I don’t know about anyone else in class, but I had a little trouble creating my podcast. It all started Wednesday at 5:00 pmand five hours later, I had a huge headache. I had that booklet from Dr. Ransom and I knew where to put chapters and pictures, but editing the pictures was not in the packet. I found big pictures like we were supposed to but then they were fuzzy. I had about 20 recordings because I kept messing up and all the people in the room were intimidating me. Every time I tried to delete the messed up sections, it made more of an issue! Then when I had to add the jingle in the beginning, it messed up my whole recordings because it started to overlap. Well it is all over and I think I did the best I could. I think if I’m going to use podcasting in my classroom, it would start off as a getting to know them, and work its way for educational purposes. I think since we are college students we can dive into programs with little experience, but children should play and explore before given a task.
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I completely agree with you. I felt so good about my podcast, and then slowly felt bad, then worse, then horrible. I think that it will be necessary to have that “explorer” time with our students because it is not a fun feeling to turn in something that you just feel ok in your own ability to use. Maybe it’s important to remember when we assign our own podcasts: different students have different abilities and strengths. I’m glad I did the podcast and I know the goal is just to try all of the features, but it’s frustrating when you feel you haven’t said what you wanted.