Podcasting in the Classroom

I can see myself using particular podcasts for lessons. In  a unit on Poe, for example, I might find a podcast of someone reading a Poe poem, or a podcast of two or more people discussing a poem by Poe. Or I could do both: a reading and a discussion of the same poem. This would help to initiate our own discussion of the poem as a class.

Another case would be of recording myself in a podcast and presenting it to the class. I would do something similar to reading a poem probably, as it would be silly, I think, to record myself lecturing. Or I could record a discussion on the poem between another person and myself to present to the class, which would yield the same or similar results to the previous idea of presenting a podcast of a discussion.

I could also create an assignment where students are split into groups to create their own podcasts. I would either stick with the discussion idea for this (they record their own discussion of the poem) or I would have them create a podcast which presents an analysis of the poem, or background information, so that individual responsibilities might be divided between all the members.