Really Short Video Podcasts
October 17, 2007 1:11 PM
Video (or audio) podcasts: really short (3 - 6 minutes) podcasts about everyday life and situations: advice, business, relationships, cooking, hobbies, etc. Help me help my adult ESL students!
My adult ESL students love watching video made by and for native English speakers. So far, I've found ON Networks (Proper Ollie and Try This at Home), the Onion News Network, and The Daily Idea, but I feel like I've hit a wall. I've been searching for awhile and can't seem to find any other good, short, video podcasts. Do you know of any good ones? Of course I also use audio casts; do you have any leads on audio podcasts that fit the same criteria?
To explain my criteria:
Three to six minutes because I try and play each clip twice plus do a couple of activities relating to the clip, and anything over five or six minutes doesn't fit into the hour or so slot I have.
Podcast: I'm running OS 10.4 and getting podcasts through iTunes. This seems to be by far the easiest way to get video that will play on my computer after I've lost my internet connection. But if you have info that will help me do something similar without the podcast, I'm all ears.
General Interest: I'm teaching non-native speaking adults who live in a Spanish-speaking country. They don't have much contact with English speakers outside of my classes. Using general interest videos gives us a chance to discuss vocabulary related to different aspects of everyday life that might not normally come up during class. I'm trying to help stimulate the kind of speaking they might do if they lived in an English-speaking country.
My adult ESL students love watching video made by and for native English speakers. So far, I've found ON Networks (Proper Ollie and Try This at Home), the Onion News Network, and The Daily Idea, but I feel like I've hit a wall. I've been searching for awhile and can't seem to find any other good, short, video podcasts. Do you know of any good ones? Of course I also use audio casts; do you have any leads on audio podcasts that fit the same criteria?
To explain my criteria:
Three to six minutes because I try and play each clip twice plus do a couple of activities relating to the clip, and anything over five or six minutes doesn't fit into the hour or so slot I have.
Podcast: I'm running OS 10.4 and getting podcasts through iTunes. This seems to be by far the easiest way to get video that will play on my computer after I've lost my internet connection. But if you have info that will help me do something similar without the podcast, I'm all ears.
General Interest: I'm teaching non-native speaking adults who live in a Spanish-speaking country. They don't have much contact with English speakers outside of my classes. Using general interest videos gives us a chance to discuss vocabulary related to different aspects of everyday life that might not normally come up during class. I'm trying to help stimulate the kind of speaking they might do if they lived in an English-speaking country.
Rocketboom might be good. The site allows you to download the episodes.
posted by Shebear at 1:40 PM on October 17, 2007
posted by Shebear at 1:40 PM on October 17, 2007
The MealToday videos at Viddler might be interesting. Everybody can relate to cooking.
posted by COD at 2:01 PM on October 17, 2007
posted by COD at 2:01 PM on October 17, 2007
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posted by Lucinda at 1:37 PM on October 17, 2007