Podcast

Podcast

I subscribed to Learning Matters through RSS reader. John Merrow, president and founder of this podcast, which discuss current events in education. Podcasts are short — generally 5 to 10 minutes each — and topics include Race to the Top, education in New Orleans, ways to evaluate teachers, ESL and more. It is non-profit media production company focused on education. Their mission is to encourage and enrich public dialogue about education, youth and families. Click here to check it out.

I love the idea of podcasting because you can listen to and/or watch the information instead of just reading it which gives more options to your students. I think we could use podcasting for making tutorials, which is something I definitely would like to do in my classes. We could use them for teaching, especially the one with video podcast because the learner is watching and listening to the information. Also podcast can be used to update on what’s new on any field that interest to you.


Audio Podcast

LISTEN: Education Thinker/Consultant Angela Maiers

In this edition of the Learning Matters podcast, Angela speaks to Rachael Wettenstein about evolving notions of education, how technology has changed the game, and what exactly a ’21st-century classroom’ should look like. Angela Maiers could probably best be defined as an education consultant, but she can speak to so much more.

Click here to listen to it.