Educational podcasts for teaching and learning
Welcome to educators, parents and carers everywhere. This is the first and best UK directory to locate quality podcasts from over 300 carefully selected podcast channels for educational use - ideal for teaching and learning activities with children, young people and educational professionals.
In our podcast directory, you can freely access a variety of educational content from over 5000 podcasts from different , including a range of audio, enhanced and video channels to illustrate examples of "educational podcasting" to support effective teaching and learning in schools, colleges and universities.
Featured podcast channel ...
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Nature's Voice
http://www.rspb.org.uk
A monthly podcast from the RSPB, Europe's largest conservation charity, with features and interviews reflecting its work to protect birds and the environment in the UK and around the world. From the joys of watching and looking out for the birds in your back garden, to facing up to the challenges of global climate change, Nature's Voice keeps an entertaining, informative and campaigning eye on the world of birds.
Birds of Prey Special
Posted: February 2010
This month DEFRA Wildlife Minister Huw Irranca-Davies was
presented with the RSPB's best supported petition ever - more than
200,000 people signed the pledge demanding an end to the killing of
birds of prey. In this edition of Nature's Voice we report from the
Houses of Parliament and hear from the minister, supporters and
organisations who put their names to the pledge. Plus Jane Markham
talks to RSPB species officer Jeff Knot celebrating the success of some
species like the Red Kite and updating us on how threatened species like
the are doing.
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Providing good quality educational podcasts
With more and more audio, enhanced and video podcasts on the Internet, you need confidence that good quality educational podcasts are listed as suitable for teaching and learning or for use at home.
We invest time in carefully auditioning and selecting all the podcast channels listed in our podcast directory. By focusing on the quality and suitability of the podcast material and matching these to subjects and topic areas, you can be assured that the podcasts have an educational focus and have content that is relevant and approriate for use with children, young people and adult learners as well as educational professionals.
Finding the best education podcasts ...
Do you know some good quality educational podcasts of interest and value to educators, children and young people?
Educational podcasting is about capturing the imagination of learners, presenting materials and providing resources in the form of audio, enhanced or video podcasts in new and exciting ways. We are always keen to showcase and promote good quality educational podcasts produced by schools and different organisations.
Podcasts should be suitable for educational use with learners in the 5-19 age range at home, school or college. We also welcome podcasts that contribute to continuous professional development for teachers or promote informed debate amongst educationalists.
Do please let us know about your podcasts by submitting details. We do carefully evaluate every submission we receive by implementing our own quality assurance processes. This includes:
- auditioning the podcasts
- verifying the content of the RSS feed
- viewing the "home" website
If you choose to make a submission we will always keep you informed about the estimated time frame for our decisions and will receive notification in line with our for all podcast submissions.
Thursday, 11th March 2010
