So I did look over the podcasts I had been looking at them prior to this class. I find them to be pretty neat but can take a while to find what you are really looking for. If anyone knows a better way to look through all these I would like to know. For fun I subscribed to the TMZ podcast, need to keep up with the popculture for my students. It was kinda funny but just for my own interest.
The other casts that I signed up for was Science Friday i just thought it was interesting and thought i could use it while teaching my science classes. Reading Strategies I, and 92nd street Y- unterberg Poetry Center from iTunes U where interesting and I really hope to get more good information from the Reading Strategies I. As for getting information I think this can be a valuable resource but it does take some time to find what you might need. The other thing I was thinking about is how dependable are these podcasts? I guess like anything else you have to be careful and double check everything.
All in all can be a great resource but can be boring for students but others are done very well and intertaining. So take your time and at least give it a look at for what you need, I think it can be hit or miss or just a lot to look at. Might be good to tweet to see if anyone has certain podcasts that people have found and really like.
One other thing, I notice that the podcasts that I signed up for on one computer was not on all computers. Is this not an web based item or is it purely computer by computer. Was a little confused.
As for the classroom I can see some benifit here if the it works for your classroom. I found books that were read aloud that was great. Poetry was read by the authors which I kie to share withthe students, seems to gie the right feeling when the person who wrote a piece reads their own work. These can be helpful for the lower ability reader or those that have fallen behind. I think that with more time and help from my tweeter friends I will find some really good sources fro my class.
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