Overall, I kind of enjoyed making a podcast. It was nice to have a project that called for a degree of creativity, we don't have much of those in graduate school. I liked pursing songs trying to find an acceptable 15 seconds of lead in or lead out music and I got really into editing that audio in Garage Band. I felt somewhat comfortable using Garage band so I never really found myself wondering how to do something. The biggest roadblock I encountered was the script. I really struggled with picking a topic and I ended up switching it a few times, first...twitter, second...clickers and finally I ended on iPads after hearing my boyfriend talk about how much he likes his campus-provided device. Even after I had my topic, I really didn't know what to say or where to begin. I struggled with keeping an audience in mind, a lot of times it felt (and sounds) like I was just reading text off of a page instead of having a conversation or speaking with purpose. I had a similar experience with the screencast project so I wasn't really surprised.
Ever since I started listening to NPR's Radiolab, I have always planned on incorporating media like podcasts into my classroom but I had never really thought about having students make their own. I'm still leaning towards activities that have a visual component but perhaps I could give students the option of doing a podcast instead of a movie or poster.
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