Podcasting

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 For our assignment this week I listened to a podcast about practice interviewing and one on technology.  I had tried to listen to a podcast about home improvement, but had difficulty playing the podcast.  Appartently I needed to install something else on my computer to listen to the podcast, but I was unsure what that something else was.  Although I was unable to listen to the podcast, I could have read the transcript that was available about the podcast.  I really like the idea of making a transcript available with the podcast.  There was a big difference between the two podcasts.  The second podcast was created in a much more professional manner – from tone to sound quality.  After reading more about podcast I am beginning to develop a better understanding of the potential of a podcast.  The following is a link to my sample podcast: http://www.nvcc.edu/home/chjensen/podcast.mp3

In Search of Blogs

In my recent search for blogs, I came across the following blog: http://www.ipfw.edu/dlearning/blogs/.  This a blog of distance learning students and staff at Indiana University – Purdue University Fort Wayne.  There is a link to this blog on the main DL web site at http://www.ipfw.edu/dlearning/.   I really liked how this blog presents a day in the life of some students as well as provides an opportunity for the director to introduce himself and encourage students to provide feedback.  I located this blog as a result of a search in Yahoo! I tried using Technorati (http://www.technorati.com) but was unsuccessful in obtaining beneficial results with the search terms I was using.  The distance learning blog that I found could be considered an effective use of blogs in education for the following reasons: it provides an opportunity for students and staff to learn more about one another, it provides an opportunity for individuals new to DL a chance to meet and “talk” with someone currently involved in DL, and it could serve as a vehicle students could use to communicate with one another outside of the “classroom” environment. 

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