Podcasting
So what can you do with a podcast?
Language lessons - Woodhill Primary School is piloting the use of podcasting to teach French. The teacher records a series of listening exercises and the pupils use iTunes to download and listen to the podcasts as well as completing a worksheet. Listen to the Woodhill Primary podcast.
How-to instructions - Students learning ICT skills can download instructions onto an iPod and listen to them whilst working at the computer. This saves having a lot of applications open and allows the students to focus on the task.
Self-guided tours - See the Podguides website for examples.
Storytelling - Download and listen to all your favourite stories at storynory.
Accessibility - For pupils whose reading skills are limited, podcasts are an ideal way of providing the material in a different format.
| Title | Description |
|---|---|
| Educational podcasts | A directory of UK podcasts for educational use. |
| Podcasting news | Terry Freedman's educational technology podcast. |
| Science Friday | A weekly science talk show made available through radio broadcasts. |
School podcasts
| Title | Description |
|---|---|
| Musselburgh Grammar School | First school in Europe to launch its own podcast. |
| Sandaig Primary School | Radio Sandaig podcasts. |
| Woodhill Primary School | Primary modern languages. |
| Croftfoot Primary School | A weekly radio broadcast from the pupils of Croftfoot Primary School. |