Thing 14

I found a podcast (which I will not list here by name to protect those who created it.) It sortof reminded me or the car talk guys on NPR but they were talking about teacher technology stuff. Podcasts were long and sound quality were bad. It really took a very long time to actually get to the technology I'm also fairly certain that the f-bomb was dropped under the breath of one of the podcasters. This one was listed as a professional development podcast for educators.

I was much happier once I found the NPR education podcast site. http://www.npr.org/templates/topics/topic.php?topicId=1013 I enjoy listening to NPR but have very little time in the car since I have a short communte in the morning and NPR is not always the best content for my kids, ages 4 and 6.

I found one called Math Dude and I have to say to I just love it! Great video podcasts teaching a wide range of math concepts. Very well done! I will definitly be passing this one on to the rest of the math staff in my building as well as our high school.
http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/itv/MathDude/index.shtm

Found another great math site with podcasts http://mathfactor.uark.edu/ It is a brief, weekly conversation and puzzle, airing on KUAF 91.3 FM, Fayetteville Arkansas. You can send anwers, qeustion , puzzles, or cash to mathfactor@uark.edu

This site is not a podcast site but one that was mentioned in a math factor podcast I listened to. The site is http://coolnumbers.com/ At this site you enter a number and it calculates how "cool" the number is. You'll have to check it out to see for yourself. No real educational value but it is fun.

I can see using some of these podcasts in my class in the future. The audio podcasts may be harder to use since the kids may not want to sit and listen as they are mostly visual learners but I did like many of the video podcasts.