Podcast

What is a podcast? That's what I need to ask myself. This is honestly my first time becoming aware of the many podcast. I am still confused about the whole podcast. It appears to be just radio announcer discussing technology I am totally unaware of.

The Smart Board Lesson "Year End Ideas for Classrooms and Schools " was two people discussing their daily lives. Its took them about nine minutes to discuss what they were pod casting. The audio in the beginning was not good. It took several minutes before it was adjusted. This podcast left me confused. Their concept was not relayed in the first couple minutes.

KidCast "Pod casting in the Classroom" was the most professional of all the podcast. This podcast was setup as a mini conference. Dan discussed the different microphone the unidirectional microphone and omini microphone. He also discussed how podcast can be used as an educational tool in the classroom. I learned that Web 2.0 has allowed us all to become producers via the web by blogging, flicker, facebook, pictures and bandwidth to support sound.

Connect Learning Podcast "Academic Aesthetic was very short. The pod caster just blogged about things he felt was important. He talked about going out of town, being at his father in law house, and a science fiction book. Ed Techtalk was very clear. It went into detail about google doc. Google docs has templates that have been requested by a lot of user, just not by me. The templates can be shared with the entire world or just within the school. The hidden templates has resume and lesson plans. Mac Break Weekly was two people that were intrigue with Macintosh and all it had to offer. They discussed skype, myfi, and twitter. I can barely keep up with all this technology. The last podcast This Week in Photography was a discussing about a camera. Just when I thought it could not get any better.

I have come to the conclusion that a podcast can be about anything you want to talk about. I am sure if you think it you can certainly podcast about it. This technology will be a great tool in the classroom. The kids can podcast about their lessons and teach others. This will truly be an educational tool that I would like to incorporate in my classroom one day.

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Vicki Davis: Harness Your Student's Digital Smarts

Vicki Davis made the statement that she is learning from the students. The way that technology is advancing everyday, I feel that I am learning from my son. Students today learn through technology. Its great to see how a rural school could visit a middle eastern country using technology. The students are sharing their knowledge with schools in other states as well as around the world. They are not only learning but they are teaching each other. They are incorporation group skills. These skills are proven to be valuable in the work place.
Schools has really changed from ten years ago. There were no such thing as blogs and virtual tours in the classroom. The students have so much information at the touch of a button. The world is at their fingertips. They can literally visited another country with just one click. Technology is truly changing the world as we know it.

Sir Ken Robinson: The Importance of Creativity

Sir Ken Robinson says that everybody is born with creativity, and the creativity diminishes with education. There are more kids today than ever being placed on medication for ADHD. They have being diagnosed by doctors as being over active or maybe their just over creative. The creativity of kids is not being nurtured in the education system. We are losing talented kids but we refuse to change the way we teach. The funding is lacking for the arts and their is no time in the class room for anything other than math and language. There are no room for mistakes. The kids are taught to pay attention, sit down, and be quiet. The class clown , the dancer, the singer, the artist can we honestly expect them to sit down, be quiet, and pay attention for eight hours.
Just like the dancer that was mention in the video, these kids are unable to sit still for an entire day. They learn different than most students. There creativity is there math and language arts.

Did You Know

Technology is changing everyday, so much that video "Did You Know" is know obsolete.Technology has changed the way people communicate all over the world. My Space has became the 5th largest country in cyberspace. The number of text messages sent daily exceeds the total population. According to "Did You Know"by 2013 there will a computer that exceeds the computational capabilities of the the human species. India would be the only country to out think a computer considering they have 394 babies born per day and the have more honor students than America. The music industry has suffered from the ever changing technology with 694,000 songs download illegally who pays for CDS anymore.
Google has definitely changed the way kids learn. I remember going to the library to actually look up books from the catalog, but with today's technology you just google everything. I am positive that the library exist, I just have not visited one in a long time. This generation communicate everything in text lingo. I am pretty sure that the English language will be adding LOL,OMG,TMI, and other text lingo to English dictionary. As long as technology keeps growing, I will never stop learning.

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My name is Timeka Holloway. I was born and raised in Mobile, Alabama. I have a thirteen year son that is enrolled at Scrabough Middle School. I attended John L. LeFlore High School home to the rattlers. I am currently seeking my second degree in Elementary Education. I received my first degree in accounting, but after years of working decided I did not want to continue in that field. I have a passion for kids. My mom currently operates an in home daycare which I provide assistance. I am learning that kids are like sponges they observe everything around them. They are great learners. I enjoy watching them grow and explore the world around them.

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