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Podcast

=Podcasts can be very fun in a classroom! Podcasts can be an audio or video of information. This can be used in classrooms as an introduction to a unit or lesson. It can also be used as a review for students. Students can be shown a podcast for review or asked to make a podcast for review. Teachers can use a podcast to put audio to anything, like a tutorial. Also, podcast are a fun way to have students summarize what they learned each day as an exit pass at the end of class. You can do all this through a website called voicethread. = = = = = = = =An example of podcast being used in a classroom: = =media type="custom" key="7755969" = = = = = = = = = =As a teacher, you would be using the Maryland Teacher Technology Standard II ( Communication ) and National Education Technology Standard of Communication and Collaboration, Research and Information Fluency, and Technology Operations & Concepts. = = = = = =The UDL approach can be used with podcasts because students have the chance to say what they have to say about something with being interrupted. I think that this allows all the students to be involved and not left out. This is also an awesome way to engage students into a lesson and the UDL approach focuses on a great engagement! = = = = = = = =Get started using Podcasts: @http://voicethread.com/ = = = = = = = = If you have any other questions about podcasts, please email me at cbooth2@students.towson.edu =