Thing 20

I know that I have subscribed to some podcasts at school before. But I'm not exactly sure where they are...Maybe they are on iTunes on my school computer? Maybe saved on my drive on the school server? I don't know. I wasn't exactly sure what I was doing when I subscribed to them last year. But now that I have a better idea, maybe I can figure out if I still have them saved on my computer. If not, I can figure out how to subscribe to other podcasts in the future. And now that I know how to use them and access them, I can use them in my classroom.

My favorite search tool was on iTunes. It was very easy to search for and subscribe to podcasts. I did try out PodCast Alley. I found the MayoClinic Medical Edge Radio podcast there, copied the URL, and figured out how to add that to my iTunes account. I also used The Education Podcast Network to find, download, and add to my iTunes account a show called, "Science on the Wild Side." Overall, iTunes was definitely my favorite. But I'm glad to know how to use the others in the future.

I subscribed to several podcasts from NPR using the iTunes directory: This American Life, Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!, and A Prairie Home Companion's News from Lake Wobegon.
I also subscribed to NPR: Hummm...Krulwich on Science and NOVA ScienceNOW. I have used a number of the ScienceNOW episodes in my class in the past. I really like them, and love the idea of being able to access them easily and listen to them on the go (on my iPod). And Robert Krulwich used to host ScienceNOW, and I love listening to him on NPR now. So, I subscribed to that podcast as well.

Although it's not a podcast you can subscribe to (since it it too old), here is one of my most favorite This American Life stories: http://www.thisamericanlife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx?episode=61 I couldn't download it for free, but here is a link. Act 1 of Fiasco! is just so funny!! My husband and I heard this originally as we were driving. We could hardly contain ourselves...we laughed for hours afterwards!