and success of blogs, Facebook, and MySpace; I am certain that students, teachers, parents, and the community will find that podcasting would be a great addition to the education technology amongst students. Creating lecture slides or audio lectures through the use of podcasting will allow teachers and students share in a wide-variety of learning experiences. It provides them with a learning exposure that is unique to them and makes learning meaningful. Teachers will be able to use the technology to provide power pack presentations, share their daily class objectives, and provide questions and answer forum for students. Podcasting will provide the student the flexibility to download and review course material at any time. Students will be able to listen to lectures at their own pace. Students can also benefit from the use of podcasting as another learning tool for collaborating with other students.
My expectation in my research plan in the implementation of the use of this technology will focus on delivering instructional content such as written and oral lectures, and should be used as a vehicle for disseminating classroom lessons. Additionally, I would like to see students use podcasting to deliver oral presentations, this capability will allow students to record and share their presentations with their classmates over the Internet. Lastly, podcasting will be used as a media tool to provide students with classroom lectures, activities, class agenda, classroom forums, and distance education, all students who collaborate with one another whether its face to face or on-line, podcasting can play a vital role in the learning arena.
I am very interested in podcasting. I think that the ability to access course content outside the classroom is very valuable. In one of the web conferences, there was mention of students (including us) being able to review content (such as the web conference) multiple times to gain a better understanding of what was discussed. I think your plan plays into this idea. Students will be able to access lectures, power points, etc. as many times as they need. It also can eliminate excuses. I find that very beneficial. I think your plan has great potential to help other teachers have real data to present to administrators if they are interested in pursuing podcasting in their own classes. Good luck.
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