Mendy’s Thoughts: Web 2.0

I am familiar with podcasts, but I don’t listen to them that much.  I did enjoy listening to the podcast on Elizabeth I.  In fact, I subscribed to historyonair.com for their historical podcasts.  I like the idea of assigning a podcast for homework and asking the students to take notes on them.  None of them seemed very long, so it would not be a very time consuming assignment.  It would be a great exercise for my middle school students to learn how to take notes from listening.  Plus, they would be able to hear from someone else besides me.  Several teachers in the middle school did video podcasts last year.  I’d really like to implement them into my class this year.  I think I could also use audio podcasts for interviews with historical figures, homework assignments, among other things.