Thing #22

http://www.learnoutloud.com/podcaststream/listen.php?url=http://feeds.feedburner.com/princetonreview&all=1&title=18871
This is a link to the Princeton Vocabulary Minute. These guys sing their way through vocabulary lessons and some of the songs are really funny while teaching junior and senior high students about vocabulary words. Only an English teacher could truly get the humor here, but some are very entertaining. It was refreshing to hear a podcast that was original and not just someone reading to me. So many of the English lesson podcasts I listened to were dry and spoken in a monotone. I had some trouble negotiating around Podcastdirectory and Podcastalley. Many of the podcasts there required downloads or subscriptions. Educational Podcast Directory and Learn Out Loud were more user friendly. I might use podcasting with my students. Those who have Garage Band on their computers could submit their essays to me by podcast. Audacity was difficult to use and add music to, so for now I see limited usage since the school's computers are PCs. I believe I will keep in touch with the Princeton Review as these guys are very clever. This would be a fun tool to use as a bellringer with my students if I had a 21st Century Classroom.
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