Podcast Blues

This week was a mixed bag for me. I had difficulty with several of the podcast sites. And for some reason, it seems like I always have a hard time with the iTunes site. The window will never close for me (it just freezes on me) and I have to work around it. Even when I'm synching music, some of the tabs aren't there at first and I get so confused and frustrated. I don't know why that happens. I go to the help tab but still, I do what it says and it doesn't work. Argh! practive, practice, practice.

I downloaded the newer version (9?) and it seems to be going OK for me and on a positive note, I had no IDEA what wonderful free podcasts they have! I must get a car adaptor so I can listen to my iPod when driving--- for music, books and podcasts.

I'm curious though: I wonder how students would react to the podcasts of educational content? I totally get how they like their music and maybe some of them would like to listen to books and it would great to encourage it with reluctant or struggling readers but I'm wondering if high school students would actually listen to educational podcasts? I know they'd listen to friends and would probably really get into "creating" one.

All this iPod talk this week is making me pine for an iPod Touch! They really are beautiful!

I didn't have time to complete the voice thread/video assignment so I will have to complete that tomorrow and post it. This week had a lot of content and assignemnts and was a bit overwhelming. It was the first week where I really felt both overwhelmed and ineffective! It'll get better.

On a more postive note, the CANTON BOYS HOCKEY TEAM WON THE DIV.II CHAMPIONSHIP AT THE GARDEN TODAY!

It was a great game and well deserved for the team! I'm so glad I went with my family to watch it.