Is this quality content? I'm curious to know...

Below is some of my students' first try at podcasting. Now, mind you, we have had long conversations about quality content, but they begged me to allow them to post this podcast. We had the conversation that if you begin posting silly content, then people may not take you seriously and likely won't follow you. This conversation proceeded the talk about one of the main ideas of Web 2.0 is to share content. I think you get my gist - that I tried to work with the students to get them to understand the whole concept of quality content. I previewed, and rejected, several drafts of the lyrics before we settled on this version.

But, then, I'm amused at the end of the day about silly content on places like YouTube. So my question here is, does content matter when students post original work to the Web? Am I the one being too serious here? I'd love your feedback.

Student Led Podcasting Integration Presentation

Our Student Council here at WHS took on the challenge of looking at the Student Handbook this semester, and one of the things they wanted to look at was the use of iPods/MP3 players in school. Understanding they wanted to get the access during the school day for their music, one of the students on the Council who is in my 21st Century Digital Communications Class came to me and asked what we could do as a class to help change this policy. Podcasting was my 1st thought, and so, as a class, we set forth creating the following wiki presentation about the concept of the use of iPods/MP3 players in schools both for personal and academic purposes. Check it out, and hopefully, the information is useful.

Article on Podcasting Integration

As I find interesting ideas about technology, I'll post them to this blog.

I'll be moving down another Web 2.0 avenue in this entry...Podcasting. More and more faculty seem interested in learning how to or to use podcasts in the class, so I'll be looking for some articles, resources, and posting some 'how to' entries soon.

I found this article on integrating podcasting into curriculum. As I truncated the URL to www.joevans.pbwiki.com to learn if this was a credible source of info, I discovered John Evans is not only the Principal, but also a Technology Teacher at St. Francois Xavier Community School... I'll take his information as valid.

He offers: reasoning for why podcasting is a valid activity, curriculum applications of podcasts, and objectives. Then he breaks down all the ways you can incorporate podcasts into your classes, and offers examples from schools who are using podcasting in these ways. It looks to be a pretty great resource! Peruse and enjoy!