podcasts

I just read Kim Cofino's article about podcasts , http://mscofino.edublogs.org/2009/03/11/podcasting-power/,made by 5 th graders about reading and writing . It sounds like a good thing to motivate and promote more meaningful writing from students. I recently filmed a math class for the first time....well..... first successful time. there are some logistic problems that cropped up the first time. However, it was simple once i got a plan. I think that it wouldn't be that hard for students to try this. It also sounds like a great activity for the post-CRCT weeks of school. My goal is to get a class blog working and now i think a podcast would be a good project for them to work on. The class was so interested in watching the video from the math lesson that this would be even better. Student produced, directed and written.