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How Listening to Podcasts Helps Students Read and Learn
Season 2 · Episode 4

How Listening to Podcasts Helps Students Read and Learn

What does listening to podcasts have to do with English language arts? A whole lot, according to one English teacher who dropped Hamlet in favor of teaching Serial.

MindShift Podcast

October 11, 201717m 53s

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Show Notes

High School English teacher Michael Godsey found the Serial podcast so compelling, he stopped teaching his favorite work of Shakespeare to teach the wildly popular podcast instead. What does audio have to do with learning traditional English skills? Godsey’s students helped him discover a new side of literacy.