SMART BOARD LESSON PODCAST This podcast was very interesting but, it was hard to hear the people speaking at first and the music was a little loud. They were having very casual conversations and it just seemed as though they were putting a lot of their personal experiences and stories into the topic. They did not give a good enough intro into the topic and even though they were giving step by step directions, they did not give any background information as to what the step by step lessons were for. Later into the podcast the speakers started to speak more slowly and clearly. I thought it was good when they offered to answer e-mail questions and gave lots of different information as to where they can go if they needed more help.
KIDCAST #53- PODCASTING AND FIELD TRIPS
This podcast was more interesting and better than the Smart Board one. This podcast only had one speaker and it was a lot easier to understand and follow. It was a good idea to have made a podcast to go along with introducing the information about the field trip and what should be taken from this trip. Preparing a podcast before taking a trip will allow you to present the information in another media that might appeal better to the students and that will keep the students engaged. This was a cool idea. The way this podcast was set up, was very efficient and well done.
TEACHERS CONNECTING- BEN HAZZARD & JOAN BADGER
This was a podcast for promoting the use of collaboration, the use of SMART BOARD's and podcasts to create teaching communities. This particular cast was very informal and had jokes to keep me listening. Both speakers spoke very clear and spoke about topics that were very personal. Many different social websites are mentioned and music was brought up at random times, then did not stop even while one of the hosts was speaking. I found that to be very distracting and really had to listen closely to understand what she was saying. The power of the comments and use of Google docs was also mentioned.
AUTISM PODCAST- MICHAEL BOLL- MOMS ON AUTISM- EPISODE #4- POTTY TRAINING
This podcast was very simple and straight to the point. There was no music or extra sound effects that went on during the whole entire time of the discussion. There are two ladies discussing their personal experiences with going through potty training with a child who has been diagnosed with Autism. They gave out lots of good information as to how to try and make this hard task run a little smoother. By these ladies sharing their stories they are letting their audience know that everyone goes through almost the same struggle and that the main key is to be consistent and be very patient. These two ladies are sharing their feelings as to how they felt in certain situations and are once again giving the listener positive motivation when referring to going through potty training.
3 BLOG VIDEOS-
The video of the 1 year old using the i-phone is very interesting. It is amazing how a child that young knows the basic functions of their parents i-phone. Many adults do not know how to use an i-phone, this shows that America is moving fast and a child will be able to use a computer before you know it. It is amazing how much children are learning when they begin to blog. They are able to post their work for their family and friends to see. They also give and get comments on their posts and the students understand the rules of being respectful of other peoples work and to only leave comments that are nice. These children also know how to research for information that they would need for an assignment and also know which search engines or specific places to go to find the exact information needed. The use of computers in the classroom does in fact show that their is an improvement of literacy and reading.
