Podcasts

I have never listened to a podcast before this experience, so I was kind of wondering what they were going to be like. I'm not sure if they were supposed to be interactive or not because my computer didn't want to work to even play them with sound. I thought some of them were very informative however, there were a few that just went on for a good while about the speakers lives.

The first podcast that I listened to was Smartboard Lessons Episode 126. It was broadcast by Ben Hazzard and Joan Badger the title was Cause and Effect Commercialism, they gave the link above right off the bat for references. It was an interesting conversation, talking about Flicker, smart recorder, and notebook 10. I think to understand what they are talking about you really have to know what these things are.

The Next Podcast was Kidcast Episode 53 He was talking about ways to re-energize a field trip, I found the idea to set up a podcast for group discussion a great idea. He also said that field trips are what children remember the most and you have to place hooks to connect the memories, and build exploration. With his idea you can have the children interview, reflect back and make observations, make it more then a brochure or display. The next was Ed tech talk With Clive Goodinson he was in Kenny Bumport, Maine(sp). He is a comic strip drawer and has a website for kids to go in and create there own. The website is called Pixton, callers were discussing the security of the site for their children.

The next podcast was Connect Learning 91, David Warlick was at a workshop in North Carolina with area Librarians. I liked this one because it was helping them to see how they could or have been using a podcast in their work. One Librarian said that she uses podcasting with EC children who can not read or write very well, because it gave them a chance to express through voice. The example was one of her students that can't write an he created a rap to help him remember his work.

The last two podcasts were Mac Break Weekly and This Week in Photography (TWiP?. Mac Break was dicussing the iPhone; shooting videos and then posting them to sites like You Tube. TWiP was discussing the Nikon SDK which stands for software development kit. This podcast is on photography, new inventions and making digital photography better. They also were talking about the Senator who wants to pass that camera phones to make a clicking sound before the picture is taken, he says that this will make them safer for anyone who might have their picture taken without there knowledge. Even if you make it illegal to have a silent camera people will find a way, this reminds me of the law in Mobile that you can't walk downtown in high heels! I get the safety issue but it is still pretty stupid.