Podcasts

The first podcast I listened to was Kidcast # 56. It was about podcasting in the classroom. It was given by middle school science educators. They talked about how to merge structural technology and science content. The podcasts would be extended conversations of the students answering questions that everybody has. They said to play an exercise called the question game and you are only allowed to talk in questions. This is supposed to help with the podcasting so there is no awkward pauses.

The second podcast I listened to kind of got of subject a lot. It was supposed to be about clouds but they talked about birthdays for a bit. It was SMARTBoard lessons podcast lesson 146. I can see how they just talk about can maybe get off subject, but after awhile they came back to subject and talked about clouds and cloud formations.

The third podcast I listened to was Connect Learning Episode 90. It was a room of 9000 librarians. It was to talk about what they thought about podcasting in the libraries. They talked about collaborating with the teachers on podcasting and getting feedback from each other. They could do research in the libraries, debate it in the classroom, and then when the kids got home their assignment would be online. I think that is a really cool idea and a good way to use the podcasts.

The fourth podcast that I listened to was Connect Learning Episode 96. It talked a bit about web 2.0. This podcast was also 9000 educators. They were not regular educators though they were court community/ community day school educators. They only kept their kids for about 40-45 at the most. Some of their kids only stayed a couple of days. They talked about how the kids coming in their schools already know about technology by using ipods and what not. That it was not a learning environment just a using environment.