I love these podcasted lectures. I usually get them down through iTunes U or iTunes podcasts (free!) and then put them up on moodle (similar to BlackBoard) for students to download and listen to/watch for their homework/research. Parents get really impressed too when their little angel is listening to a Berkeley Uni lecture on their iPod! [(^).(^)]
BBC Radio 4 has some excellent podcasts on history, expecially In Our Time with Melvyn Bragg. Similar I guess to PBS in the US and Radio National in Australia. I've bookmarked the website here, but I actually find it easiest and most effective to subscribe to these podcasts through iTunes.
My students like Dan. He has a dramatic and engaging way of going over historical topics and I've found him generally quite accurate. The podcasts cover a variety of topics; I subscribe to them through iTunes for free (^).(^) and then post them on moodle for the kids to download for their research. Does anyone know any other good podcasts?
I'd already saved this but Dan has just released the fourth show in his excellent 'Ghosts of the Ostfront' series so I thought I'd bookmark it again. If you're teaching World War II or the Indian Wars I strongly recommend you take a listen to Dan's podcasts. I put them up on our Moodle site so the students can use them for research; I usually download podcasts through iTunes. Some students enjoy them so much they listen to them on their own afterwards.
Has some very good powerpoints with accompanying podcasts which were produced for an AP World History class in Minnesota. The powerpoints can be downloaded but if you want to play the accompanying podcast with the presentation (would be great for the classroom) you have to stream it live.
Just realised you can download the mp3 of the podcast if you have one of those naughty YouTube downloader things. You can then play the podcast and the presentation simultaneously. Tricky but possible.
Are you a Dan fan too, Sue? Sorry to keep harping on this everyone, but I've found iTunes an excellent central place to get podcasts from. On the most recent version iTunesU is even better; there are thousands of university lectures and seminars there freely available. I put them up on moodle for the kids to use for research, homework, etc or the students just get them straight from iTunes. Definitely worth a look.
To those of you who recently joined the group after the QHTA State Conference, I promised that I would provide the podcast of my presentation if any of you missed anything. Here it is. I've also placed some of my lesson podcasts here. Alternately, you can subsribe to my podcasts on iTunes by searching for David Hilton. As sources they're probably unreliable...
Sorry, this isn't a site with sources or resources for history but I've been asked a lot lately about podcasting and I thought newbs (my students recently taught me that word) might find this useful. It has some information on key terms, how to set up classroom podcasting, etc. I found podbean.com really useful for that.
The final videos can all be found here. I hesitate to embed any in the post because I know I would be prone to pick the "best" one. Please click on the link and randomly select one to watch! There are two pages of videos-and hey-leave a comment or a thumbs up! I have to say, that after watching the kids make these, the final products just don't reflect the amount of work that is needed. What I mean is that you shouldn't watch them and say "My kids could do that in a couple of days." It took 360 minutes of class time to produce those 1-2 minute videos!!
One thing I wished we had done is to write transitions so that the different videos linked together better. I inadvertently led them to make videos on topics that come across as standing alone in time instead of being influenced and apart of other events and movements.
Other good resources:
Art Titzel
Eric Langhorst
John Fladd
Karen McMillan
Greg Kulowiec
Mr. Canton
Mr. Fogel
Mr. Canton
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aimee // Dec 27, 2010 at 8:56 pm
These videos really are terrific! I was able to pop in briefly and watch them being created (on Ustream)- such an amazing process! They are so deceptively simple and enchanting, yet require a myriad of skills. Well done! And, I've learned so much
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Sally // Dec 28, 2010 at 10:39 am
This is great! When we get back to school the students are finishing up t
This is a really cool site! There is also a podcast to accompany each object. There is an audio podcast and an enlargeable graphic of the object. These are great to use as bellwork, or within a lesson, or even as homework! I usually devise my own set of question(s) to go with the podcast and object - whether quiz style questions or longer discussion style questions.
If you scroll down or click 'History' you'll see the History lecture podcasts offered by MIT. Personally, I use iTunes to subscribe to university lecture podcasts. My students find them invaluable for their research.