About 5 years ago an ICT support person from our diocese worked with me and my Year 6 class to create podcasts on “Antarctica ”. They took quite some time and I don’t think they were ever finally shared with a wider audience but the children did enjoy the process and sharing within the classroom. The class were able to use a set of Apple computers from the diocese and learnt to use the applications on them. We don’t have any Apples in our school now and I haven’t learnt how to create podcasts on other PCs.
I looked at The Education Podcast Network and listened to The Ace Kids from Ballina. They had some local news, local history, funny sketches and some feedback for the listeners. This project was obviously driven by an enthusiastic teacher. The children finished the podcast by saying their teacher was moving to a high school to teach and they didn’t know if the podcasts would continue. This highlights to me the necessity to teach the children the skills so that they can operate these ideas with minimal teacher instruction.
Many radio programmes finish their segments with the advertisement or reminder that the programme can be accessed through a podcast.
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