Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Thing 19 - Pod People

We have played this game and are fans, indeed.  As soon as we discovered that "Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me" was available, podcasting was a done deal. How else to get through long car drives?
We have since added several other news and humor podcasts to our RSS feed. We added "Mugglecast" directly to our iTunes just to try something new.  Granted, we don't always have time to listen to all these things, but they're there when the fancy (or the need for a roadtrip) strikes.
The content websites were all quite easy to navigate, and we wasted nearly a hour (but an enjoyable one) catching 3 episodes of "Dr. Horrible." But we were particularly intrigued by the Educational Broadcast site.  We have been creating student works in Garage Band and iMovie for several years now and have always wondered if there was a next step.  The issue is always security.  One does worry that identifying the school and even the 1st names of the adorable children who are there every day is not too much information, not to mention showing their faces on video. How do these schools manage the issue of parental permission and security? Would love to hear some comments on this.   

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