Podcasting builds student confidence, tech skills

McKayla Dulaney gets a good laugh out of a practice voice recording of Sarah St. Jean (foreground) during a summer class for editing audio and preparing podcasts at Christiansburg Elementary School.

A Virginia teacher is building student confidence and technology skills through a summer program that teaches students to create podcasts. Angela Williams says students create and edit the audio and video broadcasts that can be watched and listened to on computers and MP3 players. She anticipates podcasts will one day be an alternative to book reports and projects. The Roanoke Times (Va.)