Eutopia Podcast

The first podcast that I listened to was "The Edible Schoolyard". The podcast was done at Martin Luther King Middle School in Burkely, California. The students involved in the podcast were in the sixth grade. The podcast was about using gardening to teach math, social studies, science, and life. The gardening was a daily activity performed one hour in the morning at Martin Luther King Middle School. The students at this school perform tasks such as planting and harvesting different types of food. After the food is grown the students go into the cooking lab and learn how to cook different types of food, such as pies. This experience teaches students how to cooporate well with others and how to build a community. "The Edible Schoolyard" concept was created by Alice Waters while trying to improve school lunches.

The second podcast that I listened to was "A Night in the Global Village". This podcast was done in Denver, Colorado by teachers and students from Rocky Mountain School of Expeditionary Learning. The students and teachers from the Rocky Mountain School became involved in the Global Gateway Program. This program allows students to feel what it is like to walk in someone elses shoes. This program was made to help students become aware of world poverty and hunger. The students and teachers who are involved in this program must stay a night in the village. The villages are made to represent different types of living conditions from different countries around the world. Some of the countries are Thailand and Guatemala. Some of the other living conditions are the Appliachian Mountains and a rufugee camp. Before the students and their teachers and/or chaperones stay the night they all visit the different villages. When visiting the villages the students and teachers learn about the various countries poverty, hunger, and sanitzion conditions.

I enjoyed listening to both of these podcast. I think that these podcast were by far the most interesting that I have listened to this semester. I think that incorporating podcast, such as these into lesson plans is a great experience for all students. These podcast will help me to teach the students the information they should be learing while using a hands-on approach.

I think that podcasts are great technologies to incorporate into the classroom. I think that the video podcasting is more interesting than regular podcasting. Video podcasting not only gives the students the information on the subject, but also keeps the students attention by demonstration with verbal directions. I plan to use incorporate video podcasting into my daily classroom lessons. I think that podcasting will teach the students while keeping them interested in the subject. Podcasting allows teachers to incorporate learning into the classroom by other teaching methods. Video podcasting meets all students learning styles.