Luddite No Longer

Today you are in for a real treat. I dabbled in podcasting and have created my first ever podcast! I know, I know, you are thrilled that you can now look forward to hearing my voice on yet another platform. I am pretty excited about podcasting and my new friend Audacity which helped me eliminate my stammering. Not sure about podcasting on a regular basis, but for a first attempt, it's not too bad. Enjoy! Khan and Bock:Talking about Videos in the Flipped Classroom

Hallo! Heute werde ich über Podcasting schreiben. This week I explored Podcasting and it's benefits and uses in the classroom. Podcasts are simply a series of episodes that you can stream or download. More often than not they are audio files but occasionally there are videos or documents to accompany the audio. Podcasts are commonly subscribed to and listed to on a weekly basis. Podcasts are a part of my daily life. As a commuter I spend three hours of my day in my car. Podcasts help the time go bye quickly and also help me stay up-to-date on what's going on in the world. Some of the podcasts I subscribe to are: Pop Culture Happy Hour , TEDTalks Education , Unqualified , and the one we will be discussing today: Coffee Break German . One of the harder parts of learning German is the grammar as it differs greatly from English. Verb placement and verb conjugation tend to be extremely difficult. Haben and sein , the verbs for to have and to be are particularly challeng...