Musings on Podcast Project

I can honestly say that I learned alot when I did our podcast, and that most of that learning came from sitting down with the rest of the members of my team and "playing around" with garage band. I still don't feel that I am anywhere near as savvy with this as I could be, but I also understand that all of that takes time and practice and that I will not be an expert with one project.

I think it's important that students be given the chance in our classrooms to "work with their hands" and to have team members that they can count on for help and encouragement. If I had been required to do this project alone, I highly doubt that I would have been able to. However, having others to help and explain things to me really was a plus. I am sure that they pulled more weight than I did in this project, but the important thing is that I really do feel that I learned something, and I am in a slightly better position to be able to put together a podcast at a future date.

I don't think that this project changed any of my thinking as a future educator. I have always been a fan of the classroom where students get to try their hands at things and I am a firm believer that that is a great way to learn. It is something that I did not have in classrooms in my educational career, and maybe that's why I feel it's so important. I really don't know for certain, but I just want to give my students the best of all worlds and if that means that I have to become a sort of "media expert" then that is what I will strive to do.