Podcasts and Vodcasts

Wow what a class on Saturday! Prior to this class I was a little intimidated by podcasts and vodcasts but I had so much fun creating them with my group I left the class feeling energetic and inspired about what I could do with them. I'm sure the humor my group found while working on our activities in class had a little to do with my relief but I also am encouraged about the possibilities of where technology can take you. I can definitely see where a vodcast could tie into the classroom. A great idea that my group came up with is the possibility of bringing the outside world into the classroom. I know I've said before that I'm from a small town and funding is limited in the schools. To be able to bring a trip to the zoo, or the aquarium or the space museum into the class so that students aren't missing out on those educational types of field trips would be amazing. For those schools that are really too far from any sort of cultural education, it would be pretty great to incorporate it into the everyday curriculum.