Thing 20 Subscribe to podcasts

Include in your post the name of at least one podcast to which you subscribed. Describe your experience using the various search tools. Which do you prefer and why?

I liked listening to podcasts and I found that I could do other things while I listened. Searching on EPN and Podcast Alley was not as productive as looking at the podcasts from the list in Thing 19. I really think it would be best to look at this site's list of choices before anyone went on the two search sites EPN and Podcast Alley. From EPN I found the site TechTalk for Teachers and subscribed to it on ITunes. So many of the sites under EPN's Technology and Language Arts were so old , 2006 etc. I prepared dinner while I listened to one episode of Tech Talk and learned how Twitter will probably bring a whole new meaning on news reporting in the very near future. The election in Iran was an example used for reporting exactly what was happening. This seems to be a site that could keep me well informed about technologies. I also subscribed to Miette's Bedtime Stories on my bloglines. The stories are not for children but, I will probably listen to them and they would be good to listen to before you go to bed. I don't have a I-pod but, I want to get one now. I found an assortment of funny and interesting podcasts that I might find entertaining for my personal use but, again your list from thing 19 produced far more useful podcasts for education. I think I would tell my teachers to checkout the site Learn Outloud as it had so much to offer and there were several others like Learning and Learning Disabilities. I also felt the K-12 Science.net looked pretty useful.

I did have trouble with iTunes. I was given the choice to update my iTunes and I got an error message when it was installing. I haven't been able to get it corrected so I can not subscribe to any additional podcasts on iTunes. This will give me something to do when I am not busy. HaHa! Pressures of school starting soon are already beginning.

I can see elementary teachers using podcasts in centers and it would also be fun to introduce the students to the Vocab Minute or Book Talks Quick and Simple to be used during their library time. I also could see Internet Safety podcasts useful for background info for us to discuss the topics with our students. As teachers we don't do gaming and all the many things our students do on the internet and this would allow us to talk about the issues and know what we are talking about.

I was glad I spent as much time as I did on podcasts. I feel I can provide some good suggestions to both my elementary and high school teachers for using podcasts.