Education 2.0 & 3.0

For a new book, a scholar interviewed 101 academic podcasters, and argued that the genre is challenging traditional notions of who gets to be an authority.

We look at formal and informal leadership and the different capacities we look to build in ourselves and our schools. You don't want to miss this one!

With Podcastle, you can convert your favorite news and articles to podcasts for free. Listen to the stories you love and do it efficiently with our powerful text to speech converter based on machine learning.

Airr est un lecteur de podcasts qui offre une fonction originale: la possibilité de conserver des extraits des podcasts que vous êtes en train d'écouter.

Did someone recently recommend you listen to a podcast? If your response was, “What’s a podcast?” we’ve got the answer, and more! Here’s a crash course on podcasts and how you can listen to them on your smartphone.

Blubrry is awesome. Far more than a delicious fruit rich in antioxidants or the name of what I dream Violet Beauregard would call a new tech start-up, Blubrry is the parent company of the scrumdiddlyumptious PowerPress plugin that gives WordPress audiophiles full control of their audio files.

Unlike services such as Libsyn and Soundcloud, which can link to your WordPress site, Blubrry PowerPress lets your primary interaction with your podcast be where you’re obviously most comfortable–your very own WordPress dashboard.

What is Blubrry PowerPress, Exactly?

In a nutshell, Blubrry PowerPress an all-in-one plugin that lets you upload, host, and publish a podcast entirely from your WordPress website. You don’t have to go through an external service (though you can if you want.) Everything from subscription options, a built-in player, and RSS management work right out of the box. Errr…the plugin repository....

I used to have a five-minute commute to work. By the time I got to school I would rarely have time to listen to one song, let alone an audio book, or podcast.

When I began my first administrative role, I spent about 70-80 minutes in the car each day. And although I love music, it’s time I want to spend learning as well as unwinding.

Podcasts rejuvenated me as a learner in ways that I could not expect. I believe they’ll do the same for many teachers and leaders. Here’s my reasons to sway you to listen to podcasts right now:

Vocaroo is a quick and easy way to share voice messages over the interwebs.

by Andrew Roush

If you are looking for a good and free tool to create educational posts, Anchor is definitely one of the options I would recommend and here is why. First, Anchor is easy to use: simply log in to your account on the web or install the mobile app (supports both Android and iOS) and start recording using your device-integrated mic or an external one. You can also import recorded audio you have on other apps and use it with your own recordings. Most importantly, Anchor allows you to invite friends and colleagues to record with you provided they use the Anchor app.

"My son’s podcast addiction began when he was 2, with “The Gingerbread Man.”

He was hooked at first listen and asked to hear it constantly. Eventually, I could recite the entire story, produced by Stories Podcast, along with the host, copying her intonations for the different voices. Our “Gingerbread Man” period peaked when my son was sick, and the only thing that could calm him down at 3 a.m. was listening to the podcast. I sat by his bed with phone in hand, and we listened over and over again, until he fell asleep.

My son is now 6, and fortunately, his taste in podcasts has expanded. He has many favorite shows and asks for episodes by name. It’s not a coincidence that he’s a dedicated podcast listener. His dad and I co-host “Tumble Science Podcast for Kids,” which we began producing just a few months after he was born. From this perspective, I’ve seen (and heard) the space grow from a handful of audio experiments to a big buffet of listening choices.

That’s great news, because once kids get into podcasts, they really get into them. A new study from the podcast “Brains On!” and the Science Museum of Minnesota of kids 3 to 17 and adults age 18 and over has found that 73 percent of listeners have heard an episode more than once. The study found that kids’ podcasts are a shared listening experience for kids and parents. Podcasts become part of the family routine, with the car the most popular place to listen.

All you need is a fresh playlist of shows that both you and your little one enjoy. I put together this list of great shows for kids ages 2 through 6 and their caretakers. They are all available free on nearly any podcast app."

"For teachers and parents, education podcasts can offer some brilliant expert insight. Here’s a list of our favourite education podcasts for inspiring, sharing, teaching and more.

Podcasts have become a hugely popular format for anyone with some spare time and a keen interest in just about anything. When it comes to the topic of education, there’s no shortage of podcast shows available online but finding the best education podcasts worthy of your time can be tricky.

To help find your perfect podcast, here’s a list of Twinkl’s top education podcasts handpicked by the teachers who work here."

 

I'm going to confess, I did not bring podcasts into my English classroom with any intention of improving my students' literacy skills. The idea came from a more selfish place: My wife and I were enthralled by the first few episodes of Serial, and I wanted to share our excitement for the amazing story with my students. Like almost everybody, they were hooked by the pilot episode and begged me for more.
I began using other podcast episodes and excerpts as both primary and supplemental texts.

Using Serial turned out to be a huge academic success for a variety of reasons, most of them related to critical thinking, listening comprehension, and the art of storytelling. While I felt guilty that the students weren't doing as much reading from a traditional text, they voluntarily studied maps, evaluated clues, argued with each other, and wrote twice as much in their journals as they previously had. Perhaps most satisfying to me, they were engaging in adult conversations with teachers, parents, and administrators who were listening to the same podcast.

Podcasts are great for learning, exploring personal interests, professional interests, and even a great way for students to learn. Use this guide to get started and better understand what a podcast is and the power of podcast learning.

There are hundreds of educational podcasts available to teachers on almost every subject you can think of. We see new podcasts launching all the time and some we have been hearing about for years but haven’t had the chance to check out. What are the podcasts that other educators love to listen to? And how can […]

I used to have a five-minute commute to work. By the time I got to school I would rarely have time to listen to one song, let alone an audio book, or podcast.

When I began my first administrative role, I spent about 70-80 minutes in the car each day. And although I love music, it’s time I want to spend learning as well as unwinding.

Podcasts rejuvenated me as a learner in ways that I could not expect. I believe they’ll do the same for many teachers and leaders. Here’s my reasons to sway you to listen to podcasts right now:

Human exchange in a ´digitalized´world has turned the capacity to collaborate into a vital skill to develop professional knowledge.