Extra Credit

This a picture of Jennifer Gonzalez and the name of her podcast.
This picture was screen-shotted off of the
podcast home page.
https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/pod/

       
           Technology has become such an important tool for everyday use. Since this blog focuses on the use of technology in eduction I decided to use technology myself by going online and finding a podcast. The podcast I found and chose is called Cult of Pedagogy by Jennifer Gonzalez. On this podcast she covers a little bit of everything. She talks about classroom management, teaching strategies, educational technology and education reform. During the podcasts if the topic has anything to do with education, she is talking about. On the podcast Gonzalez interviews a variety of different people in the field of education, she interviews students, educators, parents and administrators. She will also talk about all the juicy information you will not learn from a textbook like trade secrets and psychological and social dynamics of school. Gonzalez will also do features of her own where she offers advice on how to make your teaching in the classroom more effective and fun. 
           A podcast is an effective tool to learn about teaching and learning through topics because by hearing from others point of view someone can gain new perspectives but also challenge previously thought points of view. All of Gonzalez's podcast are meant for the use of teaching in the hopes that her viewers will have learned or gained something new by the time the podcast is over. Her podcast impact teaching and learning because her main focus of the podcast is to teach others helpful ways to make teaching easier through the topics of classroom management, teaching strategies, educational technology and education reform. By interviewing different students, educators, parents and administrators the viewer is able to hear different perspectives on how teaching in schools is done and also how effective those teaching methods are, while learning from people with different amounts of experience and points of view.
           By the use of her podcast Gonzalez is teaching other educators the tricks of the trade in the education field. By listening to her podcast I am able to gain new knowledge that I did not have before but also new outlooks on different topics in education. I will be able to use the new ideas and perspectives in my own classroom as I learn from other educators. By implementing the new ideas into my own classroom, it will make my teaching methods to students more effective by making sure all students are learning to their full potential. Through the use of this podcast I will be able to make myself better as a teacher for myself, my students, and as a future employee because of the effective tips and tricks I will learn and retain from Gonzalez's podcast.

Gonzalez's podcast are put out through the Education Podcast
Network. This picture was taken from the podcast home page on The
Cult of Pedagogy website.