Podcasts are digital media files which are downloaded through the Internet. Podcasts can be a useful tool in the classroom for delivering content. They also allow alternatives to reading in literature classes, can provide sound bytes of plays, poems, and novel, and can even relay news events from news sites such as CNN and NPR. NPR, for instance, now publishes most of their interviews on their website for users in this format so that you can listen to them anytime and anywhere.
As an addition to my WebQuest "Voices from the Holocaust" students are encouraged to listen to the Podcast on the blog as well. The podcast features the book "An Unbroken Chain" by Henry Ortelt, a Holocaust survivor.
The Poet's Corner
Maya Angelou was born Marguerite Johnson in St. Louis, Missouri, on April 4, 1928. She grew up in St. Louis and Stamps, Arkansas. She is an author, poet, historian, songwriter, playwright, dancer, stage and screen producer, director, performer, singer, and civil rights activist. She is best known for her autobiographical books: All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes (1986), The Heart of a Woman (1981), Singin' and Swingin' and Gettin' Merry Like Christmas (1976), Gather Together in My Name (1974), and I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1969), which was nominated for the National Book Award.
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