Two interesting podcasts can be found in iTunes: The Edible Schoolyard and A Night in the Global Village. The first one is about an outdoor classroom in California. The students are planting, harvesting, and eating organic food from their edible schoolyard. The garden and adjacent kitchen classroom are learning labs for social studies, math, science, and life. The teachers used everything including the water drops on the leaves to teach. It's an interesting approach to teaching kids. The other podcast is about students that are voluntarily trading their privileged status as Americans to stay in mock homes overnight that represent living conditions of other countries. It is part national geographic and part survivor. They are basically walking in someone else's shoes to open their eyes and see what's going on around the world.
After watching the two podcasts The Edible Schoolyard and A Night in the Global Village, I realized that I could find other similar podcasts to use as a resource tool for when I begin teaching. These two podcasts were very interesting because they introduce creative ways of teaching kids that will create lasting impressions. They show that you can really get your students involved if you can find unique ways of teaching them.
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