Our little man is sick, so my husband will be taking him to see the doctor tomorrow during school. That means my husband is making sub plans, a task many teachers loathe. To make sure his students don't get behind he has made a Keynote presentation and he is recording his voice as he clicks through the slides. This is an easy way to make a podcast so you can communicate with your students even though you are not physically present.
Podcasting your lessons has its limitations. Using this method means that you are not present to field questions and you are not able to observe your students to check for their understanding. Despite these weaknesses, I think this is one of the best options for your classes because it allows you to "be in class" while not actually being there. It also provides the student a resource that they can continually reference on their own even when they're at home.
It is so much fun to be a teacher in the 21st Century because there are so many great tools at our fingertips.
As my husband is finishing up his podcasts for his IB math classes I'm realizing something...He is fluent in a foreign language to me: Math.
See what I mean? Seriously, what is he talking about?
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