Podcast

This is sad to say but this was the first time I had ever heard of a podcast. I've never really used I tunes before this and I thought it was just for music. After I started looking into I tunes, I found there was more to it than just music. I realized how exciting it was to explore. Apparently, I am out of the loop when it comes to new technology.

Once I found out what a podcast was, I had a better understanding of it's purpose. Podcasting is a good idea because there are those who can not own a radio station or work at one and this is a way for anyone to have their own talk show. Podcasting can be for anyone for many reasons. To me this is an advancement to the idea of the radio. It is amazing how technology can connect us in so many ways.

While listening to these podcast it gave me a feel for how they are created and what they are about. I found out that podcast are so easy to obtain and that there are so many different podcast out there. The ones I listened to were like conversations or talk shows so they were fairly easy to get caught up in.

One of the podcast I found interesting was ConnectLearning episode 96 Blah, Blah, Blah by David Warlick. He starts off talking about that there are a wide range of court schools, Ada, k-12 with approximately 3,000 students and transient students which range from 14,000 to 15,000. Court community and day school covers 8 geo regions divided into 40 to 45 days with of the students only serving a couple of days. Podcasting and blogging makes students more alert and interested in different ways of learning. Kids don't think of it as technology, just a way of life. Students respond and allow other people to see what they are blogging. This is a way that they represent theirselves as an individual.

Another one I found interesting was Kidcast episode 3 Radio vs. Podcast by Dan Schmit. This one talks about how radio is an ancestor to podcast. Radio can only go so far and content hits the radio and then its gone. Podcast is a timeshift. You have flexibility to replay a podcast when you want to listen to them. Choices in radio stations are scarce in certain towns. Podcasting has 15,000 different podcast stations. Radio is governed by the FCC while Internet has no jurisdiction. There are many podcast coming from all areas of life. Education, financial podcast comes from peer stand point which feels like a place that we could all participate in. Participation with podcast allows flexibility as well as accessibility.

While listening to teaching with smartboards there are different podcast which show how to use a smartboard within a classroom. Different lessons are used to get students interested and more involved with the lessons through new technology. Normally students do not have the opportunity to have hands on experiences.

This week in photography has guests each week that are experts in photography. They explain how they set up their shoots and what they use for setups on their shoots. This covers the latest news in photography as well as the latest cameras that are being introduced. Different ideas in photography in normal conversations are part of their talk show.

After listening to these podcast I realized that they put a lot of thought into how they wanted their podcast to be. They were nicely organized and interesting to the audience. I got a better idea of the different kinds and styles of podcast . Their is so many podcast out there that everyone should find something that interest them. This will help me when we start doing our own podcast.

To listen to the podcasts that I mentioned you must first download iTunes. To do so click here.