Podcasting

Please click on the player to listen to an introductory podcast about podcasting.

Sample Podcasts

• Radio WillowWeb is a great example of how one elementary school in Omaha Nebraska is using podcasts to promote learning.
• Albermarle High School use podcasts in a variety of ways including recording board meetings and providing regular updates on happenings at the school.
• Mr. Langhorst's 8th Grade American History class benefits from the "StudyCasts" that are created to help students review various topics.
• Mr. Wood's Science Podcasts are another example of how podcasts can be used to help students review and demonstrate their knowledge.

Podcast Directories

These directories allow you to search for podcasts on a variety of different topics. It's important to remember that each directory includes podcasts that are educational as well as those that are not so educational so you would want to really check out any particular podcast before having students listen in.

• Podcast.net

• PodcastDir

• PodcastAlley

• epnweb.org

Podcast Creation/Publishing Tool

• Audacity is an open source tool that works both on Mac and Windows.

• GarageBand is a Mac only tool that comes on all Apple computers.

• Podomatic allows you to create and upload podcasts.