To build that roadmap, I teamed up with Monica Brady-Myerov, the founder and CEO of Listenwise, a platform for improving listening skills through podcasts and public radio stories. But there hasn’t been a roadmap for how to bring audio into the classroom. I wanted to share why using podcasts is so powerful in education. I’ve done in-class demos and have seen students fall in love with podcasts. Through the years, I’ve interacted with teachers who have brought podcasts into their classrooms in incredibly innovative ways. And now, I’m the CEO of Tumble Media, a production company dedicated to creating children’s educational audio. I also co-founded Kids Listen, a non-profit organization advocating for podcasts for kids. The following year, I helped put together a list of 8 Great Educational Podcasts for Kids for Cult of Pedagogy. In 2015, I created Tumble Science Podcast for Kids, one of the first educational podcasts for kids. I’ve spent a lot of time thinking and learning about the benefits of podcasts for education. Whether you are in-person, remote, hybrid, flipped or blended, podcasts can enhance your teaching in meaningful ways. Podcasts are a screen-free, movement-enabling, ear-stimulating and eye-opening way to deliver content. And the best part? Just the act of listening to a good narrative helps your students become better learners. Physically, they’re in the classroom, but really, they’re in another world. The words are turning into movies in their minds. Every so often they laugh at a joke or gasp with surprise at a twist in the story. You can see how your students are caught up in the story. They’re listening.Ī podcast is playing from speakers at the front of the room. Imagine this scene in your classroom: Students are at their desks, completely engaged and attentive.
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