Podcasts!
When driving I love listening to Stuff You
Should Know. And on a recent trip to B.C. I was introduced to the Serial
Podcast. This took us from Whistler to Vancouver and then all the way on the
long drive home.
The podcast goes back and explores an old murder
case to determine if a man that has been imprisoned for 15 years is really
guilty or not.
Our entire car was captivated. We were discussing forensics
and the science behind it with the two doctors in the car (my brother and his
wife). Some really in depth questions came up and suddenly we were
madly Googling to prove each other wrong and trying to recall organic chem 2.
Though this is not necessarily and education podcast, when presented with this
tech task, it immediately came to mind because it was so engaging. It got me
thinking of making or having students make podcasts that slowly drop more and
more information while you try to figure out the puzzle. This could easily be
done with a math unit – combining all the concepts and dropping more and more
information each episode. It could defiantly be used in any science class as
well. And could be used as is in a forensic science class.
As for the Stuff you
should know podcast, you could search and find an episode pertaining specifically
to what your class is learning. But I also like the thought of playing it to
wind up a class, or when a break is needed from the usual. I think having a wide
base of knowledge on many different subjects is a very cool thing to have.
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