Tama’s eLearning Blog

Wesley Fryer has some interesting thoughts on podcasting at the moment. Expanding on his useful article “Tools for the Teks: Integrating Technology in the Classroom — Classroom Audio Podcasting”, he makes two further points that I thoroughly agree with: firstly, that student podcasts are an excellent method to allow student peer review through listening to and analysing each others’ work; and secondly that podcasting (by students, and others) can provide an excellent oral history record which can meaningfully be expanded by students (for example interviewing survivors of WW2 since many of their voices will continue to be lost over the next few decades).  Of course, in such a scenario it is important to make sure that educators equip students will ethical and balanced interviewing skills before setting them loose on an unsuspecting public!