Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Thing 20 – Finding and Subscribing to Podcasts

This “thing” could not have come along at a better time. I upgraded some of my personal electronics, and now have had to learn how to negotiate iTunes for my family. It has not been as difficult as I expected it to be. On iTunes. I was able to find several podcasts that were interesting. The UI of iTunes is very intuitive. I have subscribed to weekly podcasts through iTunes of Grammar Girl, BrainStuff, NPR: Technology Podcast, and TechStuff. I am trying to be connected to interesting popular podcasts that will keep my mind active.

I also did some searching in the education and podcast network. It is fairly easy to find material that will is of interest to me. However, there was not a very helpful description, and I had to get deeper into the search in order to find out if the podcast site was what I had expected. I'm able to hear the podcasts over my computer without problem. However at this point, I do not know how to load podcasts from EPN to my mp3 player. Being able to listen to podcasts on the go is really useful when they are longer in length and require additional time to their listening.

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