Pod-casts

Before this class, I really did not have an understanding of what a pod-cast was.  I knew that you could listen to them on radio station website of clips from previous broadcasts.  However, I never knew I could make one from home, and I certainly never gave much thought to using them in the classroom.  I am still a little uncertain that I will actually use pod-casts when I become a teacher, partially because I don't like recording myself.  I will have to get very creative to figure out how to use pod-casts effectively for middle school aged children.  Is it possible to use sound bits and songs instead of your voice? I would definitely like to make a video for the classroom of exactly what I want the students to learn.  It would be like a more animated version of a power point presentation.  Putting together a pod-cast is much more simple than I was anticipating.  I am very glad we got to actually put one together in class because now, if/when I use them in my classroom, I won't be as scared of them as I was at 4:59pm today.