One of the highlights that I have listened to at the K12 Online Conference is a presentation by LizKolb on the use of cell phones as data acquisition tools in the classroom. Two of the new tools that she highlighted were Gabcast and GCast. After setting up accounts at each site, they allow you to create a podcast using a phone call, from either a cell phone or a land line. Here are two examples of podcasts that I created today. The first is a Gabcast podcast what I believe the uses of this application could be in a classroom and the second is a podcast with my reflections from our Diversity Workshop, plus how this can be used in the classroom. Both are rough cuts and unedited.

Just beginning to work with these tools, one of the advantages that I can see using Gabcast is that I can download the mp3 file easily to edit, allowing for this be be used in the field and then podcast at at a later point. From a quick examination, I cannot find the same features using GCast, which is the older program.

Gabcast:

GCast:

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