I've been investigating the use of podcasts lately and was thrilled to stumble across the Grammar Girl's Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing, again via Choice Literacy.
Now - grammar is not my forte, and in all honesty, neither is auditory learning. I found that I needed to write as Grammar Girl was talking in order to see the grammar piece (I was listening to a lesson on run-on sentences.) But -the tone of her voice was friendly and easy to listen to, as was the content. I could see this being a nice library for mini-lessons or an opener for class. (Oh! And I found out at the end that a transcript of the podcast is available!!)
But more than that....I think it is a great model for the podcasts that some of the great writing teachers I work with could write.
Check out Grammar Girl - free from iTunes!!
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I too have been checking out the benefit of podcasts for both my students and I. I really like the vocabulary builder "Just vocabulary". you can find it at itunes as well. I find both the narrators and the computer generated pronunciation wonderful.
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