Podcast

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Most of the sites on podcast that I listen to seem to be more like a talk show online for educators. I say this because most of the voices online identified themselves as being a school teacher. So I listen to and browsed several sites in reference to podcast to see where they were going with their conversations. Some talked about setting up podcast in the class. And others talked about real issues that some parents have with the use of the internet in schools.

On SmartBoard Lessons Podcast the topic Teachers Connecting 11: Year End Ideas came up. So I Listen to the host whose name was Ben. He spoke with a teacher by the name of Joan. She was not as advance as Ben was with computers. So he answered a lot of her questions and he also corrected a lot of the wrong ideas that she picked up from others in reference to the know how on computer systems. This site was ok but it was nothing to boast about.

The second site I went to was ConnectLearning. I decide to go to Connect learning with David Warlick. He had several conversations with different people. He had one on the purpoe of an education. He spoke with several teachers at a workshop. One teacher said, "the purpose of an education is for children to find out who they are." Another said, "the purpose is for them to become productive human beings." Another teacher said, "the purpose of an education is for children to know why they are here." This site was the best one yet. I really enjoyed this site the most.

The last site I checked out came from Edtechtalk. Edtechtalk podcast with Miguel, Jeff, and Dave. West talked about how we tell our kids they can't get on the internet any more, because of the things they are saying on them. He emphasized on how we as educator and parents most give directions instead of blocking sites at home and at school. He pointed out how it is good that our children are writing to one another but we as parents should monitor them instead of banning it. This was another site that I enjoyed because it hits home.