Podcasting...whoa!

First off....my blog is finally posted. After another week of battle with blogger, my blog is now up and available for people to read. So lets talk about podcasting.

Podcasting is a very cool new offering to the digital world on another way not to have to go to class and still survive. How cool would it be to download your classes on to your computer and learn that way instead of actually going to class. Think about it, the classroom was created to offer a center for learning, and in the beginning it was easiest for all the students to come to one room. Now we have the capabilities to not have everyone come to the classroom, because this is the first step in a virtual classroom. With podcasting, and other digital components, we are on verge of finding a new classroom. This is just the beginning of another phase in the evolution of the classroom. And to think, it all started out in a one room schoolhouse.

That is what is being offered, but is it all good? I think Vygotsky would be disappointed if we abandoned the social aspect of education. I too also think that removing students from will cause a downward spiral of education because education thrives when the sense of community is high.