I have been exposed to Podcasts in my Instructional Technology class because we have to make one as part of our assignment. I have to admit though, I did not do a whole lot of research on the subject. I did check out a couple of the directories suggested and decided that the easiest for me to navigate were PodcastDirectory.com and The Education Podcast Network. Although EPN did not have many choices for music, there were still quite a few resources for Podcasts. I chose to check out the Podcasts on Smithsonian Folkways. Smithsonian Folkways is the nonprofit record label of the Smithsonian Museum and had so many options for great music. Much of it is independent but it is such a wonderful tool for music educators because it allows students to be exposed to current music that is independent (which in my opinion, is almost always better than the "popular" stuff). I settled on "Sound Sessions" which is a series of Podcasts that talks about different songs from the Folkways archive. I decided to subscribe to this Podcast series with my Bloglines account. Here is a link to one of the Podcasts about Jean Richie who is known as the "Mother of Folk." Although these particular Podcasts run about an hour in length, they are very informative and I think pieces could certainly be used in the classroom.
Peace!
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