Podcasting Made Easy for Language Teachers

Check out my blog post about the CLEAR tool "Broadcasts" for information about how to quickly and easily create your own educational podcast!

http://literacytechmn.blogspot.com/2009/12/podcasting-piece-of-cake.html

Or, try it yourself.  Go to CLEAR's Rich Internet Applications page at:  http://clear.msu.edu/teaching/online/ria/ to sign up for a free account.  Then click Broadcasts to get started!

General info about Podcasts

Wikipedia defines podcast as:  "a series of digital-media files which are distributed over the Internet using syndication feeds for playback on portable media players and computers. The term podcast, like broadcast, can refer either to the series of content itself or to the method by which it is syndicated; the latter is also called podcasting. The host or author of a podcast is often called a podcaster."

For an introduction to podcasting in plain English, watch this video from the Common Craft Show (www.commoncraft.com/show).

Podcasts in Adult Education

Here are two examples of podcasts for ESL learners:  http://www.eslpod.com/website/ and http://www.englishthroughstories.com/scripts/scripts.html.

Teachers:  do you have a favorite educational podcast?  Please share it here!

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