C4T #1: Jenny’s Learning

iPad in My Classroom

In Ms. Jenny blog, she talked about how they are using a new technology in the classroom. The iPad became an interesting tool for her and her students. The students love having the iPad in the classroom that they behave just to get to use it. She use the iPad for reading and math activities. They have fun and learn at the same time. I feel that something new in the classrooms that the students can learn from is always a good idea. I just love how she is bring technology in her classroom. Something I will be doing in my future classroom as well.

Having a Go at Photography

I love this blog Ms. Jenny wrote. She talked about taking a picture with her iPhone. She made a good point about how you do not have to have the finest things to make things work. She took lovely picture of flowers just with her phone and not with a expensive camera. I feel that many people for get to realize before all this high tech tools, things was done a much simple way. I may not have an iPad or Mac but the tools I do have works just fine. Like Ms. Jenny said, "The happiest people don’t have everything, they just make the best of everything.".

Project #5: All About Me

Blog Post #3

Peer Editing

Viewing Peer Editing, Peer Edit With Perfection Tutorial, and Writing Peer Review Top 10 Mistakes has made me aware that it is really helpful for peer editing. Helping others on their grammar, writing skills, or any of their work is very important. I feel that any feed back that I get on my blog assignments will be helpful to me and making better decision on my writing errors. I have learn so much from these videos and slidshow. I feel that teachers starting kids off young in peer editing is a good way for helping each other in their educational experience. It helps them to communicate with each other and help them to know they are not alone in making mistakes. Its better to have feedback from a peer then a teacher. Peer editing will become a major tool in my future classroom.

Technology in Special Education

This video was very interesting to me. Special need kids have a special place in the world today. They touch many teachers hearts who works with them and they try so hard to make a difference because they do not want to feel left out. The use of technology helps them out a whole lot more then people think. This video taught me how to deal with special need children that I may encounter with in the teaching field. Computers can be a handy tool for someone who have multiple disabilities. They can see their work on hand, they can listen to the computer as it read the work out loud for them, it can also be voice command, and also can be a touch screen,such as ipads, for those who can not write. Technology is a very help tool in a child's life who is special need leaner.

How the iPad Works with Academics for Autism

This video is about a little boy name Braden who is autistic and his parents helps him learn by using the iPad. The use of the iPad and its tools helps Braden to learn how to count, spell, read and write words. The use of this technology changed this little boy life forever. Using the tools and the downloaded apps to help him, had made learning more fun for him. I do not have a iPad but I do have a the Samsung Galaxy 2 tablet and I have downloaded many apps for my three year old son. I love the kids shape, alphabets, and numbers apps he use. He likes them because its teaching him his shapes, alphabets, and number in a fun way but he is still learning. Any child with a disabilities can learn and have fun learning with the technology we use today, such as the iPad.There are many different apps that can be downloaded for each grade level or age group. A new way of learning through the iPad.

Harness Your Students Digital Smarts By: Vicki Davis

I agree with everything Ms. Vicki was talking about in this video. There are so many kids that cannot learn because they are not a pencil and paper learner. There are a lot of student who are hands on and visual learners. When a teacher just lecture to their students their tension span does not last long and they get bored. When students having fun learning they intend to be more focus. Ms. Vicki has stepped up and taught her students things about technology they didn't know. In return, she learn things from her students that she did not know. It was a cycle of learning. I believe with the way society is going, technology is basically going to be our only way of teaching our students. As rapidly as technology is evolving, paper and pencils will be extinct and out of the question eventually.

Blog Post #2

Did You Know? By John Strange
This video was very interesting because it told many different facts about what is going on in our society today versus what was going on in the past. According to this video, English is becoming a universal language and the United States is the "smartest" country. According to the video, over 25% of the population of India with the highest IQ's out numbers the entire population of the United States. As a future educator I find this quite alarming. It makes me wonder what we are doing that is so wrong. Are we not pushing our children hard enough, are we pushing them too hard, or do we just expecting them to teach themselves? It is estimated that 18 million Chinese speak English now and 300 million are "learners", according to the video, so that means that if the "learners" do speak Chinese fluently, there will be more Chinese who speak English than the entire population of the United States.The video also stated that YouTube and Google are used quite extensively. More so than what we know. Every day millions of videos are uploaded and watched. We shouldn't fool ourselves into thinking that we are the only ones using YouTube. Millions of searches are also made on Google every minute. In the past years this type of technology was not even here yet. Children did not have cell phones or computers. Now 93% of 8-18 year olds have computers, including minorities. Technology has become more and more advanced over the past few years and only has more room to grow. Most of the jobs that are created over the next few years will be using new technology, technology that we don't even know how to use yet. As educators we will be responsible for teaching these students how to use these technologies effectively.

Mr. Winkle Wakes By: Matthew Needleman
This video was quite interesting. It starts out with a man named Mr. Winkle who slept for 100 years and awoke to find that the world had changed so much. He couldn't get over the fact that people used computers, printers, and face time to communicate. It was strange to him. He decided since he was feeling so bad that he would go to a hospital, but once there, he realized that the hospital was just the same as everywhere else. People were kept alive by machines that breathed air into his lungs and Doctors looked at x-rays and used lasers to help make people better. Mr. Winkle was not used to this at all. After walking down the road a bit, he finds a school and decides to step inside. Once inside he decides he likes what he sees because there are no computers, only teachers who lecture the kids and they take notes. He liked the fact that after 100 years at least schools had not changed by adding technology to the curriculum. I like how the creator of this video brought up the fact that technology has not been brought into the schools like it should be. In our society today technology is widely used by children and instead of educators embracing this, it seems like they have pushed it farther away. These children need to be taught how to use technology because of the fact that our society is going to be strictly a technology based society, we are well on our way there, if we're not there already.

Sir Ken Robinson: The Importance of Creativity
This video was great. I have really never known for a long time that we are completely ignoring the creativity that children have. Instead of embracing it, we are pushing it away and trying to teach them to mask it because they should act a certain way in schools. In this video he brings about many different valid points. He compares education to religion and money, these are two very touch subjects, but when it comes to education, people get fired up as well because they believe that things should be done a certain way, but only a select few will actually take the steps to achieve their goals. I agree with what he said about the fact that society today squanders the talents of children instead of accepting them. There are so many talented people who don't use their talents because they are taught from a young age that they will never get a job doing something such as being an artist, or a singer, or a dancer. So they just steer clear of doing those things.

A Day Made of Glass 2
I think it would be amazing to have such technology such as glass in the future learning fields. I loved the classroom atmosphere in the video. The students can bring their glass tables to class and it connects to the main board in the classroom. A technology like that in the future classrooms would be very helpful. The teacher can send each student their work and it can be saved with a click of a button. Plus using a technology such as glass will keep the students more focus and more eager to learn. It can make learning more fun and understanding. The future will look brighter. If I ever get a chance to experience something like this in my classroom or in the future it will be a great advantage to me and my classroom. It will be a great advantage to the world.

PROJECT #2

BLOG POST #1

About Me
My name is Jeanette Kelley, 23, and I’m originally from Brooklyn, NY but lived and graduated from high school from Excel High School. After I graduated from high school I attended and graduated from Alabama Southern Community College with my Associates. I then moved to Mobile to attend University of South Alabama for Elementary Education. I always loved helping children, especially my son, nieces, and nephews. I feel I can make a difference in their lives, so I know I can in someone else’s life. I’m ready to move forward in my life. I have learned a lot first go round in this course, and welling to learning more interesting facts about EDM310 this go round.

 I’m six months pregnant with a baby boy and due at the end of the semester. I love spending time with my three year old son and mostly my family. He is very happy to be a big brother soon. Family and God come first in my life. Without them I would not be where I am today. This semester started off hard for me with a death in the family, but I hope to finish the semester with a positive mind and an A.

Randy Pausch on Time Management
While watching Dr. Pausch's video, I learned a few new things. I found it very interesting that he said it was beneficial to make a "to-do list" and once you made that list that you should do the "ugliest" thing first. This makes sense once you think about it because I know that I don't want to do that one awful thing so I usually just put it off until the last minute. Which means I'm usually rushing to get work finished 30 minutes before it's due. I don't really have time management issues anymore since I've gotten older, but I do tend to procrastinate on things that I dread doing. I also liked how he said we should ask "Why am I doing this?" to everything on our list and then asking "What happens if we don't do it?" There are always consequences. "Doing the right thing adequately is more important than doing the wrong things beautifully" was my favorite quote of the video. When completing things it is more important to take your time and do them correctly the first time instead of waiting and doing them wrong.

Blog Post #14: Final Reflection

Please excuse the "umm's" I was also a little sick. But I did my best. Thank You EDM310 Staff for a wonderful course. Sorry for the video being sideways my webcam and phone was both recording this way.

Project # 13

For the group projects we had to do, my group and I basically kept in touch through mostly emails. We used Skype to talk about project 15. We use these form of communication to collaborate with ideas for our projects and to come up with meeting times for the group. We all shared our shared our ideas and and used our tools to get our projects done. We had fun and enjoyed each other company.

Final Project #16

Final Report on my PLN

My PLN has become more creative. I have come to use more website daily.It still is a great way to organize all your favorite websites. Its a fast and easy way to have every website you use on hand.  I am now following more teachers on twitter and using more helpful site. I have learned so much from this course about technology and still will continue after the course. I think many people should have a PLN. Its great for anyone.

Blog Post #13

This week we had to go 24 hours without using technology. I fail to comply with the activity after numerous of times. It was so hard going 24 hours without using my phone, watching TV, using my computer, or getting on Facebook. Its hard for me because I have a three year old son that stays with my sister and I call her just about every hour. When you have a child that is an hour away my cell phone is my friend all through out the day. I'm not from Mobile so I talked to my family just about everyday. Having relatives that lives up North and the only connection is Facebook was even harder. Having to use my computer to check for  emails from my group or instructor was even harder.  It was going well at work but once I got off work I totally forgot till I got home. I had to place a poster on my wall in my living room saying "NO TECHNOLOGY FOR 24 HOURS". When I was at home it was easy not to use technology but once I leave the house it was hard. Now that I'm having a baby I need to have my phone on me at all times. I can truly say I cannot live without my technology for 24 hours. Sad but so true. I think when my students enter my classroom in the future they will be already use to much technology. I'm pretty sure they will sneak and use their cell phones for texting or games because I have done so myself in school. I will try to let them know there is more to technology then Facebook, or cell phones and other things. Getting the students to do more with their hands and out doors can bring much nature to the class as well as technology. As teachers we have to be creative in all ways.

Project # 15: Smartboard Presentation Part II

Blog Post # 12

1. Watch these video's Technology in Special Education Classroom and Teaching Special Education. Think about how technology can help in the special education classrooms. Write two to three paragraphs about how you can make a difference with your students if you were teaching a special education class in cooperating technology in the class. Following the requirements in Writing a Quality Blog Post.

2. Also write a one to two paragraph on how using technology with other subjects in the classroom. Such as math, reading, social studies, arts, or other subject.

Both video's was great. I think using technology in the classroom to help students over come many obstacles in learning is great.  Technology in Special Education was a great video where the teacher use technology heavy in the classroom to make the day go by easy. Letting the students use the computers to help them with their work makes it easy for the teacher and the student. Some students have trouble reading, so they can read a long with the computer or they can just listen. I like how the young boy use the iPad to learn how to trace numbers and letters.

A child's education is very important and how they learn is even more important. Teaching Special Education was a great video. Nothing like a teacher understanding where her students is coming from and how they feel. Knowing there is a student out there  that cannot express their self because of their situation. Mrs. Vogelsang use her feedback from her students as a positive reinforcement. Knowing that she is making a difference in her student lives, makes a difference in her's. It may take some time for the students to be where they need to be but soon they will get there. She love using the Smart Board because it gets the students more involved with class activities and the laptops as well. She made a statement which is "its has to be something you want, it have to be something in your heart you want to do."

Using technology in the classroom to teach any subject can be fun. Math, reading, arts, history, or even science. Its just how you use technology to make it work for you and the students. Its so much you can do with the Smart Board, laptops, iPad's, cameras, iPod's, blogging, and even podcast. I feel that what make the learning fun, the student will love to learn. Technology is fun and learning from it besides sitting in a classroom reading from a book or listening to the teacher lecture all the time can be a great change. There will be much technology in my future classroom. It will not be new to the classroom much but I can make a difference with it with my future students.

C4K Final Post

We had to write on a kids blog for three weeks. Even though my student did not comment on her blog for her second week, I was giving another student blog for the other two weeks. My first student was a young girl that loves having fun in school and spending time with her family and friends. Her name was Melissa, she is 11 and have a lot of hobbies and interest. She made a Prezi about her life. She was very creative and have a lot of activities that I would love to try some day. My next student is 18brbe, I really did not get a name for the student but they had a post on the honey badgers. I learn from the student blog that a poisonous snake can't even kill a honey badger, they just pass out for a couple of hours and they back at it. They are wild creatures and nothing can't stop them. The honey badgers also not afraid of anything. I wish i was as brave as a honey badger.

My third student name was Jessica T.. She wrote a post about littering. She feels that the Earth is turning into a city dump. As a world, we can make a difference. One person can make a small difference but a group or a lot of people can make a change. I wrote on her blog post on how I had to do a class project for extra credit in a course by helping to clean up a community. It was fun, I met new people and as a group we made a difference in that community. Earth is where we live, we can live longer if we kept the place where we live clean. My last student was a first grade student name Camryn. She wrote about how she went to Disney World and pet a dolphin. I thought that is was cute. Even though her words was mixed up, I kind of knew what she was trying to say. I think if they start off young they will not have a problem with technology when they get older. They all did a good job and I hope they keep up the good work.

Progress Report for Final Project

My group and I have really likes the idea of doing a group project using the smart board. We have kept in touch and up to date using Skype, text messages, and mostly email. We mainly talked about the ideas and things we wanted to do for our project. We came up with many ideas and cannot wait to meet up to record our final plain for the project. Hope we do a great job.

Blog Post # 11

Little kids... Big Potential is an awesome video by a first grade class using technology. For the students to be so young they are well educated. They know so much about technology at an young age. They each have their own blog and a classroom webpage. It amaze me how young they are that they know so much. Their teacher, Mrs. Cassidy, should be very proud of them. They knew not to leave nothing mean on someone blog. They knew if they write on their blog everyday, that their writing skills will improve. They learn through their blogs, wikis, classroom webpage, videos, and their Nintendo DS. They liked to Skype with other classes from other states or towns. It Just amazed me at the ages they are they was well educated.

For Mrs. Cassidy Skype Interview, she has accepted technology into her classroom over ten years ago and has been using it ever since. She helped her students in many ways with the five computers that was giving to her class. She learn how to make webpage and blogs to help her students learn. The blogs is like an online progress. Parents can check up on their child through the classroom web or their personal blogs to see what they have been doing in the class. I like how she said "the world will go on without blogging, but one of the things the students get with blogging that they cannot get with paper and pencil is an audience. They are learning to communicate with other students around the world and not just the students in their classroom. She  also thinks teachers need to be technology literate. I think so as well because its much more then word processor or Microsoft software. I also liked when she says "getting information off of other people blog is not cheating its collaborating." She made a good statement because I have learn so much this semester through other people blogs post.

I would love to use technology in the my future classroom. I would love to use blogs, Skype, wikis, videos, and much more technology in the classroom for a fun learning experience. But there will still be class work without technology. They will even now and then use paper and pencil. I do not want technology to take over the classroom complete because I do not want the students to forget whats more important. Sometimes technology can be just a tab bit to much fun. When I took computer courses in school or college I could not stay focus without  chatting or being on Facebook or YouTube. I want them to learn but also have fun.

Blog Post # 10

Do You Teach or Do You Educate? was a great video. Being an educator is more important then just being able to teach. An educator is a mentor, an advisor, a guider that guides a person who advises and show the way.  I love the statement that was stated in the video "Education makes a people easy to lead, but difficult to drive, easy to govern but impossible to enslave" quoted by Peter Brougham. I think I would be a good educator. I will love to mentor the young and guide them in the right direction. I was always teach to but had a few that educated me. I had a mentor, a guider, and an advisor that cared for me and my education. She never gave up on me even when my family and friends did. She was the best teacher and educator that I will always remember.  "EDUCATION IS THE KINDLING OF A FLAME NOT THE FILLING OF A VESSEL. -SOCRATES"

Don't Let Them Take Pencils Home. Mr. John post was very good. On the other hand his post was not about pencils. One of his focus was about how teachers will focus on eliminating a problem, rather than promoting a solution to the problem. I think his main focus was about technology and how students should be able to take technology home. Technology is a good thing and can help students achieve a lot through using many networks. Mr. John made a good point about letting the students use technology but have fun using it.

C4T: Flipteaching, Ramsey Musallam

My C4T# 3 was a teacher name Ramsey Musallam. His first post I commented on was an interview video of him poolside at a teacher conference. He talked about how he use a flipteaching tool to flip information for students so they can have a better understanding. I thought it was neat and cool. Some students can get very confused when they do not understand the material they have to use or tools they have to use to do a class project, activities, or assignments. So he flip the information so they can get a better understanding. I told him it was cool and he commented back saying thanks and if I need any more information to email him. That was a plus for me.

C4K Summary Post

I had a student from Canada name Melissa. She is eleven years old and is in the sixth grade. She used Prezi to create a blog post about herself. She is also part french. She have three best friends and many other good friends. She is the only child and  has a pet rabbit name fluffy. She have four cousin and  love doing activities with her family. She have a lot of awesome hobbies that I wish I can do in my spire time but school and work take up much of that time. Some of her hobbies are four wheeling, dirt biking, playing the Wii, listening to music and more. She plays a lot of sports such as volley ball, soccer, cross country, basketball and many others. She is a very active you girl. I asked her do she like blogging and how long have she been blogging.

My second student was Klaudia. Her post was about getting 500 blog post before Easter. She had made a big challenge with her teacher that she and her classmates can get five hundred blog post before Easter and if they accomplish their goal her and the class with have a party for their achievement. So all the students have to post at least three to four times a day.  I thought that was brave of her and a big challenge to accomplish and I hope they get their party.

Blog Post #9

On Mr. Joe McClung's blog post What I've Learn This Year (2008-09), he writes about what he learned from his first year of teaching. The first thing he learn was to be more student centered. He stated that most teachers become so concerned about delivering the content that they forget whats more important in teaching, which is checking for student comprehension. He also writes about being flexible. He says " NO LESSON IS EVER PERFECT. THE LESSON YOU TEACH AND THE ONE YOU PLAN IS ALWAYS DIFFERENT." I believe this because there is no way anyone can stick to exact lesson plan because it will be hard and boring. There will be mistakes but Mr. Joe says "work with it and try to better the situation.

He also talks about communication. It can be hard sometimes but communication is the key. Do not let things get out the hand with fellow teachers or students. Always work things out with them and find the best solution through communication. Also he states to not set high expectation for students. They are not perfect and so are teacher. We cannot expect them to meet expectation if we have not done it ourselves. "Our job as teachers is to simply pick them up after they fail, dust them off, and encourage them to try again." 

Mr. Clung also writes about not being afraid of technology, technology is our friend. I love technology so that would not be a problem for me to introduce to my students. I learn so much in this EDM310 course that technology is a blessing. Another important tip he gave was to LISTEN TO YOUR STUDENTS. I feel that this is important in teaching or not. Never know what they is trying to say is important. I also agree with him by taking the time out to know your students. At the end of his blog he states never stop learning. As educators, I think its important to learn as much as we can because something is always changing or being added into our world. I loved his blog post, it just makes me more motivated to do what I have to do to feel the experience of being a first year educator.

Blog Post #8

Richard Miller talks about in his video This is How we Dream Part 1 and 2 how multimedia is changing technology and how we teach. Technology makes it easy for us to research material without opening a book or going to a library to do research. We can do all our research with a click of a button. Its faster to find something using the internet then looking it up in a book. Dictionaries, encyclopedic, and much more is available to us through a internet search. Learning should be fun and with technology we can make it interesting and fun. Richard also talks about the changes in writing  multimedia and how its changing our community and the world around us. There where two man points he talked about which was the Incremental and Fundamental change. Time is changing and  so is technology and the we teach.

Carly Pugh Blog Post #12 was so awesome. All her ideas and comments was good. She was very detailed and right to the point.  The video she shared and posted on her blog was very awesome and good examples of her YouTube play list. She did a good job on her post. It inspired me to put more work into my blog post and just have with it. Her post went along with Dr. Miller video and writing technology. She did a good job.

EDM310 For Dummies was a funny video and sometimes I feel just like the girls in the video. But if it was not for the video that is inserted in the blog assignments and project assignments I would have been major lost on half of the things we had to do. It can be stressful with all the work is that has to be done but if I stay on top of it I'll be fine. The Chipper Series video makes a good point about being on time with your work and turning it in. Late work and not doing your work will not make it in any classes. You cannot pass without your work being done.

Learn to Change, Change to Learn is about educators discussing about how education is changing. They state tha a classroom should not just be a class with four walls, but it should be the world. There are so many advantages to having technology in the classroom. They believe we should start with teachers to get to the children. They have created a place where teachers can interact with teachers from around the world. Technology will also provide the best quality in the classrooms. Also one of the guys in the video states that classes today are big on standardize test and other big test, but in the real world jobs do not require that.

1). I found Edmodo. Its a site mostly for teachers and students. It kind of remind me of Facebook. I can put students in groups and connect with other teachers. It can be a good site for the classroom. I can post assignments, homework, and even project activities on there. Something I can really use.
2). I think the site Animoto created the video. They have a Lite deal which is free. Then they have the Animoto Plus which is $30 a year or $5 a month. This is very affordable. Something that is a very descent price.
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Project #12

Project #14 Smartboard Instruction Part 1

Project #11 Short Movie

Project # 10 PLN

MY PLN. I think i like having a PLN because it gives me what I need right away. All my favorite sites on one page. Something I  can use in the future and have my students to create. I hope I get a chance to full up all the squares.

Blog Post # 7

The Networked Students did a good job on the video. I loved how they use pictures to get their points across. They talked about how students can be their own teachers. I like that networking gives students the time to build their own way of learning and meet other people. Teaching is changing everyday and technology is becoming more reliable. But in my opinion teachers will always be a key resource.
"Why does the networked students even need a teacher?" Because students need some guidance. Teachers are the one who give them the opportunity to build their information on their own. As teachers also help students make a way for themselves to become more open to different learning was through technology and  other resources. Teachers are here to make sure that students are making the right decision. Teachers can only help so much. They can make a difference if the student lets them. Networking can give students a more hands on based and having fun. Not just staying in the books because there is more to learning then just a book.

A 7th Grader Personal Learning Environment (PLE)
This video has taught me a lot.. I really was not sure what a PLE or PLN was till I saw this video. PLN can keep you more organized and a easy way to obtain information. It is a quicker way to get to some web links faster, and a great way to organized inofrmation about a certain topic or subject. The 7th grader showed me a way to be more organized and she was very creative with her PLE. I think I can get use to using a PLN from now on.

Blog Post # 6

Randy

C4T # 2: Jenny's Learning Journey

Having a Go at Photography!
Jenny Blog
Jenny blog was about using what you have to make it work. Just because she did not have a thousand dollar camera, her camera on her iPhone took good pictures as if she used an expensive camera. Jenny said "The happiest people don’t have everything, they just make the best of everything." She was right, it does not take a lot to make someone happy. This blog post inspire me to do an assignment with my future students using what we have, instead of going out to buy things we really do not need.

Would Google Plus be useful in the Classroom ?
Jenny blog on Google + was great. I think it will be a essential tool in the future for great networking. I never really used it, but looking at her profile it would be another way to communicate with my peers and many others. I think Google+ will be great for the classrooms. It would be a good way for teachers to network with students and their coworkers. Google is changing for the better. I posted back letting her know that i will have to try Google + one day.

Project # 9b Black History Moments

C4K Summary

My first C4K was DavidRipp's Blog. He talked about how he wants to go on vacation and take his family to Australia for two to four weeks. He want to enjoy exploring the extinct Tasmanian Tiger. He said he loves the out doors and the wildlife. He had a very good blog and I posted back about how I would love to go to Cape Town, Africa. I would love to see the mother land and enjoy the sight seeing.

My second C4K was Colton's Blog. He talked about his favorite baseball team and how he wish to see them one day. His favorite players are Joe Mauer and Justin Mourau. I posted back telling him that if I had to pick a team it would be the New York Yankees.

My third C4K is Mrs. Yollis' Class Blog. The firefighters  had talked about fire safety and how Ellie's Dad came to show the students how they have to be prepared at all times for a fire call. Mr. Jamie gave the student very helpful information like not to play with matches and fire. If they are ever on fire cover their face and stop, drop, and roll. I loved the pictures and the demonstration on how a firefighter have to get ready and dress in one minute. I learn a couple of things myself. The class had a very awesome blog post.

Project #8 Podcast