Hello Bloggers!
Spring is here and that means that
winter semester is coming to an end. This is the second last week of ADED and I
am learning so many new tools within the digital world! This week we learned
about podcasts and screencasts. What was really cool was that I was able to
create my own podcast this week which is also on my blog so take a look at it!
It was really exciting to me because I do not really enjoy speaking in front of
large groups of people but to make a podcast that can be seen by anyone is huge
and I really enjoyed making it! For those of you who do not know, a podcast is
a digital recording of someone’s voice (yours, radio, broadcast) that is
available for the world to see on the internet for others to download or listen
to (EdTech, 2016). Podcasts can be be used for many things and by many people,
especially educators! These are several educational purposes that podcasts are
used for ( EdTech, 2016):
- · Used to deliver research or lessons to students who need extended support
- · Students can create them for their own learning experiences
- · Teachers create podcasts on lessons for students to download and look at a later date
- · Benefit auditory learners
- · Creating a podcast can help students learn skills such as researching, writing, speaking effectively etc.
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| Minter, 2016 |
Creating a podcast is huge for
becoming a digital citizen as it teaches the individual to become more involved
with the technological world in ways that will benefit them. As for me, a
podcast benefitted me by me discussing why technology is so important to our
world and what it has to do with being a digital citizen. I had to speak
clearly and appropriately which will help me in the future for job interviews.
We also researched about other
creative tools such as Muziboo, SoundCloud, Garageband, Jing, and Screenr.
Muziboo is an online music proposal that allows you to be apart of a class that
understands your musical presence. SoundCloud (which is what I used to create
my podcast) is an online audio platform that allows you to speak aloud about
specific topics and then share them to the technological world! I thought it
was very easy to use and a simple concept. Garageband is a music creation
studio that is only available for mac users. It is more for creating music as
it has software instruments like guitar and drums. Jing is a tool used for screencasting
which takes a video or pictures and uploads it to the web. Lastly, we looked at
Screenr which is a tool that you can use to capture any videos or audio recording
on your computer! All of these tools built my knowledge as I can now create my
own podcasts in the future about my career in Osteopathy and hopefully many people
will listen and want to be my clients.
Lastly, when looking at my feedly
reader, I found a great article about 28
Healthy Meals in a Jar For Those Times You’re on the Go. This is perfect as
I am always looking for quick on the go meals that I can take with me to school
or work.
Thanks for reading this week!
Julia,
ReplyDeleteI too do not like speaking publicly and found the idea of creating my own podcast a little scary. I found it to be a real eye opening experience as well as I had to focus more on speaking clearly and annunciating. I liked how you connected this experience with the potential uses for your future endeavours. Overall, great post!
Kind regards,
Amberley
Julia,
ReplyDeleteI agree speaking in public can be difficult, as I too get very nervous in large groups. I found I was nervous at first to create my podcast, but once I got started it was easy because I didn't have one looking at me, which I felt helped. Also, agree that this tool helped us all work on speaking clear and appropriately. Overall, I enjoy reading your post, as we have very similar ideas.
Thanks,
Tyra
Hi Julia,
ReplyDeleteI also do not like public speaking much, but found creating a podcast to be much more soothing, which is strange because it has the potential to have more people listening. I also like how you listed how it benefits auditory learners, as I did not even think about the potential for this. Going down this same route, it could also be beneficial for people who are visually impaired in listening to lectures.
Great post,
Nicole