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RM Educational Software Inc. Announces Podium - Podcasting for Education

mary | 20 August, 2007 13:08

What is Podium?

Podium
is a PC-based application, designed specifically for K-12 and Higher Education. It is an easy-to-use piece of software that allows students of any age to create edit and publish podcasts all from the same simple interface. After being trialed in a number of schools, Podium is now launching in the US bringing podcasting within the reach of all educators, giving teachers and pupils the chance to create podcasts quickly and easily.

“Podcasting allows educators and students to move closer to the ideology of 1:1 computing”, stated Kevin Pawsey, Managing Director, RM Educational Software. “Many students already have access to iPods and this allows teaching and learning to be done in an environment that is both stimulating and motivating using technology that they relate to; this is a simple to use but effective educational tool that will help increase student attainment across all areas of the curriculum ”

As well as allowing students to display and extend their creativity using audio as a means of expressing themselves, teachers are able to use Podium to regularly communicate with parents and colleagues through posting school updates on the website. They can also publish lesson guides to help students who may have missed sessions through absence or who simply need reinforcement when completing assignments. Group working has also been enhanced through Podium’s fantastic scripting tool, which allows pupils to assign parts of their dialogue to different members of the group. For example, if students are recording an extract from Shakespeare as one of their podcasting episodes, they are able to color code the text on screen for different characters, so each person knows when it’s their turn to speak.

The uses of podcasting within a classroom environment are boundless. Students can create radio shows, record dialogue from plays or simply talk about what they like to do at the weekends, and share this with the rest of the school community via the web.
Podium can promote creativity and some exceptional results have been achieved by pupils who sometimes struggle to express themselves through simply reading and writing.

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