Blogs & Podcasts

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1. Australian
   Includes both individual sites and compilations of sites in the educational area.
• Individual Sites :
• Beerkens’ Blog
  ‘Higher Education, Science & Innovation from a Global Perspective.’
• CourierMail
  Education blog from the major Queensland newspaper, based in Brisbane.
• Deadly Mob Meeting Place
  Provides a blog for Indigenous youth in outback areas to gain access training in a range of areas including literacy and media.‘ ’
• Education Watch International
  ‘Comments from Australia on the mostly parlous state of modern education by John J. Ray.’
• EduResources Weblog
  [Higher Education Resources Online]
  ‘This weblog focuses on locating, evaluating, discussing, and providing guidelines to instructional resources for faculty and students in higher education. The emphasis is on Free, shared, HE resources.’
• Homeschool Australia
  A blog on all things Homeschool from Beverley Paine.
• iHistory
  ‘Eaglehawk SC podcast project. iHistory combines local history with mobile technology. This is also a place for Dave Fagg’s musings on history teaching in general.’
• TLNewsau
  ‘Bits and Pieces of Interest to Teacher Librarians in Australia. Listed here are news items and resources that inform my professional learning journey … they may be of use to colleagues.’
• Link Portals :
• Directory of Australian Edubloggers
  ‘This site is a listing of all known Australian educators who have blogs and/or podcasts. Currently there are 63 [listed].’
• Gnoos
  Find latest updates for Aussie Blogs, Aussie Media and Global Blogs. See the top searches for the day and the hot tags.‘ ’
2. International
   Includes both individual sites and compilations of sites in the educational area.
• Individual Sites :
• Britannica Blog - Education
  All matters educational from the smallest to the largest topics. Even have it as an RSS Feed.
• History According to Bob
  ‘Professor Bob Packett has been teaching history for thirty-three years. Join us for a Podcast Journey through History. Professor Bob tells fascinating stories of historical people, places, and customs.’
• Misterteacher.com
  ‘Helping Elementary & Middle School teachers integrate technologies like blogs, podcasts, digital cameras, and more. More and more though, I think I just want to write about education and teaching strategies in general.’
• Once A Teacher
  ‘My blog is a commentary on professional development in education. It focuses on issues related to technology based professional development, teacher participation in professional development and trends in PD.’
• Schools Blog
  ‘News and updates for schools from within and around Microsoft.’ From the UK.
• Tellio : Reflections of Mid-Career Teacher
  [We Teach Ourselves]
  In addition to the blog there are shared items [scroll down, left]. Extensive archive.
• This Week in Education
  [Alexander Russo]
  Includes original and other selected commentary.
• Welcome to NCS-Tech !
  [Searching the web, blogosphere, listservs and the twitterverse for the best K-8 EDTECH resources, because … “You can’t spell TEACH without T-E-C-H!"]
  Search the archives using a variety of methods, read the latest news and follow the recommendations for some really top results.
• Link Portals :
• BlogNetNews - Education
  Access a range of blogs from among those on the right, and don’t forget to check listings under the blue tabs on the left.
• Education Blog List
  ‘This list only contains blogs with a Technorati rank greater than 50.’ From personal blogs to blogs on specific topics.
• Educator Blogs - Answers.com
  ‘The Answers.com Blogger Directory includes blogs dedicated to education, language and technology in the classroom. Below is a list of relevant blogs with original thoughts and creative ideas for growth of technology in the classroom. Browse for new lesson plan ideas, thought-provoking opinions and integral issues pertaining to education and technology today.’
• EdBlogger Praxis
  ‘Find Examples of Educator Blogs Online. Participate and comment. Are you an EdBlogger & EdPodcaster ? Submit your blog[s].’ Read the blog, as well as all the previous.
• Library Weblogs
  Provides an extensive listing of library oriented weblogs listed in individual, country directories. More than a dozen are listed for Australia.
• Live Mocha
  [Education Blog List]
  A ranked collection of more than 100 blogs covering a vast array of emphases.
• Podagogy
  [Where Podcasting Meets Teaching & Learning]
  Though it talks about podcasting, this is actually a blog. Check the Blog Roll at the upper right as well. US Based.
• The Academic Blog Portal
  Listed under Humanities, Professions & Useful Arts, Sciences, Social Sciences and Alternative Ordering methods.

1. Australian
   Includes both individual sites and compilations of sites in other areas.
• Individual Sites :
• Cuisine.com.au
  Quality information, top chefs, information from others, recipes and much more.
• Diary of an Average Australian
  The blog of an ‘everyday’ bloke.
• Entertainment [Undercover]
  Covers all areas of entertainment from books to media. From the ABC.
• Matilda
  ‘ … an answer came directed in a writing unexpected.’ An Australian literature website.
• One+One=Thr33
  For anything to do with design, architecture, media, ideas, culture & more. Links to related blogs, blog directories, photo albums and more.
• Regional Living Australia
  ‘Information about work, life and play in Regional Australia.’
• Link Portals :
• SMH Blog Central
  A considerable range of blogs from The Sydney Morning Herald covering everything from world news to home & garden, travel and life & leisure.
• The Australian, Blogs
  See blogs covering all aspects of Australian life and viewpoints from the opinion writers at The Australian.
• The Australian Index
  ‘Exploring Australian Blogs.’ Search for blogs by title or subject area. Read interesting posts from a range of sites, check recently added blogs, stories linked to blogs and more.
• The World’s Best Blogs
  Fascinating that this was done in 2003 [Sydney Morning Herald writer] and many of the blogs are still in existence ! Worth looking at to see what makes their longevity occur.
2. International
   Includes both individual sites and compilations of sites in other areas.
• Individual Sites :
• All about Microsoft
  ‘An unblinking eye on Microsoft [by Mary Jo Foley].’ If you want to know, this is the place to go.
• Britannica Blog
  ‘Where Ideas Matter.’ A range of categories are covered.
• Ev’s Tech Thought of the Day
  ‘Tech tips, hints, and general musings. PHP, Perl, Mysql, Oracle, Javascript, AJAX, JSON, Linux, Mac OSX.’
• Green Daily
  ‘A blog dedicated to all aspects of green living. Here you’ll find green tips, news, product reviews and commentary. Learn how to green up your life !’
• Iraq the Model
  ‘New points of view about then future of Iraq’ by Iraquis.
• Open Knowledge Foundation Weblog
  A wide range of categories, links to projects and fascinating inclusions.
• Parenting Teens
  ‘The content contained on this site is offered to the public as information, experiences, and the perspectives of other parents. ParentingTeens.com does not claim to offer any kind of medical or therapeutic advice or recommendations.’
• ScienceNOW
  ‘Your home for ScienceNOW daily news briefs, delivered fresh every weekday from Science Magazine’s award-winning team of journalists, and your gateway to other items of news interest on the Science sites.’
• Slashdot
  ‘News for Nerds. Stuff that matters.’Everything you want to know about tech news and more.
• The Map Room
  ‘The Map Room is a blog that points to maps, map collections, map-related resources, and material about maps on the web. Anything that fits under that rubric, from medieval mappæ mundi to satellite imagery, and from topo maps to Tolkien, is fair game.’
• The Official Google Blog
  ‘Insights from Googlers into our products, technology and the Google culture.’
• The Unofficial Apple Weblog [TUAW]
  Covers the truth, rumours and more about everything Apple.
• Link Portals :
• 100 Blogs We Love
  ‘Here are our favorite stops in the blogosphere, covering everything from high tech to low comedy and all manner of pursuits in between. By the Editors of PC World.’ Covers lifestyle. personalities, technology, commentary and several other areas.
• Blogger’s Choice Awards
  ‘The most popular user-generated blog voting site on the planet !’ Multiple categories including that of Education.
• 20 Essential Blog Directories
  [To Submit Your Blog To]
  Provides a brief background then lists the chosen sites with reasons why they should be considered. Several are also included in this selection.
• Best of the Web Blogs
  Search directories from Arts to Sports. 12 major directories covered. Considered among the absolute best of the directories.
• BlogCatalog
  ‘Blog Catalog is the premiere social blog directory on the internet. Whether you’re looking to promote your own blog or find blogs on various topics, this site is for you.’
• Blog Directory
  ‘Search in our blog directory for any blog you want to find. You can search through directory categories or through search box.’ Not the biggest but covers some different areas.
• Blogging Fusion
  Not only are there directories of blogs but among these are articles, photographic blogs and more, popular bog tags and statistics for site usage, blog usage and more.
• BlogTopList - Academics
  Access all the list [several hundred] or select specific aspects, many academic, other in related areas. They come from various countries and some are in other languages.
• Blog Universe
  [Blog, Podcast and Video Blog Directory]
  Directories from Arts to Video Blogs.
  Some sections need specific monitoring for younger people.
• EatonWeb Blog Directory
  ‘As the oldest blog directory on the web, Eatonweb is the perfect place to establish your blog’s online authority. But what really sets EatonWeb apart is the way we measure and display the importance of blogs in our directory. Each blog receives three rankings : strength, momentum and overall.’ Multiple, expandable directories including Education [Eatonweb].
• SuperBlog Directory
  An extensive range of directories and sub-directories, featured sites, the latest links, top hits, a forum and tools.
3. Making & Using Blogs
   This section also includes information about, and searching for, blogs.
• Bloglines
  ‘Create a personal Bloglines page loaded with the freshest news about the things you love.’ Subscribe for Free.
• Blogs in Education
  ‘I continue my investigation into blogging, the power and purpose in the classroom. To introduce this to our teachers I created two great activities that introduce blogs. If you would like my activities, send me an email, and I will send them to you in Word [meg@techteachers.com].’
• Blogs in Plain English
  ‘A video for people who wonder why blogs are such a big deal.’
• Express yourself. Start a blog
  All the details from WordPress.
• Technorati
  The home of information about everything to do with blogs, from searching [search for Education and you get 550 000+ links] to data and information of every imaginable kind.

1. Australian
   Includes both individual sites and compilations of sites in the educational area.
• Individual Sites :
• EdPod
  Fortnightly podcast from the ABC [Australia]. Archived material. Download audio versions.
• SkillSoup
  ‘Making the transition from high school to university or from undergraduate to post graduate studies can be challenging for many students.’ This podcast is one form of addressing this from the Australian National University’s Academic Skills and Learning Centre.
• TEE History Podcasts
  ‘The University of Western Australia worked with Perth Modern School to produce some TEE History revision podcasts. Dr Andrea Gaynor and Associate Professor Jenny Gregory from UWA were interviewed and recorded by students from Perth Modern School, answering questions relevant to the TEE History unit, Australia 1945-1990. The topics are Economics, Identity, Whitlam, Social Motivation and Vietnam.’
• The Career Path
  ‘The Career Path is a weekly segment with ABC Presenter Chris Coleman and local Careers Counsellor Karen Murray aimed at students from year nine, through TAFE, to University.’
• Up Close Podcast
  ‘Melbourne University Up Close is a fortnightly audio talk show about research, personalities and cultural offerings at the University of Melbourne.’
• Link Portals :
• ANU Podcasts
  A wide range of topics are covered in these podcasts from education to Climate Change.
• Teachers TV Australia
  ‘Teachers TV Australia is the Australian equivalent of the successful UK initiative, Teachers TV [see below]. Teachers TV content often features great teachers and teaching in action. Stories are focussed on classroom and school observation to illustrate how different teachers deal with challenges, ideas, problems, innovation and systems.’ Register for Free.
• University of Sydney Podcasts
  Access all episodes from 2006 and 2007.
• Griffith University Podcasts
  See the latest podcasts and also the full listing of what is available.
2. International
   Includes both individual sites and compilations of sites in the educational area.
• Individual Sites :
• 2c Worth
  ‘Teaching & Learning in the new information landscape …’
• Connect Learning
  ‘An educator since deep into the last century. Welcome to my microphone, and some outside the box ideas about classrooms, teaching, and learning in the 21st century.’
• Dangerously Irrelevant
  ‘Ruminations on technology, leadership, and the future of our schools.’ US based podcast.
• EdTechTalk
  ‘EdTechTalk is a community of educators interested in discussing and learning about the uses of educational technology. We webcast several live shows each week.’ Other options for listening are also provided.
• Education Transformation
  Interviews with significant educators as well as other educational material.
• Educators Corner
  ‘The Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders lecture series takes place every Wednesday during the academic quarters. You may subscribe via iTunes or directly via RSS feed.’ US based podcast with listing of the topics covering several years and emphasising entrepreneurial topics.
• English as a Second Language Podcast
  More for senior students and adults than younger people. Uses real life situations as the basis of the learning.
• Grammar Girl, Quick & Dirty Tips
  ‘Grammar Girl provides short, friendly tips to improve your writing. Covering the grammar rules and word choice guidelines that can confound even the best writers, Grammar Girl makes complex grammar questions simple with memory tricks to help you recall and apply those troublesome grammar rules.’ An award winning podcast.
• Havens Centre Audio Archives
  [From the University of Wisconsin, Madison]
  An eclectic collection of podcasts you can listen to or download. Data relating to usage of each is provided.
• Stanford on iTunes
  ‘Download courses, faculty lectures, interviews, music and sports. Play on your iPod, Mac or PC, or burn a CD. Stay Connected anytime, anywhere. Experience a wealth of learning from Stanford.#146;
• Teachers TV
  ‘Teachers TV is a channel for everyone who works in education, from heads to NQTs, governors to support staff. The programmes take you inside classrooms and schools across the UK to see how good teachers are bringing the curriculum to life and improving schools.’
• UChannel
  [Also Known as the University Channel]
  ‘A collection of public affairs lectures, panels and events from academic institutions all over the world - for you to view, listen to, stream or download.’
• Link Portals :
• Education Podcast Network
  ‘The Education Podcast Network is an effort to bring together into one place, the wide range of podcast programming that may be helpful to teachers looking for content to teach with and about, and to explore issues of teaching and learning in the 21st century.’ 100s of podcasts grouped in directories.
• Education Podcasts
  [From Preschool to PhDs]
  A quite extensive listing of annotated links to educational podcasts of every kind. Part of a larger podcast directory at Podfeed.net.
• Education Podcasts [Podanza]
  Check their Featured and Popular selections as well as the remainder.
• Educational Podcasts [Idiotvox]
  ‘It’s what you get at school. Often these podcasts are by educators and for educators, but there are also parents producing these casts. Typically, podcasts about education focus on improving learning and schools, or on theories of education.’ Includes the Top 10 at any time. US based, so not all may be relevant in Australia.
• PodCast Planet Education
  The Education listing on this site, with nearly 1 000 links to podcasts. You can page through or narrow it down to Higher Education, K-12 and Language in addition to the main Education listing.
• Podcasts for Educators, Schools & Colleges
  [Educational Podcasting for Teaching and Learning]
  ‘Welcome to educators, parents and carers everywhere. This is the first and best UK directory to locate quality podcasts from over 400 carefully selected podcast channels for educational use - ideal for teaching and learning activities with children, young people and educational professionals.’ In particular, check the material accessed through the left hand menu.
• Podlounge
  [Education Category]
  Almost 2 000 links are included and cover every aspect of education.
• UK EDucational Podcasts
  2 pages of often very well-annotated links to podcasts. Some are already included on this page.
3. Making & Using Podcasts
   This section also includes information about, and searching for, podcasts.
• Edupodder
  [Podcasting in Education]
  Explanatory information about what podcasting is and how it is created.
• Podcasts in the Classroom
  From the Western Australian Department of Education and Training comes this information on using podcasts in the educational setting.
• Podcasting Basics
  ‘Welcome to our introductory course on the basics of educational podcasting, designed for educators wanting to find out more about this topic. All visitors have “guest access” to the contents of this course.’
• Podcasting Production Nuts and Bolts
  A downloadable .pdf file giving all the information required on why and how of podcasting. From EdNA.
• Podcasting to Enhance Teaching & Learning
  [Podcast Academy]
  ‘Samantha Earp, Director of Foreign Language Technology Services at Duke University, discusses how podcasts can be used as a teaching tool. In addition to reviewing and defining the various possible formats, she also gives practical examples of their use, as well as how Duke is integrating podcasts into their curriculum.’ Part of the Podcast Academy series. Scroll down to see the selection when you reach this page.

1. Australian
   Includes both individual sites and compilations of sites in other areas.
• Individual Sites :
• AM
  ‘AM is Australia’s most informative morning current affairs program. It covers the stories each morning that the other current affairs teams follow for the rest of the day. You can listen to today’s full program or individual reports in Real Media, Microsoft Windows Media or MP3.’
• BobCasts
  Podcasts by Senator Bob Brown on politics, environment and more.
• Boyer Lectures
  Access all the lectures in all the series back to and including 1997 [minus 2002].
• BRAN
  ‘… a healthy dose of tech. Join Australian journalists Roulla Yiacoumi, Angus Kidman and Nathan Taylor as they chat about the big tech news of the week, on Australia’s edgiest tech podcast.’
• Enough Rope
  Download MP3 files covering all the guests seen on Enough Rope, with Andrew Denton.
• Lingua Franca
  From Australia’s ABC, comes this podcast based on the study of language.
• ScienceNOW Podcast
  ‘Science’s weekly podcast takes you on a tour of some interesting stories in the journal and on its sister sites. You can listen to these audiocasts on your own computer simply by clicking on the “Listen to MP3” links on the podcast announcements.’
• Link Portals :
• ABC Podcasting [Australia]
  ‘Use the navigation [on] the left to browse all ABC podcasts, or check out the highlights below [on the site]. For technical assistance and further information, visit the Help/FAQs section.’
• CSIROPod
  Find out how to receive CSIRO podcasts and check the listings of those available. Covers a range of topics that deal with matters in the education curriculum as well as outside.
• Radio National - Podcasts and MP3s
  ‘Welcome to Radio National’s MP3 audio and podcast service. Now you can download more and more of our broadcast programs and special features. You can hear entire programs, selected segments, and now special content compiled for podcast and download only.’ Select by alphabetical listing, subject area, extra downloads or highlighted sites. They also have a separate Education Page with sub-directory compilations.
• Science Podcasts
  ‘Get caught up in the podcasting frenzy, but in a sciencey way ! You can now have the latest ABC Science Online and Radio National science shows to download at your leisure or to have magically delivered when you subscribe via RSS feed.’
• The Podcast Network [TPN]
  Information and a selection of podcasts grouped under a series of major headings. ‘Today we have over half a million monthly listeners and have served over 4 million podcasts.’
2. International
   Includes both individual sites and compilations of sites in other areas.
• Individual Sites :
• ADHD Podcast for Children
  [The Dr. C & Elwood Show]
  Very short selection covering the topic by an American doctor and his puppet.
• American Phonic
  A podcast covering American historical documentation. Useful in the study of US history.
• BBC Global News
  ‘The best stories, interviews and on the spot reporting from around the world including highlights from Newshour, The World Today and World Briefing.’
• BBC History Magazine
  ‘ Welcome to the BBC History Magazine’s podcast page. To listen to the podcast, simply click on one of the links. If you don’t have a podcast player, you can download the mp3 files from the links.’
• BBC World Service
  ‘The best stories, interviews and on the spot reporting from around the world including highlights from Newshour, The World Today and World Briefing.’
• Radio Disney
  Material for the young and not quite so young. With the Disney name you should be assured of the quality and suitability of the material which is presented.
• Twit.tv
  [This Week In Tech]
  Done by Leo Laporte and friends. It covers news in a range of areas including both Mac and Windows and a wealth of other material.
• Link Portals :
• Digg.com Podcasts
  An eclectic collection from the sublime to the ridiculous.
• Culinary Media Network
  A collection of ‘food’ blogs with several highlighted.
• Discovery Channel Podcasts
  ‘Subscribe to podcasts from Discovery’s family of networks. Listen to your favorite Discovery Channel series and specials, download Discovery News reports, and get behind-the-scenes interviews with your favorite Discovery hosts.’
• Free Podcasts from National Geographic
  ‘Download the latest nature and science news, eye-opening photography, audio travel guides, classic video clips, world music coverage, and wild animal adventures with National Geographic’s free podcasts.’
• New Scientist
  Find the latest podcasts or work your way through the archived material.
• Podcast411
  Covers a range of podcasts, information and tutorials on how to podcast, news, tools and more.
• Podcast Alley
  ‘Podcast Alley is the podcast lovers portal. Featuring the best Podcast Directory and the Top 10 podcasts, as voted on by the listeners.’ Covers all areas, but the Education [Podcast Alley] listing is found here, with nearly 1 600 listed.
• Podcast Directory
  [Podcasting News]
  Select appropriate podcasts via the sub-categories or the options in the left hand column.
• PodcastDirectory.com
  A vast listing accessible through sub-directories and with specialist links on the left hand side [popularity, country, language, tags, what is podcasting, software, … . The Education [PodcastDirectory] directory is found here, also broken into sub-directories, as is The Health & Fitness Show.
• Podcast.com
  ‘Podcast.com is the ultimate podcast collection ! Now showing more than 60 000 podcasts.’ Grouped in multiple channels.
• Podcast.net
  [The Podcast Directory]
  Several thousand podcasts are included and accessible either through an alphabetical listing or via a series of directories. For Educational podcasts, you will need to go to specific areas as there is not an Education Directory as such.
• PodCast Planet
  With nearly 20 000 podcasts listed you can search via a range of criteria [‘Sort By’] or use the directories listed at the top.
• Public Radio Podcast Directory
  ‘The public radio programs listed below are available as recorded podcasts. Each program has a podfeed link. The easiest way to receive a podcast is to copy-and-paste the feed link into a podcasting program such as iTunes or Juice [was iPodder].’ Grouped in topic areas. Dominantly US based, but does contain links from around the world.
• Scientific American Podcasts
  If you want to know about science and you like podcasts as a way of finding out, you have to visit this site.
• The Disney Podcast Network
  ‘The Disney Podcast Network is a collective of some of the finest Disney Podcasts available on the internet. The DPN represents a family of unique shows which cater to different audience tastes.’
• Universe Today
  An extensive listing with sections from Asteroids to ‘Where in the Universe ?’. Selected podcasts are given more detail on the home page.
3. Making & Using Podcasts
   This section also includes information about, and searching for, podcasts.
• Create Podcasts
  Provides a number of links to sites telling how to create podcasts as well as links to software that will help.
• How to Create Your Own Podcast
  [A Step-by-Step Tutorial]
  Extensive, detailed information plus a series of links to podcast directories.
• How to Podcast
  ‘The definitive step-by-step guide on how to podcast without breaking the bank. The Free podcast tutorial that will take your podcast from concept to launch fast and for minimal cost.’
• Podcasting in Plain English
  ‘Despite being around for years, podcasting is often misunderstood. This video is our way of building awareness and hopefully adoption of a technology that any computer user can use.’
• PodProducer
  ‘PodProducer is a software tool that lets anyone create a podcast easily, with just a microphone or headset you can be recording your podcast in seconds.’ Freeware.