Two peas in a podcast

I'm getting close to the end of my 23 new technologies...so sad. But I noticed on the PLAN blog that Carol mentioned a blog that has something new to learn every day. Woo hoo... http://rameyerguam.blogspot.com/ AND there is a great song to accompany your reading.

Alrighty...Podcasting...

Yahoo! Podcasts was the only site I could get to from work...we have them blocked...However, Yahoo! says they are one of the largest and most organized collections of podcasts on the net.

The first thing I search for is Buddhism...102 results...with 3 of them being series...AND they're FREE!!! Who knew??? Mr Buddhist Librarian has an MP3 thing but we PAY for the audiofiles he downloads. I searched for one of his favorites, Alan Watts, and Great Googly Moogly...PILES of his lectures. The hubster will be beside himself.

Oh...Oh My Goodness... There is a Harry Potter Podcast. WAIT!!! Why am I surprised? For the record, I love Harry and Cannot wait until the 21st!!! Hang a sec...I have to post another blog...

And I'm back... I HAD to get that HP countdown widget on the blog... One of Learning Technology gurus just stopped by and he'd recently been to an iTunes workshop. iTunes has an iTunes U for educational podcasts. I asked what that meant for us and he explained that Florida has an agreement of sorts with iTunes to provide space for podcasts to students. This is a GREAT idea!! Students can pay attention in class instead of trying to copy down everything the instructor is saying...been there, done that...They can note key phrases and then go back and listen to the podcast to review. THEN the school's RSS feed can be updated to alert students and instructors when the podcasts are available for downloading. Love it!!

Back to Yahoo! Podcasts...I searched for Library and found several libraries that have employed this technology. Arizona State University has all sorts of podcasts.

LibVibe is library news with the tag "book reviews" but it looks like there is news and other info as well.

Book Voyages "is a podcast about children's literature from a school library media specialist"

Open stacks is info for librarians on libraries.

NPR Books is book reviews, news and author interviews.

I like the idea of creating a podcast of an author visit or special lecture so that people who have to work or are otherwise unable to attend can still participate in library events. I think my phone can support podcasts...It might be time to investigate that...