Thing 19

Podcasts I found interesting:

NPR: Cuba Holds Allure as US Tourist Destination
http://www.npr.org/templates/player/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=111784037&m=112014763

English Idioms and Slang: Cut to the chase
http://cdn1.libsyn.com/diemrob/Lesson155.mp3?nvb=20090828224133&nva=20090829225133&t=0a5822730c19ea639b70d

Mike Flanagan: Reform from the Classroom Level
http://www.michigan.gov/mde/0,1607,7-140-37818_45256-216470--,00.html

The podcasts from NPR could certainly be a tool in working with current events with my students. I have worked with articles before to some degree of success, but I do think that students would be more interested in short podcasts that can lead us into discussion rather than reading an article all the time. I also would like to receive those feeds because then I can keep myself up on current events!

The other podcasts I found interesting do not necessarily work for me in the classroom, but Mike Flanagan's podcasts might allow me to go to staff meetings and Association meetings better informed and with more perspective. This I think is important if I am going to be a channel of positive change that is greatly needed in our school.

Searching for podcasts that will work for me and my students in the classroom is something I need some practice with. I also would love to come up with ways that my students can make podcasts as a way of presenting learned language. A question I have is what is the difference between a YouTube video and a podcast??? They seem like the same thing to me.