Overall, last semester's EDM 310 podcasts were really good. I don't know if I could do better than any of those students because I would be so nervous knowing that people around the world could listen to it. However, I have learned from these podcasts to be well prepared and to speak clearly. Most of the students who done these podcasts were very prepared, and they all spoke clearly.
From the four podcasts I listened to, I only wrote down a couple things that I would make sure not to do during a podcast. First, I will try to make sure I don't sound like I'm reading. During one podcast I listened to, I could tell one of the students was reading while all the other students seemed to be actually having a conversation. Also, I will try not to say "um" too many times, and I will not mention drinking alcohol at all during a podcast like one student did.
There were also things I liked about the podcasts that were done last semester. First of all, most of the students seemed comfortable during their podcasts. All the students researched their topics very well and even voiced their own opinions on some topics. Also, they help to reinforce what I've learned so far in my EDM 310 class that I'm taking right now and to give me insight on topics I haven't learned about yet.
The podcasts I listened to can be found at the link above. The four podcasts I listened to were "Blogging" with Ashley Corley, Brooke Busby, and Kimberly Pierce; "Burp Back Education" with Patricia Robbins, Megan St.Amant, and Courtney Morris; "What I learned from Randy Pausch's Last Lecture" with Brandy Wimberly, Amanda Bentley and Daniel Griffin; and "College of Education Classes and Technology Used in Them" with Kathryn Bentley, Kerrie Owens and Hanna Nolan.
Don't be nervous. I doubt anyone other than the people in the edm classes will ever get a hold of our podcasts. But yeah, i agree with you on the whole reading instead of conversing thing. I did not encounter that with the podcasts that i listened to, but it would make it boring.
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