I was introduced to a wonderful new world of Podcasts and Vidcasts! I had no idea what they were or how to make them. That has been how I have felt about everything I have been learning in EDEL 3250. VCasts and PCasts are wonderful ways to get information to a lot of people online. Vidcasts are small movie clips that explain something, my team decided to create a Vidcast of Earthquake Safety that we could show to our students so they knew what to expect when they hear the alarm. Then we decided to read The Very Hungry Caterpillar, to introduce out unit on the life cycle of animals in a Podcast. With our worlds growing technology it is our job as teachers to understand it and use it to benefit our classrooms.
Why is this important? How can we use this these new skills in our future classroom? That is the purpose of the education program at UVU. We are hear to learn how to implement all the skills a teacher will need to run a well organized classroom. Have recordings of your lessons and homework, in your voice, or a video of what you the intended outcome is, makes it personal to your students and their families. If students miss class one day, they will be able to go online with their families and listen or watch what they missed. This is just another step to help keep your classroom organized and giving your students more help in their learning.
Now that I know how to create PCasts and VCasts, I plan on incorporating them into my future classrooms. Before I knew how simple it was to make them I was a little nervous. I wish that I would have had this help in my previous classes. Having Doc Waters Podcasts on her website really helps me be prepared for the class and I think that it would be great to create a simple Podcast every day after school that my students could listen to when they got home that recapped what we did that day and what we will be working on tomorrow, to further their education. This of course will take time on my part but isn't that my job as a teacher, to do everything I can to help my students learn. I am signing on for a career in education and I can't wait to get started.
Why we should let our students Blog?
The video this week talked about letting our classes Blog. I feel that this is a wonderful idea, that allows your students to be creative and collaborate as a class. They get to be individuals in their blogs but get to share their learning with their peers. It integrates technology in their learning and improves their writing/typing skills and gives them freedom to journal online.
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