Podcasts and Vodcasts!

It's so important for teachers to reach all students--visual, auditory and kinesthetic learners. When I was in school, most learning was done through the teacher talking and the students listening. Boy, things are SO different now. (Thank goodness!)

Vodcasts (video + audio) are wonderful because it engages the visual and auditory learners. Here are some sites I use:
Discovery Streaming
Game Quarium/Sqool Tube
Math: links learning
Neo K-12

Here are some vodcasts that I was shown that middle and high school teachers could use:
Telling Their Stories
This I Believe

What I think is amazing is how well 3rd graders can create their own movies/vodcasts. Just last Friday, my students finished I-Movies demonstrating their understanding of a vocabulary word. They will share it with each other, staff, and parents through Voicethread, another awesome collaborative tool.