Let’s explore how we can use podcasts for professional learning and get credit for it!
In this episode and post, I’ll share some of my favorite educational podcasts, ideas for embedding podcasts in face-to-face PD, online learning, and how to give evidence to administrators.
These days, we have all sorts of learning at our fingertips, including through podcasts!
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I’ve learned so much from listening to other educators sharing their ideas, tips, and lessons in podcasts, and I bet you have too.
The wide variety of podcasts out there lets you choose exactly what subjects interest you.
Teachers should get professional learning credit where credit is due, so let’s dig into some ways that you may be able to get credit for listening to podcasts.
One way I am supporting this idea is including a “Question of the Week,” in each podcast episode.
This is one way of providing evidence of learning, and potentially getting credit for it.
Today, I’ll share recordings from several teachers who explain what they’re doing in this regard.
Carlos Garza has made a tracker to record your professional learning.
Next, Laura Cahill shares her strategy for making online learning more accessible to teachers.
After that, I’ll share some resources from Meredith Akers, who provided her EDU Podcast Tasting 2.0 and EDU Podcast Tasting and Podcasts and Pedometers. You’ll also hear how Jennifer Bell applies Meredith’s ideas.
I hope this lesson inspires you and helps show you how to get credit for listening to podcasts! It may take some effort and time, but I truly believe this is a valuable cause that will benefit teachers.
How to Get Credit for Listening to Podcasts
In This Episode:
[00:28] – Kasey welcomes listeners to the show and explains that today’s topic is how to get credit for listening to podcasts (like this one!).
[01:17] – This week’s shoutout goes to Stephanie Ross Evans, Diane Royer, and Vicki Heupel, who all recently became Google Certified Educators! Stay tuned to learn more about Kasey’s courses.
What is Podcast PD?
[02:26] – Kasey shares the purpose of this episode, and explains what podcast PD is.
[06:21] – You can check out Kasey’s recommended podcasts for teachers at this link. Kasey briefly covers what each of these podcasts is about.
[13:33] – This list is just scratching the surface, Kasey explains. Podcasting has never been hotter than it is now!
How can I get credit for listening to podcasts?
[14:28] – Kasey points out that there are many ways that teachers are getting credit for listening to podcasts, and explains some of the complications.
[16:27] – We hear about one of the ways that Kasey designed into each episode to help give evidence of teachers’ learning.
Tracking Your Online Learning
[18:52] – Kasey shares some ways that some schools are giving credit for podcasts. She then shares Carlos Garza’s insight into tracking online learning.
Using Podcasts in Online PD
[22:08] – The next tip comes from Laura Cahill, who has a creative strategy for encouraging her community to listen to podcasts.
How Some Administrators are Giving Credit for Podcast Listening
[25:00] – Kasey shares some resources from Meredith Akers: EDU Podcast Tasting 2.0 and EDU Podcast Tasting and Podcasts and Pedometers.
[29:51] – We hear about the Podcasts and Pedometers concept in more depth.
[31:45] – Kasey invites teachers to think about whether there’s someone they can talk to about the idea of credit for podcasts.
Podcast Question of the Week:
[33:00] – Attention, administrators! This section, the podcast question of the week, is for you. Ready? Name three ways that podcasts have helped improve your teaching and impacted your students. Post your answers in the Shake Up Learning Community on Facebook, or on your favorite social media platform using the #ShakeUpLearning hashtag.
[34:00] – You can find all of the podcast questions of the week at this link.
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Links and Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
The Shake Up Learning Community on Facebook
Join the Shake Up Learning Book Study!
Shake Up Learning: Practical Ideas to Move Learning from Static to Dynamic by Kasey Bell
16 Fantastic Podcasts for Teachers
Carlos Garza’s Online Professional Learning tracker
ACEd Tech podcast (from Carlos Garza)
EDU Podcast Tasting and Podcasts and Pedometers
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