Podcasts for Teachers: Step One Receiving Info from a Podcast

Exploring podcasts is another new adventure for me, but this is one for which I have especially been  interested.  The trouble with the internet is that it is filled with infinite information, posted by everyone, and often verified by no one.  As a novice, I decided to stick to the big names that have been evaluated.  From there, I will venture forth to find the brilliant with less credentialing, which is a group to which I hope to belong some day!

My first stop on this journey was at National Public Radio and I found that they have a multitude of podcasts dedicated at Education:NPR.   The first story that intrigued me was African Americans Fly High with Math & Science which is a story about an individual deciding to go above and beyond his comfort zone, pushing himself, and committing to promote STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics).  To listen to the podcast, you click on the blue arrow and you can listen to his 10 minute story.  In the right margin suggestions appeared for additional stories that may peak my interest, and with all of the data gathering used by Google, it was no surprise that an article about cyber schools was right there.  This podcast discussed for-profit cyber schools falling short of their sales pitch.  I enjoyed the low-tech approach of the podcast:  these were real people with believable stories, paired with downloadable transcripts so one could easily draw quotes from the podcast at a future date.     I was unable to find an RSS feed for NPR, so I will continue my search.

Using iTunes it was very easy to find and subscribe to podcasts via RSS feeds.  Unfortunately, I am not sure how to share that information, so I will use a quick screen capture to show you my subscriptions:

I have selected to receive daily podcasts from Morning Joe, weekly from Washington Week Video, and a one time download of  50 Physics Lectures. 

 My next adventure will be to create my own podcast, but in my explorations this evening I found instructions on how to make my own podcast, which will be my adventure tomorrow evening! If you cannot wait to find out how I will make my own, click on the image of 'Making a Podcast', it is just a hyper link that will take you to the iTunes page on how to make your own podcast.