Different Approaches to Podcasts

I have listened to podcasts from SmartBoard, KidCast, ConnectLearning, EdTechtalk, MacBreak Weekly, and This Week in Photography. I found differences in these podcasts in how they were set up and presented. Some of them had similar affects but were used for differents purposes.
SmartBoard used music as an entrance and also used it as a background while different people were talking. The podcast sounded like radio and it was a debate between a group of people. This was much like the podcast by MacBreak Weekly. It also sounded like radio talk but the music was used for blending between discussion.
The podcast by This Week in Photography was also similar to SmartBoard because it had music as an entrance and during talking but this podcast also had phone discussion. The KidCast podcast was a bit like the MacBreak Weekly podcast because it also had music to blend one section to another.
The podcast by ConnectLearning did not have any music and was help to students from a professor. This podcast was used to get in touch with students to give them assignments and to get them caught up if they did not get to class. The podcast by EdTechtalk also had no music but was a group discussion by a mediator and a group and people that differed.
Listening to these podcasts made me realize that if i do a podcast i would like to have an intoduction and a little music. Those podcasts with music really made it more interesting to listen to and actually seemed more professional.

Randy Pausch's Teaching Methods

Randy Pausch's lecture was awesome and very entertaining. I learned a lot from watching, especially about having a more optimistic approach to everything. I would love to have a teacher as experienced as this man is. I think I could have him as a teacher for every semester of my college career and I would still have a great amount to learn from him.
The first thing that really stood out to me about him that everyone should do is have life goals. He set goals for himself and actually went through with almost all of them. He accomplished these goals because he was very determined and wouldn't take no for an answer. When you have a teacher like this it is a good person to look up to and strive to be in the workplace.
Randy Pausch is a good teacher because he allows his students free reign to give their ideas and do hands on activities. His students actually surprised him because he allowed them to communicate their own opinions and experiment on them.
Randy Pausch would share his own ideas and experiences with the students and they could elaborate on them. They felt they learned a lot and he felt he learned something from them. He said some of the classes would get a little out of hand but it was worth it for the results he received.

iTunes University

iTunes University has been developing and giving access to teachers and students. Students are able to pull up a recording of the course and look at course content at their daily leisure. iTunes University provides 24/7 access, one can look at what they need to see on iTunes while they are working, waiting, walking, etc. ITunes provides better, more vivid images that one could not get otherwise. The schools that use this can be open to the public for others that want to learn. If a student feel they cannot get a good education because they do not live near a good school, they can use iTunes University.
iTunes Univeristy is helping students get a better, broader education by giving good access to a range of people with a range of courses. It also helps teachers explore technology and work on their computer skills.