Pod Casts- I just arrived from the land of this trendy but interesting way to enhance, maintain, evoke student interest while teaching any given subject not just language arts. While listening to the clear voices of the sales people/announcers, I understood that this is yet another tech tool that may be used in the beginning levels of education. However, when I began noticing the array of possibilities in even higher education, I was again drawn to its 'limitless' capabilities, possibilities and outcomes. I am certain at any age, students like to hear their voices, interviews, presentations and to refer back to them. Pod casts show creativity and an exciting way to present final projects. In an ESL listening/speaking class this could be so influential to promote language skills, improve communication, pronunciation and more. Students can hear themselves. In a writing class, they can hear themselves read their own writing and others. This may help them edit surface errors but especially to notice the way meaning and content is understood. However, as Sean(the voice that came to life from my computer) reminds educators that we must provide background information and to model what we are asking our students to do. We should not "cram our curriculum in the new technology". We must be aware of the 'outcomes' we want to achieve with our students. Do we want our students through podcasts to: "read aloud to create meaning, express clear responses to related material, express learning to evaluate or reflect on oneself or others?" Whatever the reason, we must also let the students know how and what they will be evaluated on. Is it how well they "retell, relate reflect interview or critique". This is quite an interesting tool along with the "flip camera" that is so 'easy' to use according to all the techies!