ETEC 676

Tuesday, June 27, 2006

http://www.ourmedia.org/sites/default/files/audios/etec6766.mp3Here's the link to my first Podcast.

Story notes:

Greetings to Dr. Newberry/students

Description of where I live

My excitement of my future in Podcasting

I apologize for the first link not working; I have had difficulties in logging into Ourmedia.

Friday, June 23, 2006

Podcast post #3
Http://bobsprankle.blogspot.com/2006/01/room-208-podcast-012706.html
At this Site I discovered actual podcasts from elementary kids.
The Podcast I listened to was of what a classroom should look like in 2015.
The Site was built by a 3/4 combination teacher in Maine . His title of the Blog tells the story as it is named by his classroom number.
What I really enjoyed about this Site was the fact that it was actual Podcast from a classroom that was obviously student centered. The quality of the podcast was without flaw, particularly keeping in mind this was a 3/4 class.
In the Podcast that I reviewed I found pleasing; with background music, description of the purpose of the Podcast and the question posed. I saw immediately how this could relate to my own classroom and how I could get the students interested in their class work if they were given a by-in to their own education
Podcast post #2
Http://www.podcastalley.com/podcast_details.php?pod_id=15069
This Site is for Dan the Math Man. I gave the link to the Site as there are numerous Podcast and topics to chose from. I listen to #7.

This Podcast was based upon a Magraw-Hill math text (the Podcaster was an author of the text). During the audio, chapter 8 was covered dealing in the definitions of equations and expressions. These were explained in easy to understand terms so that students in the middle school or lower-level high school might understand. I enjoyed this so much that I am going to post the link to my classroom Website so that I might direct my kids to this helpful tool.
After discovering this Site, I felt that I had been out of touch with the most current technology available.
As my teaching position next school year is middle school math, I clearly see how I could use the podcast as an activity to further student understanding. Also, for those students at the top of the class, I can see how this could be used to expose the students to higher levels of math.
Thank you Dr. Newberry!
I found an awesome podcast source located at: Http://www.sciencefriday.com/kids/sfkc20050415-2.html

What I particularly liked about the Website was a complete introduction and summary of the varies Podcasts available, sources, and application in the classroom. This is a Site that is devoted to Science and has continual updates.

This particular podcast is about President Bush's determination to establish a working base on the moon as a jumping off point for further space exploration and a possible manned trip to Mars. Now NASA scientists think they may have found just the spot for such a base – the moon’s north pole. The sun never sets at the pole, so the temperature is a fairly constant -50 degrees centigrade (like a cold day during a Minnisota Winter)and the constant sunlight could be an endless source of energy. Also, Scientists believe that crates that are continually in sunlight have been discovered. Some scientists believe that there is water-based ice at the top of the moon which could be melted for human use.

As the posts are updated minimally on a weekly basis, I could see how a science instructor could use this Podcast as an extension to their daily curriculum.