Learning and Teaching Scotland has a comprehensive guide for educators interested in creating and using podcasts in their classrooms. The guide is a series of videos covering everything from “what is a podcast?” to creating and publishing your podcasts. You can download all of the videos for viewing on your laptop or other portable device. Embedded below you will find What is a Podcast?

Another good overview of podcasting is Common Craft’s Podcasting in Plain English.

Thanks to Steven Anderson for the link to Learning and Teaching Scotland.

Applications for Education
If you’ve ever wanted to try creating your own podcasts, Learning and Teaching Scotland’s comprehensive guide will show you what you need to get started. If you’re wondering what benefits there are to having students create podcasts, Learning and Teaching Scotland has that covered too.

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