Friday, February 27, 2009

Podcasts experiences

Kidcast 

This podcast by Dan Schmit was basically one teacher offering advice or ideas for other teachers in the area of helping students with their learning skills and possibly keeping their interest during the typical school day.  Dan tells the listener about some of his experiences and some of his co-workers experiences in the classroom.   One thing he talked about was the benefits of online schooling.  In this day of age, teachers are constantly faced with difficult decisions on how to make learning something that kids will have a desire to do.  Dan offers great advice on current events and technology that will be of large assistance to any struggling teacher. 


Edtechtalk

Sharrel Oaks was the host on this particular night of podcasting about what they as teachers and other teachers are up to.  During this podcast there was a interview by an elementary computer teacher talking about his experience as a technology master.  Since the majority of his students are under the age of 7 his advice was focused toward those needy elementary teachers.  He talked about how smart those younger students are and how quick they are at learning things due to their growing minds and curious personalities.  Younger students are so open to try anything and to desire to earn more!  These chatting elementary teachers carried on to encourage other teachers to push their young students to soak up all the schooling they could while they are still open to learning.  Overall, their advice seemed to be ligament and helpful.  

Macbreak Weekly 

This podcast's focus was completely focused on the continued increase in Macintosh computers and other Macintosh devises.  The gentlemen on this podcast for the first few minutes on the cast talked about their own computers and about how "amazing" they are.  Then they moved on to introduce the new laptops that will start being sold in America.  This cast is an informative channel that addresses certain e-mails of concern or of someone searching for assistance with problems with their Macintosh's.  There are constant updates with Mac and in-order to keep the listener informed with these updates, this podcast continues to keep up with the times of Mac.  These guys are Macintosh junkies that know their stuff and would be capable of assisting anyone with Mac questions, problems or concerns.  

This Week on Photography  (TWIP)

This podcast is the information cast strictly based on updates amongst all photography accessories such as film, cameras, photo-shoots, magazines, computers, digital screens and lenses.  These guys converse about the current events of worldwide famous photographers and photos, informing the listener about the new and improved photography technology.  The main topic of this cast was the new "Pocket Wizard" that companies have started selling.  They talked about how each individual camera would be compatible with this Pocket Wizard compared to other cameras.  This devise is simply a remote flash that is capable of being placed in any area of the room that a picture is being taken in and works just as well as the attached flash.  All in all this podcast talks about the latest in technology that comes out for photographers and is a great informative cast for any aged photographer.  

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