Blogs

• Award Winners from eSchool News
  • Assorted Stuff   Named Best Classroom Instruction Blog for Teachers http://www.assortedstuff.com/
  • Applied Science Research  Named Best Classroom Instruction Blog for Students http://www.appliedscienceresearch.blogspot.com/
  • Moving at the Speed of Creativity  Named Best Education Theory Blog  http://www.speedofcreativity.org/
  • Eduwonk  Named Best K-12 Administration Blog  http://www.eduwonk.com/
• Blogger  Step-by-step directions to create a blog  http://www.blogger.com/start
• Blogline  Can create or subscribe to blogs and check for updates.  It is also an aggregator (which converts blogs to RSS feeds).  http://www.bloglines.com/
• Blogs in Education  http://awd.cl.uh.edu/blog/
• Edublog  Creates free blogs for teachers, librarians, researchers, etc.  http://edublogs.org/
• Goochland Blogs  Great example of how blogs are used in one school.  Select Goochland Blogs and get information about blogging and then select Teacher Weblogs to see what teachers are doing.  http://www.glnd.k12.va.us/
• How to Set Up a Blog in Your Classroom  Gives lots of ways to use blogs  http://www.edutopia.org/whats-next-2007-BLOG
• learning now  PBS site blog site covering the Internet's influence on the classroom.  http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/learning.now/
• Think.com  This is a safe blogging site for classroom use.  http://www.think.com
• We the Teachers  Not exactly a blog, but a learning community for teachers  http://www.wetheteachers.com/
• WordPress  Can post blogs on this site.  http://wordpress.com/

Dave P.'s Blogs
    Roadtrips of the "Buckeye Four"  http://roadtripsbuckeye4.blogspot.com 
    Papabama   http://papabama.blogspot.com

Ria's Blog
    Using Games in Education  http://gamesinschool.blogspot.com

Podcasts

• Apple Computer  http://www.apple.com/podcasting
• iTunes  Easy tool to bring podcasts onto your computer.  Free download  http://www.apple.com/itunes/
• iPodder  http://ipodder.com/ Free download (Windows)
• iPodderX --This site is changing.  It is for Macs and will be up soon.
• Podcast User Magazine (download PDF)  http://podcastusermagazine.com
• Education Podcast Network  http://epnweb.org
• Podcast411  http://www.wnyc.org/about/podcasting.html
• Podcasting in Education  http://edupodder.com
• Podzinger  Podcasting directory
• iPod and Podcasting in Education  http://web.mac.com/ipodcentral/iWeb/iPodCentral/Hello.html
• Style Master Pod Guide  http://www.westciv.com/news/podguide.html
• WinPodder  http://winpodder.com/

Easiest way to get a podcast to your computer
and ultimately to your MP3 player.

1. Go to to iTunes.  If you don't have it, go to www.apple.com/itunes and download it.

2. Select "Music Store" (on the left).  Everything is stored in Music Store.

3. Select Podcasts in the menu under the title "Inside the Music Store"

4. Select your area of interest from those listed, e.g. Education.

5. You get a whole list of featured podcasts.  Select the one you would like and select "subscribe."

6. This opens up your podcast library.  Select the podcast you want and click "Get."  You're given how long the podcast is and an overview of the topic.

iPod Users

7. You can now listen to this from your computer.  OR

8. If you have an iPod, you can now plug it in and it will allow you to sync this onto your MP3 player.

Other MP3 Players

7. You can now listen to this from your computer. OR

8. You probably have a program that will help you sync the content that comes with your MP3 player.  On the Dell MP3 player, it is Musicmatch or Jukebox.

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