Comments on: Taking podcasting to the next level http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/02/07/taking-podcasting-to-the-next-level/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:14:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Wesley Fryer http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/02/07/taking-podcasting-to-the-next-level/#comment-30639 Wesley Fryer Tue, 13 Feb 2007 03:43:56 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/02/07/taking-podcasting-to-the-next-level/#comment-30639 I agree with you Mark. I think people take readily to the asynchronous, non-interactive form of podcasting (which recorded conference presentations fall into) because most folks buy into the "education as transmission" paradigm. I definitely think we need more learners of all ages creating their own podcasts-- these are the best to listen to, and the most valuable because of the processes the learners go through in creating them. I agree with you Mark. I think people take readily to the asynchronous, non-interactive form of podcasting (which recorded conference presentations fall into) because most folks buy into the “education as transmission” paradigm. I definitely think we need more learners of all ages creating their own podcasts– these are the best to listen to, and the most valuable because of the processes the learners go through in creating them.

]]> By: Mark van 't Hooft http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/02/07/taking-podcasting-to-the-next-level/#comment-30638 Mark van 't Hooft Tue, 13 Feb 2007 03:25:48 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/02/07/taking-podcasting-to-the-next-level/#comment-30638 Wesley, Podcasting is great for providing content for people who cannot attend conference presentations, for example. However, what continues to bother me is that podcasting seems to be primarily used in education for content delivery, in my eyes a very limited use. To me, taking podcasting to the next level, as you title your post, means having STUDENTS CREATE podcasts for others. Examples of this include Tony Vincent's Our City Podcast, and some of the work that students are doing in a mentor project we are running at Kent State University's Research Center for Educational Technology. As much as people are blogging about the potential of podcasting for K-12, I'm disappointed in the lack of discussion about kids creating podcasts. It's in the creating that most learning happens, not in listening to yet another podcast. Wesley,
Podcasting is great for providing content for people who cannot attend conference presentations, for example. However, what continues to bother me is that podcasting seems to be primarily used in education for content delivery, in my eyes a very limited use.

To me, taking podcasting to the next level, as you title your post, means having STUDENTS CREATE podcasts for others. Examples of this include Tony Vincent’s Our City Podcast, and some of the work that students are doing in a mentor project we are running at Kent State University’s Research Center for Educational Technology.

As much as people are blogging about the potential of podcasting for K-12, I’m disappointed in the lack of discussion about kids creating podcasts. It’s in the creating that most learning happens, not in listening to yet another podcast.

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