Ok. I'm taking an Ed2Go class on podcasting. The instructional librarian and I came up with a lunch and learn to introduce instructors to some of the Web 2.0 technologies they can use in the classroom. Our Distance Ed department has just added a podcasting feature to our DE portal and we included that in the lunch program. So now somebody needs to learn how to make podcasts. I grew up with the rule that if you pack the bag you tote it. It would logically follow that I'm now taking this Ed2Go podcasting class. As part of the class assignment, I need to post the results of my efforts. This is my first audio podcast created through my phone using Yodio.com. Rather than read the scripted podcast for the class (an imaginary book report for an imaginary sick-at-home student named Nathan), she-who-rarely-follows-instructions decided to read my favorite poem by Edgar Guest instead. I'm sure my library patrons thought I'd really lost it reading poetry to my cell phone in the back room. But podcasting engages several learning styles and can create a welcome break in a print online lecture. And having the library offer technical support to faculty underlines our connection to information and technology and hopefully opens the door to other types of collaboration.
We'll see. Brace yourself for more of this. I'm only a third of the way through the class . . .
Ok. I'm taking an Ed2Go class on podcasting. The instructional librarian and I came up with a lunch and learn to introduce instructors to some of the Web 2.0 technologies they can use in the classroom. Our Distance Ed department has just added a podcasting feature to our DE portal and we included that in the lunch program. So now somebody needs to learn how to make podcasts. I grew up with the rule that if you pack the bag you tote it. It would logically follow that I'm now taking this Ed2Go podcasting class. As part of the class assignment, I need to post the results of my efforts. This is my first audio podcast created through my phone using Yodio.com. Rather than read the scripted podcast for the class (an imaginary book report for an imaginary sick-at-home student named Nathan), she-who-rarely-follows-instructions decided to read my favorite poem by Edgar Guest instead. I'm sure my library patrons thought I'd really lost it reading poetry to my cell phone in the back room. But podcasting engages several learning styles and can create a welcome break in a print online lecture. And having the library offer technical support to faculty underlines our connection to information and technology and hopefully opens the door to other types of collaboration.
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