Podcasting has great potential for ELL students. They can listen to lectures, or to themselves as they prepare to make a presentation. They can create podcasts for class projects and blogs.

George Mayo's middle school students created a "Podcast Page" to accompany their online magazine Brandon's Online Magazine.

Age is not an obstacle. Students at Willowdale Elementary School create podcasts for "Radio WillowWeb: Radio for Kids, By Kids". Radio WillowWeb also has resources for teachers.

For an overview of podcasting for ELLs, go to Kenneth Beare's Introduction to English Learning Podcasts. Wesley Fryer's article "Classroom Audio Podcasting" is also good. If that's not enough, check out this long list of "Podcasting Tutorials".

For free podcasts, check out iTunes. In the Podcast Directory, you can find free podcasts from ESL Pod, TOEFL Podcast, JapanesePod101, ChinesePod, and many others. And there are video podcasts, too.