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 450 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 ...

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.

Why city sparrows struggle for survival

Posted: November 2008

House sparrow numbers have plummeted in recent years but the reason has been a mystery. At last a new study from the RSPB has come up with some answers. In this podcast Will Peach, who led the research, talks about what they've discovered and what we can do to help this iconic bird survive in our towns and cities. Agony Aunt Clare Rayner and the Urban Birder, David Lindo add their memories and hopes for the sparrow's future. We also get an early view of two new RSPB reserves that will open to visitors for the first time in 2009. We slip and slide through the mud at Middleton Lakes in the Midlands and preview the delights of Saltholme on Teeside.

Podcasts: Full list

Category: Schools 5+

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.

QAstamp 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.

Our service to educators, schools and colleges

This podcast directory was conceived and is produced by Russell Educational Consultancy and Productions - a trading name of RECAP Limited, a company based in the UK.

Podcasting is just one example of the services we offer to educationalists and illustrates our commitment to exploiting the potential of new Web 2.0 technologies to enhance, enrich and extend the provision of high quality, personalised teaching and learning experiences for children, young people and adults within a variety of educational settings.

Podcasting and other Web 2.0 technologies - such as a virtual learning environment (VLE) and educational wikis, provide a variety of flexible and adaptable formats to support a wide range of professional activities and support for professional development programmes.

To find out more about the range and scope of our professional services and how you could apply Web 2.0 technologies within educational settings, visit the RECAP website, download our service prospectus (PDF 444 KB) or contact us directly.

Wednesday, 3rd December 2008