Podcast+Ideas

Podcasting.

[|Read the Words] would be an excellent way to guide a webquest for students, create a reader to steer students through each activity in the webquest. If you have mp3 players available, create a reader for guided reading. These can be used in class during silent reading time or checked out for home use so that the student learning day can be extended. The readers would be excellent for history or science reading where vocabulary can be challenging. [|Read the Words] is perfect for your auditory learners and because you can have text that is already in your lesson read, the differentiation for these students is short and sweet. [|Read the Words] would also be great for English language learners or for English speakers learning Spanish or French.

Finding Podcasts
There are variety of good search engines for podcasts. Try one or more of these:
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 * [|Education Podcast Network] Podcasts for teachers by teachers. Search by content, hear student projects by grade level.
 * [|Find Podcast] A directory where you can search in categories much like the site above, but a nice addition is "kids and teens." Check out new podcasts, rated podcasts, or popular podcasts, too.
 * [|FireAnt] Discover, watch and subscribe to podcasts and vodcasts (video podcasts).
 * [|iTunes] Free software for Mac and Windows. The interface will be familiar to most K-12 students from music downloads. Search for podcasts of interest to you.
 * [|Learn Out Loud] Some for sale, some free.
 * [|Podcast Alley] Pick a podcast genre, and you'll receive a list of podcasts to take a listen to. Genres include, but aren't limited to: business, cultural/political, environment, movies/films, sports, technology, comedy, travel.
 * [|Podcast Pickle] Search by tag, topic, category or see and hear the top-rated podcasts
 * [|Podanza] Search by category, see featured podcasts in each category, or search by content and keyword