Mendez Technology Blog

Last fall, I was invited to join a podcast project called Podcast Pioneers. I wasn’t sure what podcasting had to offer, but I’m always willing to try something new. Podcasting has been an epiphany for me. I’ve always believed that students need to have an authentic audience (beyond the teacher.) Podcasting provides a wonderful forum for students to share their work. If you check out my schools’ website mendez.sausd.k12.ca.us you will see links to 2 podcasts. Potentially, every student could be a contributer to The Rook Review Podcast. So now, instead of writing a book report for the teacher, student can SHARE their favorite literature or with their peers. Our goal is for students to learn about books which they may not have previously considered reading. I currently have about 30 episodes in production, but only 1 is currently posted.