Week 15 Podcasts

TEDtalks

Episode Date: 2005
Episode Title: Jimmy Wales- founder of Wikipedia
This was a really interesting talk by the founder of Wikipedia, Jimmy Wales. He explained that his goal for Wikipedia is to get free encyclopedia to anyone around the world. It is composed of over 2 million articles, which I thought was amazing! This site has become truly global and is listed as one of the top 50 web sites in the world! One fact that jumped out at me is that Wikipedia is run by a group of 600 to 1000 volunteer editors. Although the site is free, I did not realize it would be run by a team of volunteers, and the numbers blew me away!

ITM

Episode Title: Sketchup
Sketchup is an amazing tool to experiment with designs brought to us by Google. It is FREE software that can change the way people are viewing Google Earth. I just taught a unit about maps and I think using Google Earth and Sketchup would have been great activities to incorporate into the lesson. Another way students in school have used it is by measuring their school and creating a 3D Sketchup model of the school. Technology is really changing the way we live!

KidCast

Episode: 30
Episode Title: Phonecasting
While running on marathons, Dan Schmidt will use phonecasting to listen to messages on his iPod. All we have to do, as listeners, is to call 831-303-2994 and leave Dan Schmidt an encouraging message and he will get it while he is running his marathons. In this podcast he also addressed the fact that students could use phones to call and reflect about a class project or discussion during class. This can be done through www.gcast.com. The audio blogging system would be a great way to involve all students and hear their feedback. It is amazing how fast times change; I never would have imagined this possible when I was in elementary school!