Video Games: A Waste of Time?

Video games are useful as a stress relieving activity. They can also be used for educational purposes, although most educational video games are very boring. If you could integrate education into more polished, fun games then you'd have the best of both worlds.

Podcast

Creating my podcast, I became more familiar with music creation applications. Using Garage Band, by the end of the process, had become fairly easy. I believe I am at the point where I could work on improving my music, recording quality, etc. because I have the basics down. And by making my own, I realized a few different applications that I could use it for. What I chose was a news recap for the classroom. Something that breaks current & relevant news stories down for students.

The only advice I would give to teacher podcasts is don't be overly ambitious. Let your podcast be a supplementary tool, something that is fun for the students. Don't make it the crowning centerpiece of your lessons, that's asking for dissapointment and problems.

Podcast Entry

I will not attempt to use podcasting in my future classroom. It requires students to own computers and an internet connection, and some students simply cannot afford that. Aside from that, I believe a full podcast lesson would be large in size and require a high-speed internet connection.

Offering it as a supplementary resource is just giving students with computers and internet connections an advantage, in addition to those they already have.