In November, I will be going to a mathematical conference for two days, and already I am wondering what to do to continue my students’ learning when I am gone. I certainly have nothing against leaving substitute plans, but from experience, if the substitute shows up, he or she is often not certified in mathematics. This is not so much a problem when I leave a detailed description of the algebra needed to solve some problems. However, no matter the depth of the explanation, I cannot expect someone to come in and understand the lesson I have prepared for AP Calculus; this is not a required course to graduate. Since time is short, and concepts are many, I do not want students to be stagnant. The wonderful idea of podcasting may just suite me for this absence in the classroom. On eLearningnews.net, http://www.elearningnews.net/view_news.php?news_id=1063 ,I found an article that states:
'Podcasting for Learning in Universities' offers a model for podcasting, describes how podcasting is used in universities worldwide and has a practical step-by-step guide to producing podcasts for education. It also shows that:
• Students benefit from podcasting making resources easier to use, accessible, reusable and more fun
• Lecturers benefit as podcasting is easy, quick and DIY
Clearly, I’d be excited to use this technology if I knew our network could support it! This brings me to a question: how much is appropriate to spend on technology each year in a school district? I’d love to hear your opinion!
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Hey there! I thought of the same issue. I teach those subjects and we have alot of kids absent in our school, so I thought podcasting would be an excellent way of helping them when they are out. But you and I are at the same roadblock - how much and can it be done?
There are freeware tools on the internet for podcasting, like Audacity, or you could use Movie Maker for vodcasts (video podcasts). If you are on a Mac, it should come with GarageBand and iMovie. You will also need a microphone and a webcam. When you make your podcast or vodcast, save the file as MP3 or MP4. Then you can post this file on your website and have the students access it when you are gone.
If every student doesn't have access to a computer, you can do what I did 2 year ago when I left for the PCTM conference. I taped my lesson using a camcorder and told the substitute to play the tape in my absence.
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