Podcasting is first and foremost about communication

As an educator, you know it's not what you know but what you teach that is important. Education is all about communications - the conveyance of thoughts and ideas, history and facts, between individuals and groups. Podcasting, too, is all about communications. Education and podcasting are a natural match and the evidence says so - academic institutions are the biggest users of institutional and commercial podcasting - and for good reason.

Podcasting delivers the full potential of the Internet for educators

The promise of the Internet is fulfilled in the educational use of podcasting like nowhere else. Educators from grade school levels to the country's finest post-graduate colleges and universities have adopted podcasting for a number of academic applications including the creation of the "virtual classroom" and the ability to time and place shift lectures and allow students to review and replay needed lecture portions. Schools save thousands of dollars replacing printed material such as course listings and newsletters and provide updated and more accurate information with the Internet.

Likewise, that information is passed on and received automatically by those who need it via podcasting. The benefit to both sender and user is obvious.

Education goes beyond schools

Not all education happens in schools. If you run or manage any business or organization, you know that keeping those you manage educated is a daunting and expensive task. Training, updating, presenting regulatory compliance courses and other education means arranging space and schedules, gathering people, travel expense, and other costly overhead. Instead, why not podcast? By placing the course on a podcast you save time, effort, and cost while assuring quality, repeatability and retention. Your education podcasts can be seen anywhere, anytime and can be reviewed again and again as needed.

Outside of the classroom, podcasting is the obvious choice for your filling the needs of the educator and student.