What does the near future look like? With this being a new concept to me, it seems futuristic. I am surprised there are already many podcasts available. As Richardson (2009, p.113) points when he refers to the Education Podcast Network(http://epnweb.org/), there are lists of about 1 000 education-related shows that are available. I checked out some that were at the middle school level (as that is where I teach) and found an impressive looking list. Some podcasts were unable to locate the feed or I felt some were too dated. What I did find were many feature length programs that could be applied to professional development in my school. One example might be to share the ITConversations(http://itc.conversationsnetwork.org/shows/detail4147.html#) where Dave Winer talks about receiving the news on Twitter. Boy, that would be an eye opener for my staff. Others were more applicable to certain subject areas such as the Medieval Podcast(http://podcasts.medievalstudies.info/archives/7). This would supplement the Socials class quite nicely with the speaker being a specialist in the area.
A question to pose is how do I approach my staff to share in this huge wealth of knowledge to make these connections with podcasting for both their professional development as well as their everyday teaching? How would another library do it, I wonder? Let's look to the experts and see what their recommendations are. On Library 2.0, I found a forum discussing this very topic Library 2.0(http://library20.ning.com/forum/topics/515108:Topic:10190). The Colorado Department of Education has a detailed Podcasting Resources for Libraries(http://www.cde.state.co.us/cdelib/technology/podcasting.htm). In this podcast resource, it includes directions for finding podcasts, subscriptions to podcasts - aggregators/RSS Readers, videos and conversions, online resources as well as Podcasting articles in Library Journals. What a great resource to find, use, and share. A number of the other posts referred to using podcasts for book reviews. It's great to get the 'word on the street'.
By bringing this news to my staff, colleagues and district, I feel we can greatly develop our technological abilities in our schools. Having a time set aside at each staff meeting to discuss new developments is also a way to disseminate information. Daily memos can remind staff about resources to peruse. Having book talk podcasts uploaded into the school blog allows students to access this new technology as well. The only downside is the amount of time to get it all together as there is so much out there to tap into and so much we can do to publish our own work. The possibilities seem endless - in a positive way of course.
Sources
Drew, Bill. (2009). Anyone using podcasts in the library? Library 2.0. Retrieved from http://library20.ning.com/forum/topics/515108:Topic:10190
Podcasting Resources for Libraries. (2009, March). Colorado State Library. Retrieved from http://www.cde.state.co.us/cdelib/technology/podcasting.htm.
Richardson, Will. (2009). Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and Other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms. Corwin Press, CA.
Warlick, David. Education Podcast Network. Retrieved from http://epnweb.org/
Richardson, Will. (2009). Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and Other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms. Corwin Press, CA.
Warlick, David. Education Podcast Network. Retrieved from http://epnweb.org/
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You got me thinking, :-)
ReplyDeleteI do like the idea of teachers using and learning from exsisting web sites, blogs and wikis but I feel the real key is collabortaion.
If we want to promote social collaboration in student learning then teachers must set an example "walk the walk so they can talk the talk"