Week 14 Podcasts

KidCast

Episode Title: Photo Story and Jodix
Date: 03-23-07
Episode Number: 39
Dan Schmidt shared that podcasting can become a visual tool as well as audio tool by downloading Photo Story (for FREE) from the Microsoft website and create video stories by adding pictures. I find the podcasts with video more entertaining as a listener so I imagine students would feel the same. We do live in a world where we are constantly being stimulated. We even have moving billboards! However, when allowing students to add video to their own podcasts in the classroom, I think it is essential to stress the importance of the content so students don’t waste time worrying about the appreance.

TEDTalks

Episode Title: Al Gore
Date: 06-25-06
Episode Number: N/A
Al Gore spoke about his concerns and what we can do to avoid a global climate crisis. In the field of technology, we can use carbon calculators to detect CO2 emissions and use computers to collect the data. By using computers, it puts the input data into understandable data which we can evaluate, monitor, and take control of. More information about the calculators can be found at www.carboncalculators.com.

Room 208

Episode Title: 3
Date: 11-18-05
Episode Number: Elizabeth’s Book talk
The students gave their news of the week and began the session by reading a diamond poem. In addition to reading it, the students discussed the elements which would be beneficial for other students to hear and learn from peers. By allowing students to podcast out of the classroom and lead the discussion, I think they will do better work and have fun! I enjoy Room 208 because it is primarily the students entertaining and teaching the listeners.