Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Podcasts on iTunes

There are various podcasts on iTunes that are educational and interesting. These podcasts are done in different unique ways. Some of the podcasts that I viewed and listened to have audio, video and audio, or pictures and audio which is almost like a powerpoint presentation. The numerous podcasts that are done by a group or a single person are called episodes. This is similar to what we see on our televisions. These episodes are numbered and also titled.

The SmartBoard Lessons (episode 146) podcast that I listened to and viewed is in audio only. The only picture that is shown is of two cartoon graphics of a woman and a man talking. There is also music played in different parts of the podcast. Connect Learning (episode 96) podcast is in audio as well. The only picture that is shown is of David Warlick on what looks like a book cover.

Kidcast (episode 33) podcast is a real video of a podcasting conference in Texas. It uses technology that shows names of the people who are talking to the audience in the video. They do this just like it is done on television. MacBreak Weekly (episode 164) podcast is also a video of live people. In this podcast they are demonstrating True 3D Motion on a computer. They show a view of how to form 3D shapes on a computer and it looks as if your doing it yourself on yours.

EdTech Talk (episode 31) podcast is a video podcast with photos which shows and talks about how to back up data on your computer by building your own hard drive. They do this by giving step by step instructions. This Week in Photography (episode 24) podcast is also in visual and audio. This podcast shows a video about how to convert your photos to black and white on a computer in photoshop.

1 comment:

Jennifer Averitt said...

Excellent. Hopefully after listening/viewing these podcast, you have some direction on how to do your podcast next week.