Comments on: Episode 19 – Big Things in Small Packages

By: Derek

Derek — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 22:31:29 +0000

I’ve just posted an episode of my teaching center’s podcast that’s relevant to Episode 19′s discussion of laptops in the classroom. In our podcast episode (http://blogs.vanderbilt.edu/cftpodcast), a biomedical engineering faculty member discusses ways in which he has his students use their laptops in his courses. Our engineering school has a laptop requirement, so all his students have very similar laptops.

As you guys mentioned in your podcast, once laptops get small enough and especially cheap enough, more and more students will likely have them available to bring to class. I think this engineering faculty member has some good ideas for making the most of situations like this.

By: Meg Stewart

Meg Stewart — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 13:00:04 +0000

Oops, that last comment was about episode 20.

By: Meg Stewart

Meg Stewart — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 12:59:14 +0000

You wondered why people might be listening to podcasts. Is it the iPod boom? Yes. Is it long commutes? Yes. But my main times for listening to podcsts are during my gym time and when walking the dog. I can easily multitask with the earbuds in. And with your podcast in particular, I am working since nearly everything you say is directly relevant to my job in instructional tehnology.

One other thing, I think that podcasts are enjoyable much the way listening to radio used to be enjoyable. Radio now is filled with ads and podcasts are not. Plus listening is another very critical way of taking information in, as opposed to reading a book/manuscript or watching a lecture.