174: Why You Should Bring Podcasts Into Your Classroom

The Cult of Pedagogy Podcast

Jennifer Gonzalez

Education, Teaching, Instruction, Classroommanagement, Educationreform

4.8 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 8 August 2021

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

There's a good chance you're already sold on the value of podcasts. But have you brought this incredible medium into your classroom in a substantial or consistent way? The goal of this episode is to convince you to do just that. My guests—Lindsay Patterson, Marshall Escamilla, and Monica Brady-Myerov—are three major figures in the educational podcast world. We'll be talking about the research behind listening as a learning modality, why podcasts make outstanding curricular resources, and the top four places you can find podcasts that are ideal for classroom use.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	This is Jennifer Gonzalez welcoming you to episode 174 of the Cult of Pedagogy podcast.
0:05.6	In this episode, we're going to explore the reasons you should bring podcasts into your classroom.
0:22.7	I fell in love with podcasts about 10 years ago.
0:25.8	Before I ever started my website or set my sites on creating a podcast of my own,
0:31.2	I would listen to them while walking, driving, doing housework or any other mundane task
0:37.6	that didn't require much mental focus.
0:40.4	As a podcast listener, I have learned so many things about politics, history, equity,
0:46.6	fitness, spirituality, and relationships.
0:50.6	Pretty much everything I know about running an online business came from podcasts.
0:56.3	And beyond the pragmatic stuff, I've also been entertained with crime stories,
1:00.5	juicy gossip, comedy, and people talking about the minutia of their lives in a way
1:06.0	that makes it feel like we're just hanging out.
1:08.8	As a podcast creator, I have been able to have long, luxurious conversations
1:13.6	with more than 100 different people, really smart, insightful people
1:19.0	about their ideas and the things they've discovered about teaching humans.
1:23.5	Not only do I get the benefit of those conversations,
1:27.1	but then I get to turn around and let thousands of other people listen in
1:31.0	and take that wisdom into their own classrooms.
1:34.4	And I do it all from a desk in a medium-sized town in Kentucky.
1:39.3	And I am one person talking about one small slice of knowledge.
1:44.5	There are people doing this all over the world on tens of thousands of topics every day.
1:50.4	The potential offered by this medium boggles my mind.
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