I have spent a great deal of time searching for some math podcasts that were solely audio. Math is a very visual discipline. However, I do believe that there is a place for audio podcasts in mathematics - introducing material, reviewing vocabulary, and asking some open ended questions where the students produce the visual they think is necessay. An audio podcast is quicker to put together than a video and students can listen to them anytime - you don't need a screen to view. Also, I am limited with my technology knowledge of getting the video to work for me. With that said I came across The Math Grad podcasts. It covers some higher level mathematics, which I believe my AP Calculus students will be able to follow. Consequently, I could use a few of these in class. Unfortunately, it looks like there are not going to be any additional podcasts. The last one was produced in May 2009.
I continued my math search and found a few other inactive podcasts. Consequently, I change my search to education and came across EdTechTalk - A Collaborative Open Webcasting Community. EdTechTalk has several podcast series all dealing with technology and education. I chose to subscribe to EdTechWeekly as I was intrigued by the last podcast "Facebook, Privacy, and Social Networking". This podcast included an 18 year-old who shared what she knew and didn't know about privacy on facebook and what is being taught in her school with regards to social networking - issues all school are dealing with. All the podcasts focus with the role of technology in education and I hope by listening to these podcasts I will be able learn new ideas and keep up with the incredible changes that are occurring.
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