Podcasting

Podcasts at a basic level are voice recordings done on a computer. They demand good levels of communication from participants which will improve their vocabulary and language skills.

Podcasting provides a very useful medium for engaging and motivating children at many different levels including writing, reading, speaking and listening. From the teachers point of view, podcasting is only one added step to the work that would already be done in class in the area of essays and project work.

Podcasts can be easily uploaded and shared on the internet providing a wider audience for the class’s work . They naturally link in with a classroom blog and it doesn’t matter if there is five or fifty people listening to the podcast, children will write better in their effort to improve each time they attempt a new recording.

Possible Curriculum Links

Subject

 English

Music

History

SPHE

Strand/S

  Receptiveness to language

Talking about and recording compositions

Story

Self Identity

Strand Unit/S

Listen to, retell and tape a narrative or a description, taking turns giving the account

Record compositions on electronic media

Listen to, discuss, retell and record a wide range of stories from the lives of people

Develop further the ability to express personal opinions