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PODCASTING IS A WASTE OF VALUABLE TIME

October 27, 2008

PODCASTING IS A WASTE OF VALUABLE TIME

 Yes, that’s right I said it ‘Podacsting is a waste of valuable time that teachers can rarely afford’. So do I have your attention!!! After reading and listening to material from Kathy Shield’s ‘Smallvoices: K.kids’ podacts’ I started thinking about the outcomes vs entertainment of podcasting. Kathy reported that the K-2 school students had a real sense purpose in the podcast activities whilst others just participated for the fun of it and enjoyed the surprising end product.  She hoped to teach the students that the sky’s the limit when it comes to creative use of technology and teamwork. So the question remains, were the children merely entertained or educated on effective use of technology for an educational outcome??? Maybe you say? A great tool, some others may claim?? Furthermore could podcasts benefit senior students studying Economics or Business Studies? I am a believer of critical thinking and a constructivist approach to teaching but I am yet to believe that the application of podcasting serves a purpose far beyond entertaining students.

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