Podcasts

The first Podcast I listened to was a SMARTBoard Lesson. The hosts of the show are, Ben Hazzard and Joan Badger. Their podcast is from Canada. The episode that I listened to was Episode 128: "Learning from Other Professions". They were recording the show at the "Fork" in Winnipeg. The "Fork" is where the Assiniboine River and the Red River join. The reason that they decided to record at this location is because the rivers are joining and the purpose of the episode was to determine how principles of business and other non education information can be used in a classroom setting. I tried listening to atleast 5 different episodes of the SMARTBoard Podcats and I honestly did not retain any information. These podcatsts reminded me of goofy radio show hosts talking about their personal lives on air.

The second podcast I listened to was Dan Schmidt from KidCast.The podcast was just Dan speaking and delivering information. The episode was about Podcasting & Fieldtrips and how we can reinvent the field trip with todays technology. After listening to the first podcast I was very disappointed but after carefully listening to Dan Schmidt I retained much information from his podcast. He started the podcast talking about fieldtrips and the excitement of going on a fieldtrip. This brought back memories of the fieldtrips I had went on when I was in school. Dan was making a point that it is important that the students know this isnt just a time where they get out of the classroom but that it is significant. The purpose of field trips is to learn by experience and sight. It is important to gain information from actually being there in the museum or wherever you are. Dan said that it is important that the students have questions written prior to actually going on the field trip. He said that reflection can help the students to retain the information. Recording can be helpful as well. This podcast was extremely insightful.

The episode of EdTech that I listened to was about Mass Notifications in schools. The host talked about the different types of ways of mass notification. The host then introduced people to go into detail about the technology that goes into the different types of mass notification. This podcast was more serious than the other podcats I listened to.

MacBreak Weekly was more like a radio show like SMARTBoard was. There was the humor and different people speaking about tecnology. The episode I listened to was about the iphone and its potential. They relayed a lot of information while laughing and incooperating laughs for the audience. The last podcast I listened to was This Week in Photography. Similar to the last podcast I listened to this one was a group of men talking about photography and the way they photograph. They compared stories. They even talked about the different lenses they used. Even though this podcast was not my favorite it reminded me of my late father. He really enjoyed photography and would have loved this podcast and the technology of photography today.