“I select and use the most relevant, facilitative, and effective media for communicating specific types of information and ideas to students, parents, and peers.”
This NETS-T was the most interesting to me because I want to learn about the kinds of media that can be used to communicate to students, parents and peers. Can introducing new media really make communicating more efficient, or will it increase the abundance of information available to people, making things more confusing?
The resource I found was an article titled “Using podcasts to develop a Global Perspective”. It discussed how a technology high school in Columbus, Ohio used podcasts to engage students in learning about other cultures. Groups of students were encouraged to develop podcasts by recording their own debate about particular global issues. One group of students focused on global warming. They researched varying viewpoints of different leaders throughout the entire world. Then using a Meet the Press format, they recorded their debate and posted it on the Internet.
This article made me realize the benefits of having students communicate through different kinds of social media. It is not the completed podcast that is beneficial to students, but the process of creating it. Students will benefit from the time they put into researching the different global perspectives.
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