Podcasts

The first one i listened to was the teachers' podcasts with Kathy King and Mark Gura, even though it was long, i was able to pay attention to a few things that were discussed. Basically they both talked about new technological innovations for education, their advantages and some disadvantages, however, they mostly talked their advantages. One thing that made it easier for me to keep my focus on their podcast was their enthusiasm about the topics, they are completely pro new technology to make education easier. One of the new innovations talked about was an online environment that will connect teachers and students. If students especially in high school are able to get online and access their homework or projects and see due dates and activities, there will be no more excuses as to why their work was not done. This is also effective for the students that are seriously sick and have to be out of school for a long period of time, that way they are not so behind when they come back because all their assignments and summary of lectures will be available for them. I thought this was a brilliant idea. The second podcast i listened to was about the new environment where medical personnel can communicate across the board about new equipments that are available out there, and also new information, new experiments and results. It basically connects all medical personnel and keeps them up to date about medical issues and information. This was at Health 2.0 and the owner of the company that created this outlet is Lance Hill. I thought this was interesting.

I actually preferred listening than reading because when it comes to reading i tend to browse and not really comprehend what I'm reading, i tend to get the overall gist of the information. Even though i was doing other things, i was still tuned in to what i was listening to. For me it would be listening to the text without visual modality because i found that the visual modality would have been irrelevant.

I actually used to record my professors lectures and used that to study for my exams and i found that it really helped me because it helped me remember and understand more because i could take my time and comprehend. Listening actually helps me understand more about a topic than reading would because somehow i am able to envision my self in the topic and i am more connected than if i was reading the topic.

So yeah, i would actually rather listen than read.