My video presentation

My video presentation with Kevin Fogarty.  Kevin recently retired from the KCKFD in our training division where he was in charge of education and technology.  Kevin talks about the trials and tribulations of using video technology in training and recording training scenarios and letting the probationary firefighters review their skills.
http://youtu.be/irp5Mw-tpLM

Pros and cons of podcasting

This week’s discussion revolves around the podcast technology.  The pros and cons of utilizing podcast in today’s classroom experience.   Podcasting can be used for any type of discussion from major historical significance to how to bait a worm on a hook for fishing. 

Some of the pros that are involved with podcasting:

Just like the internet, podcasting is available at the user’s availability.  That is a advantage of not having to go to a classroom setting to listen to a particular topic lecture.  Simply log onto to whatever venue you need to such as I-Tunes University and select the topic to listen to. 

The use of AAC (Asynchronous Audio Communication) is a growing technology that is being converted into different uses for different type of classes such as “Audio-based exams for vocabulary and language-building courses such as medical terminology or Spanish (King and Cox, 2011).

As with the pros the cons revolved around the podcasting:

“No redesign of instruction, learners gain very little other than review of the content” (King and Cox, 2011).  Once the instructor posts the information onto the website, in order to revise or edit, it has to be done over again. 

Graphic Design- While it looks pretty, is it functional?  Do you get the point of the presentation without all of the bells and whistles?  Assignments are functional if you keep it simple.   If you are doing a video assignment the lighting has to be checked prior to starting because “poor lighting can turn away many viewers and learners” (King and Cox, 2011).

References

King, K.P & Cox, T.D (2011) The Professor’s Guide to Taming Technology. Information Age Publishing Inc.