This is Jennifer Gonzalez welcoming you to episode 44 of the Cult of Pedagogy Podcast.

In this episode we're talking about Listen Current, an online platform that brings world-class

podcasts right into your classroom.

If you are a podcast listener, which I'm guessing you are since you're listening to my voice

right now, you clearly know how great audio can be for learning.

But, have you introduced your students to podcasts?

Do you use podcasts as part of your teaching?

My guess is that you like the idea of assigning podcasts to your students, but you're just

not sure where to find the right ones that line up with your curriculum.

Well, now you can.

I'm going to tell you all about this fantastic website called Listen Current.

Here's what Listen Current does.

They curate this big collection of professionally produced podcasts, source from public radio.

So for example, most of the podcasts come directly from NPR.

And as a regular NPR listener, I absolutely love this.

But they do a lot more than collect these podcasts.

The recordings are organized and tagged into categories.

So for example, if I'm a science teacher wanting to teach about ecosystems, I can plug

that term into the search bar on Listen Current and I'll get a list of all the podcasts that

connect to that idea.

Once I have chosen a podcast, I also get two free resources that I can use with my students,

a graphic organizer that helps students follow along as they listen and listening comprehension

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