C.+Purpose

= Podcasting Purpose in the classroom = =** Podcasting is the process of creating an audio show of some sort available in MP3 format via an RSS 2.0 feed that supports enclosures. Podcasts are designed to include talk shows, tutorials, music, or other audio content. ** =

Students in my Spanish 1 PreAP & 2 PreAP classes created audio and video podcasting for three different purposes: in class as __daily grades__, as __homework__ assignments, or as __performance assessments__ each 9 week period.

a) Students recorded Spanish audio and videos in the classroom for daily grades either individually or in groups.  For instance, pair dialogues, group role playing podcast edited with special effects, Photo stories, and Claymations (animated clay characters.) 

b) Other Podcasts were assigned for homework,  such as Interviews with a Spanish speaker, personal mp3 recordings using cell phones, recordings using Web 2.0 Tools like personalized Voki Avatars.

c) Students’ performance assessments included individual Hispanic cooking podcasts, and group Newscasts productions.