Podcasts as Teaching Tools

I believe that podcast are also wonderful teaching tools. Podcast can be used to make announcements for parents. I'm sure that even though you tell the students what to tell their parents when they get home, it most likely is repeated wrong when they get there. The technology that is available to us today is a wonderful way to keep parents informed, so why wouldn't you use it. I also believe that anything you do to get the parents interested in helping the children, will only help the students achieve their academic goals. Podcast can be used for multiple uses such as, announcements, homework, teaching parents the basics on a lesson they went over that day, etc. Technology is making communication between parents, students, and teachers easier and more open.