Thing 20 - Podcasts 2

I took a look at the Education Podcast Network, and clicked into Secondary school podcats. My complaint here is that the titles are not helpful, and they are not organized by subject, so I feel as though I am blindly clicking in (also, several were not available when clicked on). There were also only 20 listed under Secondary schools. I then tried Podcast Alley. I was pleased to see that it as possible, as you suggested, to browse by genre- however, under Government, for instance, it showed 18 podcasts, but once you entered the gov't section, there was actually only one. The fact that they are not specifically created for educational purposes, as you mentioned, creates another obstacle here. In thinking about podcasts, it seems to me that I might not be specifically searching for podcasts. The point is, if I come across them, for instance, within our subscription databases, I will not be intimidated. I used my itunes to subscribe to three NPR podcasts. I am getting on a plane to L.A. tomorrow and will listen to: NPR's Culturetopia, NPR's Books and NPR's StoryCorps! It was Easy Peasey, as they say..... I can also see the benefit in learning to create one, and will try to do so this year, using Audacity, to perhaps create a booktalk for an English class.