Digital Voices: Podcasting in the Creative Writing Classroom

Podcasting is a vital tool for creative writing courses, offering benefits such as personal connections, inclusive access, and new metacognitive and introspective learning strategies. Digital Voices explores the history of the podcast, the opportunities it affords today, and the technical aspects of creating narrative fiction, poetry, and nonfiction podcasts. It also provides guidance on using podcasts to create scaffolding for teaching creative writing craft elements in different modes and using author podcasts to demystify the writerly mystique. With each chapter featuring a section on practical application in the classroom, hints and tips from teacher-podcasters, and suggested student assignments, Digital Voices is an accessible primer for anyone interested in using podcasts in their creative writing courses.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 192 pages
Publication date: 23 February 2023
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

The podcast has emerged as a vital tool for creative writing courses seeking to become more dynamic, interactive, inclusive, and multi-modal. Digital Voices explores the benefits of podcasting as both a pedagogical resource and a significant medium of expression for young writers. Beginning with the history of the podcast and its current opportunities, the book delves into the ways in which podcasts can help every student forge personal connections to the content of their creative work and instruction they receive, regardless of their background or experience.

One of the key benefits of podcasting in the classroom is its ability to aid in the creation of Many Voices classrooms and new metacognitive and introspective learning strategies. Podcasts can provide students with new methods of evaluating creative products and enhance inclusive access for a truly intersectional classroom.

The technical aspects of creating narrative fiction, poetry, and nonfiction podcasts are also explored in the book. Instructors are provided with guidance on how to curate podcasts for their classes, how to use podcasts to create scaffolding for teaching creative writing craft elements in different modes, and how to use author podcasts to demystify the writerly mystique.

With each chapter featuring a section on practical application in the classroom, hints and tips from teacher-podcasters, and suggested student assignments, Digital Voices is an accessible primer that offers both a critical examination of the medium and a practical guide to putting the concepts discussed into practice.

In conclusion, the podcast has become an essential tool for creative writing courses seeking to become more dynamic, interactive, inclusive, and multi-modal. Digital Voices provides a comprehensive exploration of the benefits of podcasting as both a pedagogical resource and a significant medium of expression for young writers. By exploring the history of the podcast, the opportunities it affords today, and the technical aspects of creating narrative fiction, poetry, and nonfiction podcasts, the book offers both a critical examination of the medium and a practical guide to putting the concepts discussed into practice.

Weight: 310g
Dimension: 154 x 234 x 12 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781350253360