Podcasting is being used more in the educational system and I think there are pros and cons to this. Podcasting is good just like some of the readings said because students can re listen to lectures or watch the videos online or from their smart phones. The cons of this is the attendance of students because they will rely on the podcasts. Just like the readings said, students will not go to class knowing the lectures will be online but the professors can have an attendance policy to counteract this problem. I have had teachers in my undergrad studies that would post lecture slides online but they would leave out important information so the students had to go to class and fill the slides in. This prevented students from skipping class and engaged their learning and gave them the opportunity to use the slides again later. On the flip side, teachers who posted their slides completed had worse attendance from what I noticed. A good attendance policy however could potentially fix this problem and make podcasts and videos very useful