What would a classroom be without a teacher?
What would a classroom be without learning from a teacher?
What would a classroom be without the assistance of a teacher?
When technology appears to have replaced the need of the teacher, then comes the newest (to me..) technology in teaching known as the Podcast..
for a person like me, who in my own personal opinion, who does not recognize the difference between an mp3 and a Sony Walkman, a Podcast may sound familiar to you as to what an iPod is or the pods in Star Wars..
A Podcast..hmm...
But no ladies and gentleman..a Podcast are not those things..
A Podcast is known as an "audio (or video) program in which is made available on the web, and is frequently updated on regular intervals.." (Sze, 2006)..
famous Podcasts made available for the fellow users whom seek the help of Podcasts are those made available by CNN, BBC and also your ever friendly football channel of ESPN soccernet..
it is very easy to use, if your looking to use it in language classrooms..a tried and tested tactic into finding the correct podcast is just to Google or Yahoo search the podcast that may interest you..
Narrow your search by typing podcast+any skill of your choice and Presto! you have our podcast..
In my opinion, the purpose, function and the ease of use that is made available through the usage of a podcast can never take away the dynamics made available by the original and classic option of having a teacher..
HAHAHAH!!
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