Podcasts for Week of April 2nd - 6th

Tech Chick Tips
Episode #22.5 Tech Chick Tips
March 30, 2007
The two women referenced Dan Schmidt's site - Kidcast awards - go to site Techchicktips.net - deadline for entering podcast on Dan's site is April 30th can go to intelligenic.com

Episode #20 Tech Chick Tips
February 27, 2007
Links for learning. ThinkQuest. org is a site for students from age 9 to 19 - collaborative educational site for kids - a place to post their projects.
Litesum-created by a 9th grader- searches wikipedia- does a search
Tuxpaint.org - drawing program for drawing for ages 3 to 12 - replacement for kids pix - free offer - basic brushes and stamps, etc... very easy, open source
Word.sc social dictionary - look up a word and put it right in the URL, program will pronounce the word for you and get a picture, site the word for you in the correct format -MLA, APA
They support extending your learning through collaboration. Post, blog, and share - how learning grows.

Kidcast
March 27, 2007
Episode 40
Time for Kidcast awards - two categories - Students - documentary(research findings, uncovering a concept), talk show (current events, teaching people through discussion, variety shows), drama (radio plays that teach, poetry) sound scene tour, where in the world?, Best in Show - recognizes the student podcast which exemplifies good podcast qualities (production quality, creativity, amount of learning obtained).
Second category is the teacher category for professional development or instructional materials.
Aiming contest at K -12 teachers and students, limitations - one podcast per category for each class. Can be enhanced podcast, video podcast, or regular podcast. Deadline is April 30th.

Dan would like to see many entries and intends to share these with listeners. Working on getting prizes for the winners. I thought this was a great idea and a way to get listeners to keep listening and a great way to promote podcasting. I personally can't wait till I get a chance to hear some of them.

Ewart Productions
Episode # 1
December 5, 2006

Wow!!!!!! Art historian, Christopher L.C.E. Witcombe gives a fact filled entertaining coverage of Leonardo da Vinci's painting of the Last Supper. This was a video podcast that was very well produced and informative of this art work. Witcombe did a great job! I learned that in this picture - 12 people couldn't possibly sit around this table but how he grouped the people into four clusters, one doesn't give a second thought to this small detail. It was better to group the people in clusters versus seating them in one straight line. I also got some great ideas for future podcasts, movies, or photos.