Podcasts, Count Me In

I have no idea what a podcast is.  Stating that i have to admit they sound pretty awesome.  I found it interesting that during our readings i keep coming up on two so far reoccurring methods of modality.  The first was the fact that teachers, whether it was in the podcast or another form of program, use the insertion of sounds into stories that their students are suppose to write.  The first was with that Halloween story assignment and now its with GarageBand.  I find this a really interesting tactic and an easily incorporated method in the different usages of modals in teaching.  The second was i'm not sure if actually occurred in a prior reading but i know both readings stressed the importance and effectiveness of students writing for each other instead of for the teacher.  I always hated writing for the teacher because i always felt the audience should be at the same level.  Sure you might have to write across fields or your audience might to be who you intended to be reading your work but i just never felt comfortable writing for the teacher.  So i really enjoyed from a teacher's perspective that these activities won't put the student in that situation.