Returning to Google, I decided to narrow my search terms. Now that I've a basic understanding of what podcasting is, it was time to find out more about its uses in education. Googling "educational podcasting", it turns out that this is the first webpage returned for this query:
http://www.stager.org/podcasting.html
Now I have no idea who Gary S. Stager is besides a self-proclaimed educational consultant, author, and teacher educator, so I decided to do a little research on him before taking his site too seriously. After seeing that he is well-published, well-educated, and often cited in a variety of educational sites and journals, I decided to respect what he had to say and check out his site aimed to "support progressive educators" (I'd like to consider myself one).
On topic of podcasting, Stager makes some great points, including the assertion that "podcasting offers educators and students remarkable opportunities for their voices to be heard in their local communities or around the world". Reading his thoughts, I am impressed by the fact that it is now possible for every classroom to have its own radio station. How empowering and motivational for students is that!
In addition to provided me with a considerable amount of motivation to try this technology out, Stager also supplied me with a variety of online resources for this discovery assignment. While he posts some of his thoughts on the subject, he also provides his own tutorial on how to podcast with Garageband3. I am up to my neck in podcasting links, so I am going to check them out and continue my quest.
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