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=**TOP OF THE PODS**=


 * ===//What is podcasting?//=== || [[image:ipod.jpg align="center"]] ||

A podcast is a web feed of audio or video files placed on the Internet for anyone to subscribe to. (see [|wikipedia] for more)

//Why the popularity?//


 * Apple's marketing!
 * familiarity with radio
 * intersection with entertainment
 * no change in methodology needed

//My suspicions/reservations!//


 * no change in methodology
 * yet another teacher broadcast tool

They come and go, and not many manage to be regular. There are good ones that require registration, and sometimes payment. Those listed here are all free.

(AMEP), to broadcast short audio files recorded by them to practise their English. pulls in video, and audio, all within good learning activity contexts. By Rosa Ochoa [|http://rosao.podomatic.com]
 * ESL**
 * Let's Talk** is a space for a group of ESOL students, mostly new arrivals

[|Sydney's People Podcast] a blog with interviews with fluent speakers of English. The podcasts are usually supplemented with worksheets to help ESL listeners with comprehension and to provide additional writing practise. http://rosaspodcast.blogspot.com/. By Rosa Ochoa

A fun study site for learners of English as a Second Language http://www.manythings.org/e/podcasts.html Activities (songs, grammar exercises) for teaching, links to Voice of America’s simplified boradcast in podcast format. By Charles Kelly
 * Interesting Things for ESL Students**


 * Englishcaster** – “the best place to find English lesson podcasts and other study materials” for both students and educators: EFL, ESL, TESOL, TEFL. You can listen to, rate, review and submit podcasts http://www.englishcaster.com/

http://pod-efl.wikispaces.com/ELTPodcastProjects
 * Assorted podcasts** by teachers and students:

http://bardwellroad.podomatic.com/ - made by students
 * Bardwell Road****:** “For English language students, by English language students”


 * Other 'Teaching Podcasts'**


 * Who said what in literature?** http://www.whosaid.org/cast/

Tony Whitingham, Teacher – Instructional Design and Digital Arts, Randwick College,SI http://tonywh.podomatic.com/ Supported with a wiki at http://tafepodcasts.wikispaces.com/


 * Primary Schools**

http://podkids.com.au/
 * Room 3** podcast from the Orange Grove Primary School in Western Australia

and podcasts on their Apple Macs. New Zealand http://room5.podomatic.com/
 * Pine Hill School** podcast where 9 and 10 year old students create movies


 * Support**


 * Shine**: http://odeo.com/channel/115838/view (not many episodes there yet but very engaging content on sexual health for youth)


 * PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT**


 * Talking VTE** - A **podcast** blog filled with interviews and recordings made at conferences, seminars and workshops throughout the Australian VET System. Managed by Stephan Ridgway from Sydney Institute http://talkingvte.blogspot.com/

http://aquaculturepda.podomatic.com/
 * Mobile Technology in TAFE** by Sue Waters, Challenger TAFE (WA)


 * Delia's Podcast** - thoughts on using Voice Technologies. By Delia Bradshaw - http://deliab.podomatic.com/

http://michaelc.podomatic.com/
 * Podding Downunder** – Michael Coghlan – a general mix of reflections on education


 * This Week in Tech:** Your first podcast of the week is the last word in tech. Join Leo Laporte, Patrick Norton, Kevin Rose, John C. Dvorak, and other tech luminaries in a roundtable discussion of the latest trends in high tech. Winner of People's Choice Podcast and Best Technology Podcast in the 2005 People's Choice Podcast Awards. Released every Sunday at midnight Pacific. http://www.twit.tv/

http://www.absolutely-intercultural.com/
 * Absolutely Intercultural** - the first podcast in the world to deal with intercultural issues. looking at all intercultural aspects of human intercultural communication.


 * Connect Learning**, with David Warlick - 'some outside the box ideas about classrooms, teaching, and learning in the 21st century'. http://davidwarlick.com/connectlearning/


 * ENTERTAINMENT**


 * Australia Talks Back** is a daily national talkback program presented by Paul Barclay. It provides a forum for discussion of a specific topic with the involvement of expert guests. You can hear the views of people in capital cities, provincial towns, on farms and in remote communities. Topics range from politics, economics, social and international affairs to sex, drugs and rock'n'roll. Monday to Thursday tackles one topic a day; Friday reviews the week's discussion. Australia Talks Back is published every weekday. http://www.abc.net.au/rn/australiatalksback/default.htm


 * Late Night Live** “the most downloaded podcast in the world” Philip Adams http://www.abc.net.au/rn/latenightlive/

//Vodcasts:// if you missed it. http://www.abc.net.au/tv/chaser/war/vodcast/
 * The Chaser's war on everything** Vodcast is a good way to catch the show
 * Ask a Ninja:** A popular and very offbeat (funny) videoblog. http://www.askaninja.com/


 * PODCAST DIRECTORIES FOR EDUCATORS**

http://recap.ltd.uk/podcasting/index.php
 * Educational podcasting for teaching and learning** -.This is the first UK directory and the best website to find podcasts for educational use from 300 podcast channels - ideal for activities with children, young people and educational professionals. Lists subject specific podcasts


 * EPN – Education Podcast Network** - http://epnweb.org/; lists subject specific podcasts

Medical Podcasts - http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=47403


 * OTHER DIRECTORIES AND RESOURCES**


 * **The Podlounge Podcasting Community** http://www.thepodlounge.com/ Australian section at http://www.podlounge.com.au/index.php
 * Podcasting in Education (Sean Fitzgerald) - includes a great section on why and how you might use podcasting in education http://seanfitz.wikispaces.com/access2005
 * [|Quick Guide to Podcasting for Windows Users] (Chris Harvey) http://superuser.com.au/documents/podcast_on_windows/
 * Another [|guide to Podcasting] (from Michael Abulencia) - includes info on creating your own RSS feeds http://www.dlsweb.rmit.edu.au/set/pace/podcast/guide.pdf
 * Introduction to Podcasting & Videoblogging in Education (Stephan Ridgway) http://sridgway.wikispaces.com/IntroductionToPodcasting
 * **Podcasting Workhop** – Michael Coghlan [|http://users.chariot.net.au/~michaelc/vol/pod_wshop.htm]

Michael Coghlan michaelc@chariot.net.au