Podcasting can benefit education in several ways. It allows teachers to record lessons and review material for absent students. Podcasts can engage students by incorporating drama, stories, and student-generated content. Specific subjects like language arts, math, science, and social studies can be supplemented with podcasts containing lessons, formulas, facts, and activities. Podcasting is also useful for special needs students by providing audio for spelling, vocabulary, and reading practice. Teachers have resources available to help them start podcasting in their classrooms.

1. Podcasting and Education Lorrie Mennenga & Sheila Unwin Co-hosts of The Dragon Page With Class www.dragonpage.com

2. Podcasting? What is podcasting? Why should I use it in the classroom? Does this work with the curriculum or the standards? How will it benefit my students? How does it benefit the teachers? What are the financial benefits?

3. General Repeating lessons Absent students Engaging students Study skills Kid generated Teacher generated

4. Language Arts Daily lesson plans Drama Round robin stories Newsletter Journaling Student book reviews

5. Math Formulas Five minute answers Weekly brain teasers Practice problems

6. Science Planets Periodic table Plants and animals Weather

7. Social Studies History facts Geography facts Where in the World http://www.intelligenic.com/where/

8. Special Needs Spelling practice Vocabulary Reading Learning centers

9. Close If you can dream it, you can podcast it!

10. Resources for the Classroom Where in the World http://www.intelligenic.com/where Radio Adventures of Dr. Floyd http://www.doctorfloyd.com Podiobooks.com http://podiobooks.com Coulee Kids http://www.lacrosseschools.com/longfellow/sc/ck/index.htm

11. Resources for Teachers Adventures in Podcasting http://portal.peoriaud.k12.az.us/personal/swheeler/My%20Pages/Adventures%20In%20PodCasting.aspx Podcasting for Teachers http://www.podcastforteachers.org KidCast http://www.intelligenic.com/kidcast Intelligenic http://www.intelligenic.com Dragon Page With Class http://www.dragonpage.com 21 st Century Educator http://blog.brettmoller.com