I liked the Pod casts more than I thought I would. I listened to Robert Munch read a story, and parts of some Pod casts from the Apple website titled "Things you should know". They were engaging and kept my attention.
I liked the Pod casts, but sometimes the chatter become annoying, and I just wished they would get to the point. I would fast forward through the pod cast, to get to a key topic, but the downside is missing information by doing that. I think my students would like them. I'm sure a vodcast would hold their attention more, but a podcast seems like it would be more easily accessible. Most of my students have I Pods, so I'm sure they would enjoy the novelty of it.
To make the students aware of interesting pod casts, I might put a new one to research every week on my blog or website. It would take time to research, but I do believe the students would be engaged by this different type of activity. The downside is being able to access the pod casts if the sites are blocked at school. Another is if the students don't have the technology available at home, they would need class time to access the technology at school.
I could see listening to a podcast as an opening to the class, or closing activity. Also to reinforce a topic, or show a problem solved another way.
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