Before completing this Podcast discovery I never really had much experience with them. I subscribed to a podcast on iTunes but it was mostly music, in hindsight I hardly ever listened to it. I also didn't know that podcasts could be continuously updated much like a RSS feed. The first place I looked was podcastalley.com. When I clicked the link to look at the most popular podcasts I found a lot of stuff on Paganism and Wiccan, kind of random. Most of the podcasts on the podcastalley.com seem to be personal in nature. I actually prefer using iTunes to search and download podcasts. iTunes organizes the podcasts in a more visually appealing manner. Also, the podcasts found on iTunes for the most part are higher quality and more professional sounding. One of the podcasts that caught my eye is called "Grammar Girl". Every podcast is a quick review of basic English grammatical rules. Sounds boring at first but once you listen to it it's actually really entertaining. I think this would be a great tool for teachers to use, especially because it involves nontraditional class room technology.
Here is a quick link to the podcast site on iTunes:
http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=173429229
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