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In my EDM 310 class, I was just introduced to Podcasting. I listened to four different podcast and learned a lot about it. The podcasts that I listened to were
SmartBoard Lessons

KidCast

EdTechtalk

MacBreak Weekly

I learned a lot about podcasting while listening to these podcast.Podcasts can be very informative. In the SmartBoard Lessons podcast, Ben Hazzard and Joan Badger interview different people. In the specific episode that I watched of SmartBoard Lessons, they interviewed a professor named Arnold. He appeared and spoke at a Microsoft Teacher Conference and he is chairman at the Idea Factory. Arnold works with designing human systems and had just recently worked in Singapore. I enjoyed listening to the podcast. However, a disadvantage that a podcast can have is that the people in the podcast can talk a little too much and can easily get off subject which can lead to losing the listeners attention.


Another podcast that I watched was Kid \Cast. I enjoyed listening to this podcast. It was very informative!I listened to episode #50. In this podcast an interview was conducted. Michael Shiet was being interviewed on how to help students develop a sense of argument for their work. Michael claimed that students often think of arguments as scary or as two people screaming and hollering. However, an argument is a lively discussion between two or more people. He claimed that a billboard is an argument because a company is trying to sale you something and they are going to argue why their product is so good. Another type of argument is when you buy clothes. One has to decide whether or not they wasn't to buy the clothing. An argument, he says, governs our everyday life. This podcast was very interesting and made a lot of since to me.


The third podcast I listened to was Edtechtalk. This podcast discussed Google.com. The gadget on Google they discussed was GoogleDocs. They interviewed the product manager and engineer for Google. They gave a lot of information on how to use GoogleDocs. It was said that a lot of teachers these days only allow work to be submitted through GoogleDocs. In the podcast, they said that GoogleDocs has documents, spreadsheets, and presentations. Also discussed in the podcast about GoogleDocs was templates. A lot of people did not know what a template is, so they discussed it on the podcast. A template can be personalized or not. But all in all it is a theme for a page.


The last podcast I listened to was MacBreak Weekly. In this podcast, all that they discuss is Macintosh technology. These include: Macintosh computer, the I pod, I Phone 3G5, and anything else made by Apple. Alex Lindsey is the podcaster and he interviews many people. He talks about new releases coming out by Macintosh.


In conclusion, I really learned a lot about podcasting and enjoyed listening to each of the podcast.