Thing #21

I have posted several different podcasts on my wiki the second semester. I plan on taping, editing and podcasting as many lectures that I can this year so that I can switch from lecturing and giving notes in class to doing things in class. I want student's "homework" to be watching the lecture that way they can rewind, pause, look up terms elsewhere, and verify using outside resources as they go. I would then use class time to "do stuff" like labs, group problem solving, PBL's, etc.

I tried both of the podcasting directories but I still prefer Itunes for its search function, easy storage, easy download to my ipod and the variety of podcasts that I found. The current podcasts that I subscribe to and would recommend to anyone are

HowStuffWorks.com: Brain Stuff
HowStuffWorks.com: Stuff you missed in history class
Freakonomics Radio
Cognition Podcast

In addition I subscribe to several other "podcasts" through Itunes U and I use this for examples and improving my lessons to make them more college appropriate. This is also great preparation for me since I will begin a masters program in the Fall. I can take the class through a university watch the lectures and do the work and then enroll in the class in the fall. Since I won't have much time I have learned the material before enrolling in the class therefore reducing the time and stress for the graduate work.

Stanford
Berkley
Yale

have the most complete podcasts for entire courses. I highly suggest that you find one you are interested in and then listen while exercising or burn it to a CD, it's better than the radio.

I also downloaded audacity and I am in the process of planning my podcasts for the first few lectures. My goal is to tape this year and go live with homework = lecture and classwork = "homework" + other stuff next year.