Technolgy Podcast

This week I completed my first podcast about the use of technology by my students.  The first step taken was to survey my three classes of students.  This survey revealed a couple of interesting points.  The first was that only half of my students have computers at home they can use.  The point was that only 7-of 64 students knew about or used a blog or podcast.  This was very different from the information we received in class.  The most common technology used by the students were television, cell phones, iPods, game players, computers, and stereos.  The majority of students stated that they used technology primarily for communication and entertainment.  The last step that I did was to interview four students who have used technology alot in their lives.  None of the four students had ever done a podcast or even knew about a podcast.  The students were very interested and excited during this podcast, especially when they heard their voices.  This podcast was provided to each of the three classes, at participants request, and the students were extremely interested in trying this in the future.http://www.archive.org/details/podcast%20108