“Possibilities for Using Facebook in an Educational Setting” hosted by Allison Midgette and Shaundretta Bethel ( pictured on left) was a pod cast discussing the pros and cons for using Facebook in the classroom. I think the girls were very well informed however, I think they needed to speak up a bit and have more of a discussion type conversation. They did not exchange a lot of dialog between the two. The each took a turn and basically gave their opinion one at a time.
I personally am not familiar with face book so I can not really agree or disagree with their opinions. However, I do know have ideas of ways I could use Facebook in my classroom where before listening to them I had no idea. They definitely did their research and were very knowledgeable about facebook. Comparing this to other podcast I have listened to I think if the topic is approached as more of a discussion it holds the listener’s attention more.
The second Podcast I listened to was “YouTube for Educational Purposes” hosted by Joel Graham, Noelle Shipman and Kimberly Kelly. I enjoyed listening to this Podcast more because the used a conversation format and interacted with each other more than the first group. They actually discussed the pros and cons of YouTube in the class room. They did talk about some of the inappropriate material on this site and that if students were going to have access to it they would have to be closely monitored. I really appreciated them not just focusing on the positive so if I every use it in my class I’ll know to be monitor my students very closely.
I think they did this cast very well. I did however listen to the Podcast “Watchers or Listeners: How Do We Respond?” hosted by John Hardman, John Strange, Keri Ashworth, and Autumn Jordan and I must say their cast was the best to me. However, they did have Dr. Strange on the cast with them directing them a little. But they had a casual conversation about Dr. Strange’s article he had written. Their conversation flowed well and it kept my interest through out.
If you would like to listen to these or other podcast please follow the link Dr.Strange Podcast.
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