Podcast

Podcast After looking through many different podcasts one of my favorites that I found for my first and second graders was **[|The Many Adventures of Mr. Mailman]**. In this series of podcasts Mr. Mailman is asked to deliver letters all over the world. Each podcast is only about a minute long; however they are packed with information. Wherever Mr. Mailman travels you will learn about the weather, geography, people and traditions of that state/country.

In my classroom we focus a lot on the inquiry process in our science and social studies instruction. I thought it would be great to use these podcasts to introduce places on our United States and World maps. Students will be able to learn some basic information and then if they become interested in the place that Mr. Mailman is visiting maybe they could do an inquiry project about the location Mr. Mailman visited.

I really like all of the podcasts that I was able to find while looking through the iTunes Store and iTunes U. There are so many different subject areas and topics that can be found to use to enhance your instruction. I know the collection will continue to grow and this is really exciting because I know that in the future when I have specific topics that I would like to teach my kids I will probably be able to find something here to help introduce the topic and get the kids interested.