Podcast Article Reflection

I think it is important to identify the fact that podcasts are meant o be supplemental to the classroom experience, whatever that may be.  The lecturer/ instructor created podcasts are meant to help students by allowing them to listen and re-listen to classroom lessons and discussions without the added pressure of taking continuous notes while doing so. It is this regard that is can be the most beneficial as a teacher-directed teaching tool. Although the studies seem to be limited to technological and use of podcasts currently in educational setting, the possibilities for use in the classroom are not.  Podcasts may be used to help student groups reflect on discussions or allow a student to create an audio study guide.  Content, length, and use of incentives are all items that should probably be considered when using podcasts in the classroom. But in the end, however it may be used, since podcasts afford students the ability to take their studies out of the classroom and revisit them at their convenience, the possibilities for future use of podcasts can only help to bring the traditional classroom into the modern world.