This week, I was looking for something I could use specifically in my Radio and Television classroom. I have been searching for a good tool to allow my students to upload podcasts they have made for two reasons. One, it allows them to publish the work they do in class to have real-world application, and two allows me to have access to grade their work at any time from any place. As I was searching around, I found several podcasting hosting services, but most of them were quite tedious to register for, and weren’t very user friendly. I was still not quite satisfied in my search, and then I ran across “PodBean.com” Not only does this tool give you the ability to upload audio files, but it also gives you your own customizable Blog-style page to publish your podcasts to. One thing I’ve noticed is that kids love to customize their own spaces. Every time I look around, the students are always changing the desktop background to suit their environment. This type of “Blog-casting” will enable students to fully customize the look and feel of their page and also give them the unique opportunity to be published to the web, which automatically includes value in what they produce. I always say, if they value it themselves, you don’t have to teach them anything!
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