I had heard people talk about podcasts, but I honestly didn't really know what that were until today. I am not an auditory learner so I have to see things written down in order to remember them. I was a frantic notetaker in my formal education days, simply for this reason. Thus, podcasts would never work for me. Now, as a math teacher, I can't imagine putting anything on a podcast, as math is extremely visual. Okay, maybe one of the silly songs or "slogans" I use to help kids remember concepts...but that's the one thing I know the students remember from the classroom experience. Maybe it'd be fun to make a podcast of that...especially since my students are always trying to video me doing one of my silly songs so they can put it on utube. Somehow I always seem to dodge that one, but I wouldn't be against a podcast being out there. Well, I am rambling, so in summary, I don't see me using this much, but after doing this activity, this will be new suggestion to my students next year.
I did look at a few of the links but found it difficult to find anything on math. I even did searches on math and calculus that both came up empty. I guess it's not surprising since I really don't know how you'd learm math just from listening. I also tried to listen to a podcast about smartboards as they intrigue me, but it didn't work. However, in lesson #20 on utube, I did listen to an audio file which was a rap on the quadratic formula which was really cute. I'm not sure if that's considered a podcast, but the concept is the same and how I envision using audio/podcasts in my classroom.
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