PODCAST

Podcasting is made up of two wrods:iPod and broadcast. Podcasting is a software and hardware combination that allows automatic downloads of audio files. You can use a podcast for audio and visual by using the Internet. Podcasting works by downloading a podcast aggregators or padcatchers. Then when a site or program is available subscribers are notified by there aggregator, whnich then downloads the feed to the computer or MP3 player. The podcatcher retrieves the files enclosed in the RSS feed and automatically adds the files to each user's media player. Teacgers can use podcasting for many differnt ways. Four of the most useful ways are curriculum augmentation, professional development, material presentation by both teachers and students, and communication with the community and parents. Podcasting is being used for many different things now. Students can podcast what they learned in class that day, teachers can communicate with parents althrough their community, and students or teachers and download or add articals or reports. I think taht podcasting is the way to go now, If you have a student that has a disablilty and can not write then they can download the program and listen to the notes or lecture from that class. I think taht it is a very good idea and it will help out alot. the website that I went to was http://www.cnn.com/services/podcasting/popups/nancy.grace.html. I listened to the Nancy Grace show, which was very inetresting. I chose thios links because I like to watch CNN at home and now I can listen to it at scholl or anywhere. It also has some more of my favorite shows like Show and Tell, Anderson 360, and many more. I thought that it was an interesting way to keep up with the news and many other things.

Mr. Sullivan

I enjoyed the powerpoint presentation. I think that it is really neat that Mr. Sullivan was teaching these programs legally blind. that would be very hard for me to do, it takes a lot of courage and practice. I think that all students going to be teachers should learn these programs for the ones with disabilities. It will come into play at some point of your teaching career. This presentation was very helpful to me and interesting.

Alabama Virtual Library

AVL is very convient for everyone teachers and students. It has all kinds of links that you can go to to find articles, research, and look up people. it also has a section that you can click on for elementary, high school, college & universities, and general.

Let say you are a teacher for an elementary class and your student has some homework that they can not find the answer to. Then all they would have to do is go on AVL and click on elementary and it will take them to some more links for encylcopedias and other web sites, but it will bring up things that only includes elementary information. It is the same with high school and college.

To be able to access AVL from your home all you have to do is go to the closest public library and get a libarary card if you don not have one already. Then you will be able to access it anytime from home or you can go to your school and access it for free.

I think that it is a good web site for everyone. It all kinds of books, articles, and other sites you can look at. It has good information for you if you are doing a research paper or presentation. i think it was a good idea.