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Single Feed

I just uploaded the Teachnology03-19-05 QuickCast, so if your media aggregator (iPodder, iPodderX, Doppler, etc) doesn't catch it the next time it checks for new podcasts, then you may want to check to make sure you have the following feed entered for Teachnology:

http://feeds.feedburner.com/Teachnology

QuickCast about Podcasts and Blogs on our Single Feed

Here's some interesting educational podcasts that I enjoy, and some general information about them. They are not listed in any particular order.

Teach42, hosted by Steve Dembo, blends practical tools with the right doses of philosophy and perspective. On his blog, he has listed several free, open-source software titles for educational uses here . Feed

Kelly Dumont has a weekly podcast, The Educational Mac, that discusses Mac software uses in the classroom. Feed

History According to Bob is a daily podcast that Professor Bob Packett, covering different historical topics. Professor Packett has an effective conversational style to get out his message that includes interesting anectdotes and unique perspectives. Feed

Some recent topics include:

• Otto Von Bismarck - Iron Chancellor or Iron Liver and Lungs?
• Chariot Racing - Ancient Rome's Nascar
• The History of the Finger - The International Gesture of Disdain
• Pirate Rules - Why is my left leg worth less than my right?

Professor Packett has an effective conversational style to get out his message that includes interesting anectdotes and unique perspectives. Feed

Jeff Moore is an educational technology specialist that hosts One Big Head, which discusses educational philosophy, trends, technology-based solutions, research and ideas. Feed

The Daily Idiom, hosted by Robert Diem, examines everyday idioms about three times per week. Feed

Here's some educational blogs I enjoy reading:

Bud The Teacher is, amongst other things, investigating how use blogs and wikis for instruction.

The Education Wonks discusses education-related issues. It also hosts The Carnival of Education, which provides links to informative and interesting educator posts each week.

The Art of Getting By is a written by an educator, though it rarely, if ever, deals with education issues. It also offers an aesthetically marvelous design!

One Feed on Saturday

On Saturday, March 19, Teachnology will delete the feedburner feed that has mobilepodcast in the URL. However, we will continue to provide our listeners with effective instructional tools through our permanent feedburner feed which can be found below:

http://feeds.feedburner.com/Teachnology

On Saturday, I will send out a QuickCast on the permanent (and only) feed to verify to our listeners that they have the correct (and only) feed. If you have not received that QuickCast by Sunday morning then simply launch your favorite aggregator and enter the permanent feed address.

Saturday's QuickCast will be a brief talk about a few educational podcasts that I love listening to (besides Teachnology ;->), so you don't want to miss it!

I sincerely appologize for any inconvenience or confusion our multiple feeds have caused to our listeners.

Thanks for listening (and reading)!

Internet4Classrooms and Platonic Realms

What an exciting week! My 7th grade girls won their conference tournament over the weekend. Listen how I seamlessly integrate that into the show as to avoid sounding like I'm bragging (unlike here in the show notes!).

We have a ton of things in the hopper. We've got The Daily Idiom, A Word A Day, and the much anticipated, Microsoft Ad Slogan of the Week. Most importantly, our featured sites are going to give you some great instructional tools. First, we're going to talk about Internet4Classrooms. Then we'll investigate an intense math site, Platonic Realms.

Internet4Classrooms is a links site that has a rich library of helpful sites for teachers and students. The three areas that impressed me the most were Links for K-12 Teachers, Daily Dose of the Web, and On-Line Practice Modules.

On a recent visit to Internet4Classrooms, I found a great math site called Platonic Realms, which is geared toward secondary/post-secondary level math students and teachers. I've really enjoyed Today's Math Moment, which are short shockwave multimedia presentations. For example, today's topic (March 10), Why Isn't 1 a Prime Number, gives an interesting explanation that goes beyond the definition, albeit very quickly. I've also found their Daily Challenge to be just that--a challenge. There's other features that are well worth the time to check them out. This is definitely not a static site that looks the same from one month to the next. Several features change on a daily basis. It's a fantastic math site!