Podcasts

**surely you have seen those wires hanging out of your students' ears?**
===**Developed in 2001 they have become a technological phenomenon "For many scholars, the podification of society is just the latest chapter in a continuing story of technology and culture." npr commentator**===

**The iTunes Store offers more than 100000 audio and video //podcasts//**
===**"Podcasts enable students and teachers to share information with anyone at any time. An absent student can download the podcast of the recorded lesson. It can be a tool for teachers or administrators to communicate curriculum, assignments and other information with parents and the community. Teachers can record book discussions, vocabulary or foreign language lessons, international pen pal letters, music performance, interviews, and debates. Podcasting can be a publishing tool for student oral presentations.** " wikipedia===