So, if you decide you want to add some podcasts to your teaching tools, you will find that there are different programs for this purpose. I have used Podbean which was easy to use, but you are more limited on the size of files that you can upload. I like to use Audacity for recording because you can easily edit out mistakes. You can download Audacity from the internet. To upload my latest podcast which was a little longer, I used Soundcloud. This is just one example of using podcasts in the classroom. In this podcast, I read an excerpt from the book A Monster Calls, by Patrick Ness, and then had a couple of questions at the end. I could use podcasts like this all year, but I think it could be especially useful at the beginning of the school year when students haven't had a chance to check out their own books yet. The podcasts could introduce them to books they haven't read yet and create interest. I would love to see students creating podcasts. I think this would be a new, more interesting way for them to report on topics.
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