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EDT676-Assignment #2 Subscribe to two Podcasts, one for me, one for my classroom:

PERSONAL

“The Survival Podcast” [|http://www.thesurvivalpodcast.com] // {An interesting grass-roots group that helps ordinary people prepare for emergencies. I am interested in some of the information they produce but am wary of the “fringe element” that are building concrete bunkers and buying WWII surplus .50 caliber machine guns to mount on their roof. There is good, useful information here but the overall site needs to be taken with a couple grains of salt.} //

EDUCATIONAL

“Integrating Technology into the Classroom” [] // {A terrific general knowledge (about Podcasting) website. One of the contributors is Wesley A. Fryer ([|www.speedofcreativity.org]). Here is a summary of a recent posting: Tools for the Teks: Integrating Technology in the Classroom // // CLASSROOM AUDIO PODCASTING //
 * 1) // Podcasting is cheap //
 * 2) // Podcasting can invite a global audience //
 * 3) // Audio podcasting encourages no-frills communication //
 * 4) // Podcasting is digital storytelling //
 * 5) // Podcasting provides a window into the classroom //
 * 6) // Podcasting involves few privacy concerns (i.e. anonymous or first-name only voices!) //
 * 7) // Podcasting can educate about copyright //
 * 8) // Podcasting can be interactive //
 * 9) // Podcasting can be creative //
 * 10) // Podcasting can be fun! //

// Quoting the conclusion: “We need to get serious about educating today’s digital natives for the digital knowledge landscape of the twenty first century. In many ways, the traditional “transmission based” educational model of the past is insufficient for the needs of today’s learners and employers. Classroom podcasts can provide engaging opportunities for students to develop desirable skills as digital story tellers and cutting-edge communicators. The price is right, and the benefits // // Are plentiful. Isn’t it time you and your students started a classroom podcast?”} //

The Physics of Skateboarding With Dr. Tae {Self-explanatory} []

“Ed Tech Talk” []

“Teacher 2.0” []

I am also planning to subscribe to these two (taboo!) sites for my classroom work. They are excellent and will help keep me up-to-date with what’s cooking in the tech-in-the-classroom world. For example, in Teacher 2.0 one of the recent postings referred to how can teachers use “Jedi” principals to get through to students. Really?! What would Yoda do? How cool is that (Coming is a bracelet—I feel!)!!??