Mark Pentleton, an veteran podcaster from the Radio Lingua Network, spoke about his experiences in podcasting at the recent Isle of Wight Conference, a superb and thoroughly enjoyable CPD event organised by Joe Dale.
Mark spoke about about his early podcasting with the Partners in Excellence podcast – the PiEcast, the wonderfully soothing Verbcasts, and his most recent podcasting adventures with the fantastic Coffee Break series of language podcasts, the very popular One Minute Languages and the brand new Show Time Spanish.
Listen to Mark, below, talk about how to ensure you make a good podcast as he reflects on his experience. These are the main points raised by Mark:
- Learning in context – a podcast appeals to young audiences because it can be accessed using the technology they are used to.
- Secret learning – students can listen to podcasts anywhere. Nobody needs to know what they are really doing.
- Storage – the average mp3 players stores hundreds of hours worth of listening material, offering fantastic learning opportunities.
- Access – providing anytime access promotes learning. If it’s on their iPod, they might just listen to it!
- Just in time delivery – RSS (Really Simple Syndication) ensures new podcasts are delivered without any further intervention from podcaster or student.
- Learning by podcasting – Students learn most by making their own podcasts.
- CPD – Podcasting provides fantastic opportunities, not just for students, but also for professional development.
Listen to Mark as he discusses the topics raised above and some more.
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Don’t forget you can subscribe to these podcasts in iTunes. The podcasts are also available from PodOmatic.
Many thanks to Joe Dale for recording the session and to Mark for delivering it. If you want to listen to the whole of Mark Pentleton’s session on Podcasting at the Isle of Wight Conference, then go to Joe Dale’s blog Integrating ICT into the MFL Classroom.
What do you think? Are you already using podcasts? Would you consider starting?
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