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Podcasting in Education
The hottest trend in technology integration is student-created podcasting. It is easy to do, requires nothing more than Internet access and a computer with a microphone and recording software such as GarageBand or Audacity. Of course, students are raising the bar by adding pictures or video to their podcasts. These enhanced podcasts are a great way for students to share what they are learning with audiences all over the world.

Below are links to podcasting tutorials, resources and examples that you will find useful.

"Not since the advent of the World Wide Web has such an easy and exciting communications medium been within reach of the masses. Podcasting offers educators and students remarkable opportunities for their voices to be heard in their local communities or the around world. One could think of podcasting as blogging without writing or as a way for every class to have its own radio station. You have the power to get in on the ground-floor of this new media phenomena and express yourself today!" http://www.stager.org/podcasting.html

"Anyone can create a podcast. All over the world, people are creating podcasts on subjects ranging from movies, to technology, to music, to politics and whatever else you can think of. This is new original content made by passionate people who want to share their creativity with the world." http://chatt.hdsb.ca/~magps/boylit/Podcasting%20in%20Education

The Center for Instructional Technology has an excellent site with extensive information and tutorials on using iPods in the classroom. Check out the other tech resources, too. You can find information about other mobile devices as well as many well-known software titles which students can use as tools to create projects. http://cit.duke.edu/tools/digital_media/ipod.html