International Podcast Day鈩� is September 30th and is an international celebration of the power of podcasts. The聽first celebration took place in 2014 as a National Holiday and was later re-branded into an international celebration. The day-long event is focused on bringing more visibility to podcasting and promoting the growing digital media worldwide. Check out these resources from 起点传媒and ReadWriteThink.org on podcasts and podcasting.
Podcasting in the classroom is not necessarily a new idea, but it鈥檚 an idea that has been gaining momentum and attention in recent years.聽Read more from聽起点传媒member Danah Hashem in her post, “Why Try Podcasting in the Classroom?”
起点传媒members Matthew Kruger-Ross and Pauline Schmidt share their podcast story聽about how聽a student assignment turned into a way for these teacher to document and reflect on their teaching.
This from ReadWriteThink.org describes the processes involved in composing and producing audio files that are published online as podcasts.
In “” students learn how to get their voice out to authentic audiences when they research issues important to them and compose a persuasive podcast to post online.
How do you use podcasts?
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