The first podcast I listen to was "Burp Back Education" by Patricia Robbins, Megan St. Amant and Courtney Morris. The podcasters spoke about what Dr. Strange refers to as "Burp Back" education. Basically when students learn some facts, listen to lectures, take a tests, and then forget the all the facts. All podcasters agreed with Dr. Strange in the we should NOT use burp back education as future teachers. Some teachers today don't use this method of teaching, they actually let the students engage in conversation and learn what they need to know. We can easily use different forms of technology so taht our students don't burp back facts.
The second podcast I listened to was "Facebook as an Education tool?" by Theola Hine and Larrica Smith. Theola and Larrica both discussed how Facebook could be educational. On Facebook, you can create groups and you can network with other students you can also get memos and other alerts from your campus. It really helps groups, committees and other organizations. Most people use Facebook more than university e-mail so it would be more effective.
The third podcast I listened to was "Technology used at the University of South Alabama." The podcasters were Jennifer Harris, Alison Hawes, Amelia Perkins. They discussed how technology that is used in their classes here at South Alabama. A few forms of technology were Moodle, Online classes (We need more of them!!), USA Online, and Foliotek (Many students have to learn it by themselves).
My last podcast was my own, "ALEX and ACCESS: Alabama District Learning", by myself, Aison Davis, and Brooke Elder. We discussed all the perks of using ALEX and ACCESS for a better opportunity for AP students. We also pointed out all of the subjects that students can take including Chinese!!!
All of these podcasts were very informative but I think that everyone could have been better prepared, and not as nervous. There were many awkward silences, but overall many of them were informative and had many good points!
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