The Effectiveness of Podcasting and Vodcasting

Podcasting and vodcasting create many educational purposes for both teachers and students. It allows teachers to reach out to students using a form of medium they are familiar with and creates a great facilitator to promote student’s engagement. Podcasting is an audio recording that is often hosted on a school website for teachers, students and parents to access (Beauchamp, 2017). Podcasting allows:

Teachers:  

-       Podcasting is a great alternative for delivering lessons and content to students who may need extra support such as, SEN students.

-       Teachers are able to record audio podcasts to provide additional learning materials and revisions for students to view often on school websites, allowing students to access the work at what time suits them best (Hall, 2010).

 Students:

-       ‘Educational podcasting can be effective in enhancing socially constructivist learning environments and promote collaborative opportunities to build and share knowledge and opinions amongst peers’ (Poore, 2016).  

-       Students are able to create their own podcasts and share experiences with one another

-       Students who benefit from auditory materials have a great advantage when using podcasts

-       Podcasts provide important skills that allow students to develop: writing, solving problems, speaking effectively, researching, attaining attention, manage time and improve vocabulary (Hall, 2010).

I have attached my created voki which talks about vodcasting.
http://tinyurl.com/z5o4ntx

 

Below I have  also attached informative videos which explore podcasting and vodcasting in the classroom:

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wL1bX1gepEc (podcasting)
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPAoiUM9JZs&t=8s (vodcasting)

voki text:

Hi everyone, my name is Leah and i am a voki avatar. I will be talking today about Vodcasting. Vodcasting is described as a video recording, which can be edited using a variety of devices and software (Beauchamp, 2011).
Vodcasting is effective for creative learning within education, as students can apply a tool called a green screen, to create realistic and memorable settings for their work.  Teachers can make videos that they can apply directly to their students, e.g. by using their names within the video to keep them intrigued.
The great idea of vodcasting, is it allows students who may not be as confident,  to use additional mobile learning such as, me, voki (http://www.voki.com). 

References:

Beauchamp, G. (2016) Computing and ICT in the primary school. From Pedagogy to
Practice. London: Routledge.

Hall, D. (2010) the ICT Handbook for Primary Teachers. A guide for students and professionals. Oxon: Routledge

Poore, M. (2016) Using Social Media in the classroom. London: Sage