Thing 19 -- Podcasts

I listened to a podcast from MN Public Radio called the "Grammar Grater" since I am a card-carrying member of the Grammar Police. I think that site was the easiest to find a podcast I wanted, given it was clearly organized. I enjoyed the podcast and have subscribed to it. I've included a link here as well. (The title is a hot link.)

I hope to figure out podcasting to do as well. My school has already occasionally posted mp3 recordings, so I think we can do one more formally as well. My teacher-partner and I are going to work on learning this, so if we figure it out, I'll post our effort here.

Curriculum Planning and 23 Things

While I am still firmly in the middle of my learning from 23 Things on a stick, I am finding that this progam is helping spur my thinking in how to improve the curriculum for library and technology at my school. Our students (K through 8) need to know these skills to succeed in the world that awaits them.

My technology colleague and I have already thought of many ways to use what I have learned so far.

For example:
* blog in Hebrew with their Israeli partners (Blogger is Hebrew-enabled)
* podcast songs and other materials to help students learn
* compare and teach how to use bookmarks on the desktop vs. del.icio.us
* use wikis or Google Docs for collaborative work

This program has done a great deal to help us think of interesting and fun things to do to bring our classrooms into the 21st century. Thanks for providing me with this opportunity.