Podcasting/Chapter 14 HPI

Human Performance Improvement (HPI) is a term that most businesses and organizations aim to achieve. When looking at the field of education in comparison to the HPI philosophy, I realize they are similar. According to Reiser and Dempsey, HPI is a term that has three perspectives: vision, concept and desired end. As educators we use the same perspectives when teaching students. Our primary vision is to enhance students’ learning. We study and analyze state curriculum's and goals to ensure that students are taught according to their grade levels. Then we develop various concepts known as lessons in the education field. These lessons are usually well designed and taught, and many times re-taught in an effort to help students obtain the initial vision. The last perspective is the desired end. In education, the desired end is for all students to gain knowledge of the subject area taught, while enhancing their overall learning experience. I believe that the term HPI is what we as educators do daily. Even though the term HPI is not generally used when looking at education, an educator’s job is to enhance human performance and assess student’s daily learning ensuring improvement. Therefore, I believe that HPI is a term that can incorporated into various professions.

As for this week’s podcasting project, I must say this is one of the technology tools that I enjoyed the most and probably would have used daily. Currently, I am teaching a young 3’s ECDD class where the students are a little too young to experience hands-on learning with podcasting. When I taught 2nd grade, podcasting would have helped tremendously especially with our daily literature circles. In theses circles, students read various books and recorded themselves using a small tape recorder with a microphone. Students were allowed to choose other students tape recordings to follow as they read the books. I realized when students have an audience they try harder and perform better. They were excited to listen to their own and classmates’ recordings. This proved to be a fun and educational way to get all students involved in reading. Now that I have learned about podcasting, I definitely would have integrated this tool into my literature circles. This would have given the students the opportunity to merge modern technology with literacy. I believe that podcasting would have added an astronomical effect to my literature circles. The students would have been able to publish their readings onto the internet. Parents and others around the world would have had an opportunity to listen to the students. I plan to inform other teachers about podcasting during my school’s next professional development meeting.

Explore learning styles and multiple intelligences to help students' access content and develop their potential.

http://media.podcastingmanager.com/112755-105310/Media/TT014%20Learning%20Styles%20and%20Intelligences.mp3?ref=rss



My podcast site
http://tamarawarren.mypodcast.com/2008/10/My_First_Time_Using_Podcast-150264.html