PODCAST: REVIEWS

I have listened to Sesame Street Insects with Jenny McCarthy podcast. The puppets interviewed kids and adults and asked them about insects, it was very funny. This audio podcast is excellent for preschool teachers who want to give an introductory class about insects and at the same time reinforce listening skills. When kids are listening they can imagine and guess through the amazing sounds, what is the insect that is being described. Also, ESL teachers can use this podcast as a quick transition to address vocabulary. I would use the audio podcast for listening assignments but I sincerely prefer it in visual content.

The radio Adventures of Dr. Floyd podcast is wonderfully done. This radio show allows your imagination to work and wonder what the character looks like. It has great dialogs and characters. These adventures can be used to introduce history topics of middle school students. I have enjoyed it! Storynory Stories for Kids podcast is appropriate for all ages. I listened to “Bertie and the lion” but there is a wide variety of classic and modern stories to choose from. It was an amazing story with a great narration, I recommend it!

I listened to one episode of Autism podcast and it was very informative. The podcast includes interviews and points of views of professionals and parents. I had an autistic student who was in an inclusion program. It was very hard for me at first to get through him, but I realized that autistic students need to participate in constant integration groups and not be isolated like many teachers do. The podcast showed the big social skill improvements of these students who were in groups. I recommend this podcast to teachers and parents who want to learn more about this disease.

Finally, I listened to (10 news) of 60-Seconds (Scientific American) podcast and I am glad I did. This podcast provides interesting and current science news in a minute. It would help to inspire our students to do more research of the topics that they like because they would see many different topics to choose from. It’s perfect to get high school students thinking and exploring beyond the everyday curriculum. I highly recommend it for science teachers!