Best Practice

Ideas for podcasting in schools

Making and using podcasts is relatively easy but can have a great impact on many areas of school life and student learning. Angela Youngman takes a look at what’s possible.

Podcasts have come a long way since the advent of audio recordings made by teachers to help their pupils. Now it is becoming big business, offering ways of expanding the curriculum offer beyond the classroom – as well as a means of bringing outside organisations into the classroom. 

Pupils too are taking up podcasts in a big way, making their own recordings for a wide audience of peers, friends and sometimes the internet. It is a sector that is expanding dramatically.

Teacher Marcus Cherrill, from the resources website I Can Teach explained: “The more simple the technology, the more innovative students and teachers can become. 

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