Comments on: Podcasting: No reason to be blue. http://www.teach42.com/2005/01/05/podcasting-no-reason-to-be-blue/ Education and Technology by Steve Dembo Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:28:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Will R. http://www.teach42.com/2005/01/05/podcasting-no-reason-to-be-blue/comment-page-1/#comment-8 Will R. Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.teach42.com/2005/01/05/podcasting-no-reason-to-be-blue/#comment-8 Great post, Steve, and a lot of points well taken. You are absolutely right that Podcasts can serve many niche audiences and many different styles of learners, and I'm feeling like I came down a bit too hard in my post. The technology is new, and as long as educators like you keep writing and talking about it, we really will figure out what it can and can't do. I think I tend to want to define things too narrowly (read my frequent diatribes on "blogging the verb"), and this is one instance where it's not such an easy fit. I try to picture students podcasting as it's defined TODAY (as an rss enclosure, etc), and I find it hard to see many of them sustaining it the way Matthew Bischoff has. But I do definitely see them using the technology in a number of ways; audio essays, oral histories, etc. I know we could do that before, but the difference now is we can PUBLISH them, and that's what is so cool. I'm not going to stop Podcasting, per se, but I'm going about it differently, writing, mixing, reporting...not just talking. I think that's where the value is for me. But I totally understand that 's not the only way people can find value in it. Thanks for reminding me of that. Best, Will Great post, Steve, and a lot of points well taken. You are absolutely right that Podcasts can serve many niche audiences and many different styles of learners, and I’m feeling like I came down a bit too hard in my post. The technology is new, and as long as educators like you keep writing and talking about it, we really will figure out what it can and can’t do. I think I tend to want to define things too narrowly (read my frequent diatribes on “blogging the verb”), and this is one instance where it’s not such an easy fit. I try to picture students podcasting as it’s defined TODAY (as an rss enclosure, etc), and I find it hard to see many of them sustaining it the way Matthew Bischoff has. But I do definitely see them using the technology in a number of ways; audio essays, oral histories, etc. I know we could do that before, but the difference now is we can PUBLISH them, and that’s what is so cool.

I’m not going to stop Podcasting, per se, but I’m going about it differently, writing, mixing, reporting…not just talking. I think that’s where the value is for me. But I totally understand that ‘s not the only way people can find value in it. Thanks for reminding me of that.

Best,

Will

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