Web 2.0Podcasts

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What are Podcasts?

How to use them in education?

Where to find them?

How to create a Podcast on your own?

What are Podcasts?

Audio or Video broadcasts one can get from the internet

similar to RSS feeds a „reader“ is required

Wikipedia: a podcast is distinguished from other digital-media formats by its ability to be syndicated, subscribed to, and downloaded automatically when new content is added.

How to use them in Education

Using Podcasts as audio resources

authentic language material

often transcripts are provided as well

creating podcasts in EFL classroom gives pupils the opportunity for authentic language use

Where to find them

iTunes

http://podcastalley.com

http://epnweb.org/

http://www.betteratenglish.com/

transcripts provided!

How to create a Podcast on your own

Useful tools

Audacity (http://audacity.sourceforge.net)

Podcast publisher

http://www.podomatic.com/