Podcasting - have you done it yet?

I have, this year, spoken/demonstrated/discussed and expounded many, many times about the power of the Podcasting. Last evening at a school near Burton on Trent a group of teachers, after a long day in the classroom and a one and a half hour session on administrative matters came, at 5.00PM to a session using the Podium software from Softease. They were still there at 6.30 PM !! They were engaged, vocal, enthusiastic (difficult to manage at times) but focused because they could appreciate the implications of what they were learning for their children. From a standing start, they got to grips with the application, laughed at the sound of their own voices (some people are always children at heart ... thanks goodness) but, most of all, developed a facility with the software which gave them confidence and conpetence to move on. One teacher, about to leave, said, ' I just can't wait to get home and show them what I have done !' She had just emailed herself the url of the podcast she had made and was urgent to get home, open iTunes and subscribe to it. She had even emailed her friends so that they could listen.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.(As they say)

My friend David Noble (of Booruch fame) interviewed me earlier this month for his Education Podcast Reflections series ... well worth subscribing to as an information source and a prompt for thought. Podcasting as a CPD opportunity for teachers in the field.

Softease has just released Podium MultiTracking and for all who bought the original version, this is a free upgrade ! ... of course, it is available to all others who wish to buy. Also added to this version is an updated Getting Started Guide together with a new keyboard shortcuts guide. This follows work undertaken with the RNIB by our own Jane Doran and the rest of the Podium development team, who have helped ensure that Podium is now even easier to use for the visually-impaired.