Podcasting

An interesting new approach to the use of podcasts in the classroom is breaking down a number of barriers between the access of information available to students today.  In a number of colleges across the United States, professors have began to upload their lectures onto itunes through the use of podcasts technologies.  Being familiar with this technology, as I am, is an interesting twist on how students can still access the information presented in class, even if their are absent that particular day.  In addition, if students would like a 'review' before tests on a specific subject covered in class the would be able to hear the lecture and freshen up on the content.  This would be extremely beneficial to auditory learners as well as students who are absent often (activities, sickness, family vacations, etc.).