Podcasts

Review of the Six Podcasts: Smart Board Lessons, ConnectLearning, EdTechTalk, MacBreak Weekly, Twip, and KidCast
Throughout listening to these podcasts I learned that there are many different ways to broadcast a podcasts. I also enjoyed what all of the podcasts, I hope to carry some of these procedures into my classroom one day. My favorite podcasts was the “Smart Board Lesson” podcast. This particular podcast not only had audio but had a slide show. It was very formal and informative. I followed along perfectly and got some good tips for when I have to work with a smart board. The four category pop up and seeing how the templates work is really helpful going step by step, you could follow along on your computer.


I thought that a few of the podcast just explained upcoming events or just talked about something new. A few of the podcast I listened to were very informal, but was very personal, made you feel like you were right there with them. The ConnectLearning episode had three men sitting in a restaurant and one via Skype and they just discussed how to use different tools in their classroom. One of the subjects discussed how when a student can have hands on experience with computers from start to finish how they would benefit. Also the MacBreak Weekly also was a discussion forum for all things Macintosh. There were two main DJs and one guest normally, and the biggest topics were what was new on the scene, what was next to come. They also talked about how to use them, and Snow Leopard was a big issue. Twip ( This Week In Photography) was the same as MacBreak Weekly. It was like they were flipping through a magazine of camera accessories. The DJs would discuss which was best for their own style and then discuss which accessories were best or not.

The KidCast podcasts was interesting, not at all what I expected. In this podcasts the DJ juxtapose videocasting verses podcasting. I thought he made very good points for both sides of the argument of which was better to use. The beauty of it thought is that it’s a personal choice, but also you need to do whats best for your audience. He gave examples of which would be better to use in certain situations, and discussed the myth of Videocasting being a step above podcasting.



The last podcast I watched was EdTechTalk, Teachers Teaching Teachers. This much like the Smart Board podcast was almost step by step of what to do but no visual all audio. The teachers were having more of a question and answer session. There were two teachers who just knew it all, every step on how to publish your own templates and share them. The other teachers just asked tough questions, in which they got answers step by step. This podcast made me realize how one day everything we do in the school system will all be computer based, or on the web.

All of these podcast can be found in the Education Category of the Itunes Store. They were very easy to find, and download. Listening to them was easy, all of them started out with some type of music and brief conversation completely off subject.

I have added a picture of our EDM 310 class after we had completed our podcasts, as you can tell we were all proud of our podcast projects. I will have the link to my groups podcast soon :).