Research Work

I'll be doing Podcasting as my topic of disccsion for research. I'm looking forward to examining ways podcasting can be used in the classroom primarily in the k-8 setting which will help in my line of work. I believe giving kids the knowledge of how to use these tools to be able to communicate and self-express will help give them an outlet that perhaps pen and paper can't.

My favorite podcast so far is Dan Schmit's kidcast. I heard him speak about Garageband at ISTE's 2006 Conference in San Diego and after hearing him I wanted to jump right into Garageband and start mixing but when I did I realized the tech -know how really hit me like a brick wall with " what tools do I need?" " how much will it cost" and "are RSS feeds complicated or not?" and so I think this topic will really force me to simpify the process so clearly that my 3rd graders can do it.

Here is the link to it learn more about how Dan creates KIdcast: http://www.intelligenic.com/kidcast/about.html