More on Podcasting

I have decided to blog a little more on podcasting, since I enjoyed it so much for the book review project we had to do in class.  I am going to be honest I was a little hesitant on podcasting since I have never heard of it or used it.  I went in optimistic to say the least because it was a chance for me to learn something new, and the gain knowledge on a new tool that may be useful when I become a teacher.  I think it is an amazing idea to use podcasting for a book review, I feel like instead of the traditional book report with paper and a pencil, this give the students a chance to express their creativity and be able to set it up how they want.  What I mean when I say set up, I mean in the different ways they can go about scripting and recording the podcast, such as an interview, or talk show which I think is one of the better ways to go about podcasting a book report.  It not only gets the point of the book across and incorporates things learned in the classroom it also does it in a way that will have the podcast stick in the students minds since they can put their own spin on it, and gives them a chance to also have a little fun with it.  Which as we all know in most traditional assessments there is usually no room for creativity.  When I become a teacher that is one thing I am going to stress, to not shun students creativity because I think it is very important for a student to be able to express themselves, especially in their work.  Podcasting is one way I will try to incorporate creativity in my students whil still using classroom work.  My goal is to keep a happy balance among myself and my students by incorporating new tools into the classroom, which my hope is to bring multimodality into their world.