Gcast is a great way to make your own podcasts for classes. This is a podcast created by GCast and then turned into a widget to post on the page. Obviously, the podcasts can be embedded into a blog. Talkshoe is a site that not only lets you create podcasts, it allows students to converse or chat collaboratively. It cn get a bit hard to follow due to echoes. How might these awesome technologies be used for YOUR class?
http://www.talkshoe.com/talkshoe/web/main.jsp?pushNav=1&cmd=home
Widgets can be added to wikis or to Blogs to enhance your content. You can play podcasts by others. Most podcasts done as MP3 files can be downloaded & played on portable devices – think of the potential learning!
