After listening to a couple podcast, I realized they were not that boring. They kind of sounded like a radio station or an interview on television. Podcast are very informative and gives you a great deal of information that is useful for teachers, students, parents, etc. The publishers of these podcast keep you updated on the latest classroom tips as well as tips to help with your everyday life.
The first podcast I listened to was, "Smart Board Lessons". It was hard for me to focus on what they were saying at first, then I paused a minute to listen to Podcast #130 (Peer Coaching). Ben and Joan gave some important tips about using Firefox 3.0 and how it had improved from Firefox 2.0. What caught my attention was when they said Firefox 3.0 has an option to expand the text or image to help the students in the back of the class be able to view the screen and participate in the classroom activity. This was very important to me because I know how I struggled with my vision as a student in the back of the classroom. I could not see the screen to save my life.
The "Kidcast" podcast was not as interesting to me. I don't know if it was because he didn't have a co-host or what. The podcast did give you some helpful information about Podcast and Video cast. After listening to two of more podcast I learned that podcast can be useful for a lot of different things. I believe podcast is a great addition to the wonderful world of teaching and will get better with time.
In conclusion I don't really know if I will use pod casting in my teaching days because I'm not that good with computers, but I do think it's a great tool to use to communicate with different teachers all around the world. I do think I will continue to subscribe to different educational podcast and take plenty of notes!
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Soon you will be able to keep your podcast from being "boring."!
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