My Methods and Activities for the Podcasting System

In a recent project design for a technology class I took, I incorporated the following information:

Methods/Activities:
My personal goals for implementing the podcasting system into my daily teaching regime is to strengthen teacher demonstration and student retention. The activities or lessons I would incorporate the podcasting system into would be any lecture or oral presentation. My project oriented classroom design also lends itself well to the podcasting system. My students are constantly doing hands-on activities or project-based inquiries. Using the podcasting system will allow me to verbally record my demonstrations, which students can bring back to their stations on the iPods and replay what they may have missed or did not quite understand. For the individuals who need visual cues for reiteration, providing video recordings of my demonstrations will also greatly improve students academic success. Students can return to their stations and, once again, replay the demonstration for reminders.
Another aspect of my class is that student’s work at their own pace. When students are absent, when they fall behind because of complications, or miss class for any number of reasons, it puts them at different steps from other classmates. Incorporating the podcasting audio and video system will assist students who have missed explanations and are severely behind. Replaying the demonstration from a missed class period will give them an opportunity to catch up and get up to speed with the rest of the class. It also makes better use of my time by allowing me to continue and feel secure that those students who have been out will adequately catch up.

Due to the nature of my course, designing a podcasting implementation project helped me to see how I could individualize my teaching to reach every student. Providing differentiated instruction to all my learning styles has enabled me to better teach the information and assess that my students are understanding the information being presented. Another factor to the podcasting system is that my students are more motivated to work and are less ashamed that they don't know all of the information at the end of the demonstration. They know they can fall back on re-listening to the directions/instructions at their own pace. The beauty of the whole system is that nobody needs to know that they didn't "get it." Student's simply put the ear piece in their ear and press play, it's very inconspicuious.
Podcasting has been a wonderful tool in my clsasroom. I wish to continue using this system and all it has to offer.