This posts provides a link to a wiki that provides links to student podcasts and will guide you to a couple of iTunes U podcasts that provide examples of how educators have chosen to use podcasting in their curricula.
If you are interested in listening to some podcasts created by students, then you should visit the The Moving Forward Wiki . The page of this wiki provides links to websites that contain student created and recorded podcasts. Some of the links may no longer work, but many do, so don't be discouraged.
It took a while, but I also found two sets of podcasts on iTunes University that discuss how some educators have chosen to use podcasting technology in the classroom. To listen to these podcasts, you'll have to iTunes software installed on you computer. If you don't have it, you'll have to download it. Here is a link to the Apple Store to get the free download. Once you have the software installed, you can listen to or watch the podcasts on your computer.
The first set of podcast are from Abilene Christian University. To find it in iTune, search: Abilene Christian University Potential in Podcasting Pedagogy. This will take to the ABC's page iTunes page for Potential in Podcasting Pedagogy. There are four podcasts. Each is an interview with a professor at the university who explains how they use the technology. One professor uses it to summarize class material and to answer questions have about the material that week. Another professor uses it to create supplemental material for each week's class. Another professor creates podcasted critiques of the writing assignments submitted by students. And the other professor has students record their creative writing assignments as podcasts (including the addition of music).
The second set of podcasts comes from Penn State University. To find this series search: Pennsylvania State University Foreign Languages Podcasting Studio. Four podcasts will be listed, but the two of interest are "Podcasting Applications" and "Foreign Language Podcasting Initiatives". "Podcasting Applications" is a PowerPoint presentation with an audio voice-over, explaining the benefits of podcasting for use in teaching foreign languages. "Foreign Language Podcasting Initiatives" explores some of the ways some foreign language instructors have used podcasting in the classroom.
What I liked about these iTunes U podcasts is that the speakers describe student reactions to the use of podcasting in instruction. Students seem to appreciate the extra work that instructor put into creating the podcasts. They seem much more engaged in the class because the technology is used.
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