I really enjoyed making a podcast and found it was surprisingly easy to do. It could be used for virtually any lesson or topic and for a variety of puroses and audiences. For example, it could be part of a school radio show or as a presentation of what the children have learnt to be viewed by parents. Podcasts are fun, can give purpose to a lesson and can be used for assessment!
Once children have grasped the basics of making a podcast, they are likely to extend their own learning by discovering new things they can add and ways of improving it. I think the children will learn far more by being interested and investigating than just following teachers instructions. Of course the teacher in most cases will need to introduce the basics but if children take control of their own learning, they can go at their own pace and find out about what interests them personally.
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