Hope you've enjoyed listening to some podcasts. One of our favorites is TED TALKS for adults and another is STUFF YOU MISSED IN HISTORY CLASS for students.
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Wow! Who knew? I already own an iMac so I THOUGHT that I was up to speed when it came to everything iTunes. Now I know I had little to no knowledge about podcasts - - and had been missing out on a great resource. I love the podcasts and especially loved the CNN student news. Current events are so important in the scheme of things and sometimes are left out because of time constraints. This is about eight minutes and can update students on issues and provoke discussions in the classroom. This could also be used as a springboard for journal writing or persuasive writing. Beyond CNN, I liked many other podcasts too. I liked some of the cultural podcasts that focused on music and will expose students to things I wouldn't be able to access easily (I teach Ancient World History to sixth graders). I can see how easy this is to use and how it aids in instruction and extension of concepts.
This is my second try at a comment. I hope it doesn't show up twice, but I do want to say how amazing it is that you can find an audio, or even audio/video lesson about what your day's topic is on itunes at any given time. What is even more amazing is that I haven't already started using its ESL resources since it seems that those are its primary resources. I WILL be using this MUCH MORE often!!!
I was listening to Brain Food Dude talking about the Fourth of July. They were discussing the founding myths of the Revolution. We have lots of myths in history because they tell good stories and they have characters that we can identify with. They said that we should really be celebrating the Fourth of July on the 2nd. The vote and first signing were on the 2nd but the declaration wasn't sent out to the people until the 4th. John Adams has written to his wife about the signing in a letter on the 3rd. Yet we still celebrate on the 4th. PRynes
I have listened to podcasts in the past, but I am excited about the new ones I listened to this week that can be used in the classroom or be helpful to me as a teacher. My favorite new podcast is “Way with Words”. It was all about idioms, phrases, English words and their history, etc. People also called in with specific questions. As a speech-language pathologist, I work on idioms and figurative language phrases with some of my students with language disorders or children on the Autism spectrum. I listened to a “Grammar Girls Quick and Dirty Tips” podcast as well. The specific episode was about metaphors and similes. It was actually helpful for me to think about how I teach/explain different concepts to my students. Other podcasts I enjoy are: “Storynory” (Children’s stories), “WNYC Radiolab”, “Stuff You Should Know”, and the “Dave Ramsey Show”.
One thing I realized while "surfing" through the podcasts on iTunes is that I can very quickly get so deep that I don't even remember how I got to a certain podcast. Crazy. I'm excited that I decided to dive back into podcasting to see what is out there for educational purposes.
One of the first podcasts I found that will be fantastic for the personal finance class I teach is called "Money Girls Quick and Dirty Tips". The tips are fairly short and would be great to use with the students. I was also able to find a podcast called "Tech Talk 4 Teachers". It is a monthly podcast focusing on what is new in technology for teachers/education. "One Minute How To" is just a fun two to three minute clip on anything from how to get rid of clutter to how to launch a successful digital marketing campaign. I feel like I have only scratched the surface with what is out there for me.
I feel a little sad to say that I never knew that these podcasts where here! I live my life by itunes, it's so exciting what you can get for free!!! I listened to The Radio Adventures of Dr. Floyd, which are short clips about history in the form of old time radio. I also listened to Grammar Girl, that would be awesome to use for a quick mini lesson in the daily five! Courtney Jameson
I have tried 3 times to post my comment here! I hope it works this time! I love the CNN Student News podcast. I feel that it would open up some great current event discussions with my 4th graders. The podcast is done in a kid-friendly manner, which makes some of the more difficult topics easier to chat about. I am thinking about using this in place of Social Studies or as a filler.
Still trying to post a comment... I found a few video podcasts to watch - Mathtrain - the topic was algebra. I'll have to keep checking to see if there is anything appropriate for kindergarten. I also listened to Smart Planet. The topic I viewed was multiple sclerosis. I'm sure there are more I haven't discovered. I liked the CNN student news as well for current events.
I looked at the blog after I had already subscribed to some podcasts. Funnily enough, two that I subscribed to were TED Talks and "Stuff You Missed in History Class". I have used "Stuff You Missed..." in the past when I was at L&C. I've tried to use it for my high school kids and they don't enjoy it as much. I'm looking for a history podcast for them that isn't boring to tears but also doesn't have those "witty" jokes that my students hate.
I also have my students watch CNN Student News. I usually get it off of the CNN website, but this is a much better way of getting to the news. It doesn't rely so much on my internet connection!
For the last few months my dad has been telling me about the free Podcasts he was getting on iTunes. Sadly, until now I haven't taken the time to explore these Podcasts. I'm amazed at how many Podcasts there are! I enjoyed some of the Podcasts in kids and family. These Podcasts seemed to be what my students would enjoy. I liked The Radio Adventures of Dr. Floyd, which is short clips about history presented in radio theater and Did this Happen, which gives short "character clips" from history that are meant to start classroom discussions about various events in history. I love Storynory and Horror Stories. Great Podcasts I can use in my classroom for my students to listen to while they are working. I might be addicted!!! LOL
I checked out a few of the podcasts from TED Talks. I did not however discover any related to music in this category. I did enjoy the recycling podcast. I also found a podcast by a Dan Schmit who works for Apple and is from Nebraska about utilizing podcasting in the classroom. It was very informative and gave me some ideas of how I can begin using podcasting in my lessons. I was wondering however, is there a way to search only podcasts? I was looking for music specific podcasts and was only getting the mp3 downloads. Can anyone help me with this please??
Ryan- The podcasts are organized by category in iTunes. If you click on Podcasts (across the top bar of links), you can click on the category Music. Also you can click on Audio above the word podcast quick links on the right hand panel. Let me know if that helps or not.
Thanks for sharing the TED talk podcast you listened to.
At first I only saw podcasts for subscription, not individual episodes, so I ended up subscribing and just listening to the first episode that I got. I heard the grammar girl talking about how to handle your editor criticizing you in an unpleasant way, and Stuff you missed in history class about Korean warships from the 1600s. I have to say that I was underwhelmed. But then I figured out how to download individual episodes, and it got way better. I don't see myself playing Grammar Girl for my classes, necessarily--it was pretty dry, and not brief. CNN student news seemed really good, though, and I did not realize that you could get video in podcasts. Brain Food Dude was long, but seemed interesting.
I found that the podcasts about science topics have lots of current information about what is going on in the scientific community. I found some on the current mission NASA is sending into space. I found an ask an astronomer series. I liked the Brainstuff, how do things work.
I found some awesome podcasts on the history of Rome which was amazing! I learned a lot my self. I also found a great deal of podcasts on American History but the quality varied greatly. Some were really interesting while some sounded like it was recorded in a tin can. In one of the podcasts I listened to by Dr. Gretchen Ann Reily, you can hear a train go by!
The content was fabulous, but the ones I listened to seemed to geared more to High School AP or college level students.
I am amazed at how much information is out there! I am super excited to see what else I can learn.
iTunes has some great Podcasts by StoryCorps. They were really handy to use while teaching a "Story Telling" unit last two years. Gary has a good point though, there is a definite variance in the production quality of the podcasts. It can be time consuming to listen to all of them to find the 'gems'.
To be honest, I have never used iTunes before...pretty amazing that it's free. I certainly think there is a time and place for some of these podcasts in the classroom. I was drawn to 'Grammar Girl' which had several mini-lessons; both audio and video. One particular audio segment on this podcast involved the use of poetic devices. It gave students examples of these poetic devices (metaphors) using popular song lyrics. I loved this idea. Most of our kids have a proclivity to music. However, I did wonder about the length of a few of the podcasts for our age group. I don't know too many eighth graders who could just listen to a podcast that would be longer than 5-7 minutes. Overall, podcasting can create a link for our students to the social media. Does anyone know how it is filtered? Or is it?
I had a hard time finding podcasts that would appeal to my 3rd graders. A lot of these I found that interested me were quite lenghty. I am not sure that they would be into the CNN news for kids either. I did find some story podcasts that would be wonderful for read aloud time. The one that I can't wait to share with them next week is "The Night Before Thanksgiving." I am truely amazed at all of the podcasts that are out there! I have had an iPad for a year and have never downloaded a podcast. I now know that there are video ones and just audio ones. There is a wealth of information out there.
Glad you are all finding some great podcasts! Sharing great podcasts is one way to find gems to use in your classroom. As far as i know, there is no filtering, so it is important to listen to them before you play them with students.
At Fv we are doing a learning team based on “How full is your bucket”. I downloaded 3 podcasts for supplemental information to share for that ,and some audiobooks for fourth grade. The students like (and so do I listening to audiobooks during work times. Cnn is always a good resource for topical writing
As usual, I’m always looking for musical resources for the students as well that are fun but learning based (school house rock, one of my favorites from back in the day) I still know the words to those songs! I love that so much is available for free or really cheap.
I also downloaded a podcast for 6 traits-writing this week.
Quick, simple and nice for transitions? Hoping this might help me gather myself for “hiccup” moments?
Finally getting rolling on this. Listened to a few of the Grammar Girl posts and the coffee break Spanish. Not ready to subscribe to anything but see this as a great resource.
I to am just getting to the project. I listened to a number of different music lesson including ones on how to play ele. guitar, bass guitar, and durms. I also listened to some very good singing by some high school show choirs
Wow! Who knew? I already own an iMac so I THOUGHT that I was up to speed when it came to everything iTunes. Now I know I had little to no knowledge about podcasts - - and had been missing out on a great resource. I love the podcasts and especially loved the CNN student news. Current events are so important in the scheme of things and sometimes are left out because of time constraints. This is about eight minutes and can update students on issues and provoke discussions in the classroom. This could also be used as a springboard for journal writing or persuasive writing. Beyond CNN, I liked many other podcasts too. I liked some of the cultural podcasts that focused on music and will expose students to things I wouldn't be able to access easily (I teach Ancient World History to sixth graders). I can see how easy this is to use and how it aids in instruction and extension of concepts.
ReplyDeleteThis is my second try at a comment. I hope it doesn't show up twice, but I do want to say how amazing it is that you can find an audio, or even audio/video lesson about what your day's topic is on itunes at any given time. What is even more amazing is that I haven't already started using its ESL resources since it seems that those are its primary resources. I WILL be using this MUCH MORE often!!!
ReplyDeleteI was listening to Brain Food Dude talking about the Fourth of July. They were discussing the founding myths of the Revolution. We have lots of myths in history because they tell good stories and they have characters that we can identify with. They said that we should really be celebrating the Fourth of July on the 2nd. The vote and first signing were on the 2nd but the declaration wasn't sent out to the people until the 4th. John Adams has written to his wife about the signing in a letter on the 3rd. Yet we still celebrate on the 4th. PRynes
ReplyDeleteI have listened to podcasts in the past, but I am excited about the new ones I listened to this week that can be used in the classroom or be helpful to me as a teacher. My favorite new podcast is “Way with Words”. It was all about idioms, phrases, English words and their history, etc. People also called in with specific questions. As a speech-language pathologist, I work on idioms and figurative language phrases with some of my students with language disorders or children on the Autism spectrum. I listened to a “Grammar Girls Quick and Dirty Tips” podcast as well. The specific episode was about metaphors and similes. It was actually helpful for me to think about how I teach/explain different concepts to my students. Other podcasts I enjoy are: “Storynory” (Children’s stories), “WNYC Radiolab”, “Stuff You Should Know”, and the “Dave Ramsey Show”.
ReplyDeleteOne thing I realized while "surfing" through the podcasts on iTunes is that I can very quickly get so deep that I don't even remember how I got to a certain podcast. Crazy. I'm excited that I decided to dive back into podcasting to see what is out there for educational purposes.
ReplyDeleteOne of the first podcasts I found that will be fantastic for the personal finance class I teach is called "Money Girls Quick and Dirty Tips". The tips are fairly short and would be great to use with the students. I was also able to find a podcast called "Tech Talk 4 Teachers". It is a monthly podcast focusing on what is new in technology for teachers/education. "One Minute How To" is just a fun two to three minute clip on anything from how to get rid of clutter to how to launch a successful digital marketing campaign. I feel like I have only scratched the surface with what is out there for me.
I feel a little sad to say that I never knew that these podcasts where here! I live my life by itunes, it's so exciting what you can get for free!!! I listened to The Radio Adventures of Dr. Floyd, which are short clips about history in the form of old time radio. I also listened to Grammar Girl, that would be awesome to use for a quick mini lesson in the daily five!
ReplyDeleteCourtney Jameson
I have tried 3 times to post my comment here! I hope it works this time! I love the CNN Student News podcast. I feel that it would open up some great current event discussions with my 4th graders. The podcast is done in a kid-friendly manner, which makes some of the more difficult topics easier to chat about. I am thinking about using this in place of Social Studies or as a filler.
ReplyDeleteStill trying to post a comment... I found a few video podcasts to watch - Mathtrain - the topic was algebra. I'll have to keep checking to see if there is anything appropriate for kindergarten. I also listened to Smart Planet. The topic I viewed was multiple sclerosis. I'm sure there are more I haven't discovered. I liked the CNN student news as well for current events.
ReplyDeleteMy comment just posted!!! Finally. Google chrome works! -- Cindy (Anonymous /3:48 p.m. posting)
ReplyDeleteI looked at the blog after I had already subscribed to some podcasts. Funnily enough, two that I subscribed to were TED Talks and "Stuff You Missed in History Class". I have used "Stuff You Missed..." in the past when I was at L&C. I've tried to use it for my high school kids and they don't enjoy it as much. I'm looking for a history podcast for them that isn't boring to tears but also doesn't have those "witty" jokes that my students hate.
ReplyDeleteI also have my students watch CNN Student News. I usually get it off of the CNN website, but this is a much better way of getting to the news. It doesn't rely so much on my internet connection!
For the last few months my dad has been telling me about the free Podcasts he was getting on iTunes. Sadly, until now I haven't taken the time to explore these Podcasts. I'm amazed at how many Podcasts there are!
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed some of the Podcasts in kids and family. These Podcasts seemed to be what my students would enjoy. I liked The Radio Adventures of Dr. Floyd, which is short clips about history presented in radio theater and Did this Happen, which gives short "character clips" from history that are meant to start classroom discussions about various events in history. I love Storynory and Horror Stories. Great Podcasts I can use in my classroom for my students to listen to while they are working. I might be addicted!!! LOL
I checked out a few of the podcasts from TED Talks. I did not however discover any related to music in this category. I did enjoy the recycling podcast. I also found a podcast by a Dan Schmit who works for Apple and is from Nebraska about utilizing podcasting in the classroom. It was very informative and gave me some ideas of how I can begin using podcasting in my lessons. I was wondering however, is there a way to search only podcasts? I was looking for music specific podcasts and was only getting the mp3 downloads. Can anyone help me with this please??
ReplyDeleteRyan-
ReplyDeleteThe podcasts are organized by category in iTunes. If you click on Podcasts (across the top bar of links), you can click on the category Music. Also you can click on Audio above the word podcast quick links on the right hand panel. Let me know if that helps or not.
Thanks for sharing the TED talk podcast you listened to.
At first I only saw podcasts for subscription, not individual episodes, so I ended up subscribing and just listening to the first episode that I got. I heard the grammar girl talking about how to handle your editor criticizing you in an unpleasant way, and Stuff you missed in history class about Korean warships from the 1600s. I have to say that I was underwhelmed. But then I figured out how to download individual episodes, and it got way better. I don't see myself playing Grammar Girl for my classes, necessarily--it was pretty dry, and not brief. CNN student news seemed really good, though, and I did not realize that you could get video in podcasts. Brain Food Dude was long, but seemed interesting.
ReplyDeleteI found that the podcasts about science topics have lots of current information about what is going on in the scientific community. I found some on the current mission NASA is sending into space. I found an ask an astronomer series. I liked the Brainstuff, how do things work.
ReplyDeleteI found some awesome podcasts on the history of Rome which was amazing! I learned a lot my self. I also found a great deal of podcasts on American History but the quality varied greatly. Some were really interesting while some sounded like it was recorded in a tin can. In one of the podcasts I listened to by Dr. Gretchen Ann Reily, you can hear a train go by!
ReplyDeleteThe content was fabulous, but the ones I listened to seemed to geared more to High School AP or college level students.
I am amazed at how much information is out there! I am super excited to see what else I can learn.
iTunes has some great Podcasts by StoryCorps. They were really handy to use while teaching a "Story Telling" unit last two years. Gary has a good point though, there is a definite variance in the production quality of the podcasts. It can be time consuming to listen to all of them to find the 'gems'.
ReplyDeleteTo be honest, I have never used iTunes before...pretty amazing that it's free. I certainly think there is a time and place for some of these podcasts in the classroom. I was drawn to 'Grammar Girl' which had several mini-lessons; both audio and video. One particular audio segment on this podcast involved the use of poetic devices. It gave students examples of these poetic devices (metaphors) using popular song lyrics. I loved this idea. Most of our kids have a proclivity to music. However, I did wonder about the length of a few of the podcasts for our age group. I don't know too many eighth graders who could just listen to a podcast that would be longer than 5-7 minutes. Overall, podcasting can create a link for our students to the social media. Does anyone know how it is filtered? Or is it?
ReplyDeleteI had a hard time finding podcasts that would appeal to my 3rd graders. A lot of these I found that interested me were quite lenghty. I am not sure that they would be into the CNN news for kids either. I did find some story podcasts that would be wonderful for read aloud time. The one that I can't wait to share with them next week is "The Night Before Thanksgiving." I am truely amazed at all of the podcasts that are out there! I have had an iPad for a year and have never downloaded a podcast. I now know that there are video ones and just audio ones. There is a wealth of information out there.
ReplyDeleteGlad you are all finding some great podcasts! Sharing great podcasts is one way to find gems to use in your classroom. As far as i know, there is no filtering, so it is important to listen to them before you play them with students.
ReplyDeleteAt Fv we are doing a learning team based on “How full is your bucket”. I downloaded 3 podcasts for supplemental information to share for that ,and some audiobooks for fourth grade. The students like (and so do I listening to audiobooks during work times.
ReplyDeleteCnn is always a good resource for topical writing
As usual, I’m always looking for musical resources for the students as well that are fun but learning based (school house rock, one of my favorites from back in the day) I still know the words to those songs!
I love that so much is available for free or really cheap.
I also downloaded a podcast for 6 traits-writing this week.
Quick, simple and nice for transitions? Hoping this might help me gather myself for “hiccup” moments?
melba
Finally getting rolling on this. Listened to a few of the Grammar Girl posts and the coffee break Spanish. Not ready to subscribe to anything but see this as a great resource.
ReplyDeleteI to am just getting to the project. I listened to a number of different music lesson including ones on how to play ele. guitar, bass guitar, and durms. I also listened to some very good singing by some high school show choirs
ReplyDelete