Podcasts

I listened to 6 different podcasts to get an overview of how they presented themselves and their information. This assignment was designed for me to familiarize with different approaches, that are taken to podcast. Some of them were hard to listen to and not well presented, while others did a good job.
The fist one was MacBreak Weekly episode 114. It is about topics on Macintosh. The beginning of the podcast was very professional. The talker had a good radio voice. As it went on they had some technical difficulties. Basically they talked about Mac news and views from some of the top journalist.
The second one I listened to was KidCast podcast episode 57. It was about bringing podcasting to the classroom. The speaker had a good intro. He talked about 2008 kidcast podcasting awards in Education. The speaker tells you ideas of how to get your students podcasting and how to help them become better. This podcast was kind of a instructional/learning podcast.
The next podcast was This week in Photography episode 56. There were four men talking, Alex, Scott, Steve, and Ron. This is a discussion of photography tips, techniques, and technology. They were talking about things I've never heard of! It was a good intro but I was lost!
The next podcast was SmartBoard lessons episode 150. It had a good intro. It sounded very professional. Some of the podcast available, like this one, needed to get to the point. If something doesn't have a good intro I lose track.
Ed Tech Talk is Live,Interactive Ed tech conversation. This one is episode 15. It seemed a little unprofessional to me and they didn't know what they were doing. Although you can't expect technology to go right 100% of the time. They talked about computer safety. You need to monitor the children, know the children's passwords and talk to them. Even though the computer is in the Family room doesn't mean they won't go to sites that they are not supost to. They need to be monitored for their own safety.
The last one that I listened to was called iOpening-connect,learn,explore. They talked about Adobe and how Jaws was a free download. They also talked about how to do different technology. This podcast is designed to teach more about technology and computing.
After listening to all these podcast I don't think I would openly go on and listen to any one's podcast. First of all, I don't have the time! If it was pertaining to school I would. Although It is something new and exciting in technology. Different presenters had their podcast more organized than others. Some needed to work on their technology. It seemed they didn't know what they were doing. While other were rambling on about nothing.