Podcasting Lectures - If We don't, They will!

This may be old news but I think there is a lesson to be learned.  I just read an article in the Denver Post, "Student says he fears for safety" where a student doesn't want to return to high school after having received numerous threats in myspace.com* due to the fact that he recorded, and then his father made public, his World Geography teacher's rant about the US President.  This follow up article explains the Teacher's side and follows what ensued including:

Teacher Jay Bennish also promised school district administrators that he would make sure future classroom talks immediately offered opposing points of view, his lawyer David Lane told KHOW-AM radio in Denver.

 and here you can learn what the president had to say besides:

Yes, I think people should be allowed to criticize me all they want, and they do.

Perhaps there is something good to come out the idea of Podcasting lectures.  What would all lectures 'look' like if the lecturer knew their talk was being 'broadcast' elsewhere?  Would it improve the quality of information delivery and ultimately, the learning for students? 

Mr. Bennish is saying, upon reflection,  he would approach the subject differently - I'm thinking, had he been doing his own podcasting of his lectures, he would have arrived at this decision prior to his lecture.

The classroom door is opening wide - but is it the teacher's or student's hand on the door knob?

*Note - I didn't want to gloss over the whole idea of the internet and bullyism - Unfortunately, this blog is not really a forum for such a topic, but it's one that needs to be discussed - In workshops I have presented I have supplied resources on this topic. Visit: http://www.newmediaworkshops.com/2006/blogs.htm 

 P.S. http://secure.eonstreams.com/koa_am/GeoTeacher.mp3 (20 megabytes) & a blog posting about the incident on Michelle Malkin: http://michellemalkin.com/archives/004689.htm  and another article worth the read, "Indoctrination of Our YOuth" by Dr. Walter Williams.