Emerging Instructional Technology - Podcasting Reflection

Today we had the opportunity to design and develop a podcast for our final group project. Dr. Zeitz went through and explained the importance of making sure our podcast was developed appropriately for a RSS feed. I like his analogy of podcatching and podcasting to fishing. I have a better understanding of these concepts.

I was wowed by the ease one could create a podcast in GarageBand. It is just a short series of steps to include your audio and than add your bells (jingles) and whistles. I found two elements of this process to be more time-consuming than the rest. These were modifying your audio, so it reflects exactly what you desire and writing the script. One needs to truly understand exactly what their objectives are in producing a podcast in order for it to be a successful product.

At the end of Dr. Zeitz's lecture, he shared some podcasts he considers beneficial for us to listen. I appreciate this sharing to give me some guidance to which podcasts may be more appropriate for me to spend my time listening to.

We had a couple of specialists today share with us how to use voice thread and how we could implement it in our classroom. What a phenomenal tool! I can see it being used in my class when the students critique each other's capstone projects and network designs. Students can reflect on the quality and possible functionality of the networks as they are designed.