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Transformation Education e-Newsletter- Innovative Education with Vision: Podcast for Teachers (sm) of Fordham University Announces the Winners of the 2nd Annual Best Educational Podcast Awards.

Podcast for Teachers (sm) of Fordham University Announces the Winners of the 2nd Annual Best Educational Podcast Awards.

Posted by TransformationEd at 7/15/2007 9:41 PM and is filed under Press Releases,Distance Learning

New York, NY — July, 2007 —- Podcast for Teachers (sm) of Fordham University Announces the Winners of the 2nd Annual Best Educational Podcast Awards.

Dr. Kathleen P. King and Mark Gura, co-producers of Podcast for Teahcers (sm), are pleased to announce 3 extraordinary winners: one in each of the categories as listed above. This year the winners' school/institution receive a cash award of $100 to be used towards the project, a signed award certificate for display, assorted items compliments of PFT and Fordham University and are highlighted in Episode 92 and may be interviewed over the coming months in the podcast. (www.podcastforteachers.org)

Podcast Award Category	Title of Podcast	Podcaster and Affiliation
BEST Professional Development Podcast	Science Teaching Tips	Stephanie Chasteen, Ph. D. Exploratorium Teacher Institute "I'm a physicist at the Exploratorium museum of science and was once an NPR intern. Because audio is intimate and immediate, I love using it to bring information to people. Podcasting lets me do this without being at NPR." Podcast Link: http://scienceteachingtips.podomatic.com/
BEST Teacher Created Podcast	Mrs. Horton's School of Advanced Art	Anita Horton Trinity Christian Academy With the help of many creative and talented friends, I dreamed up a "paperless homework" curriculum, incorporating various podcasts, for my high school students that would allow them to express themselves creatively and learn about technology simultaneously. Podcast (feed) Link: http://feeds.feedburner.com/MrsHortonsSchoolOfAdvancedArt
BEST Overall Educational Podcast - Higher Education	SkillSoup "A tasty mix of academic chit-chat from the ANU's students and staff"	Producer: Megan Poore, Teacher, Co-host: Darien Williams Academic Skills and Learning Centre Australian National University "Meg and Daz podcast SkillSoup for the Academic Skills and Learning Centre at the Australian National University. Our podcasting keywords are access, community, relevance, and extension. Jump in the bowl! " Podcast Link: http://academicskills.anu.edu.au/podcasts/skillsoup.php

Thank you for all the excellent entries that were received and congratulations to our winners, we look forward to seeing this emerging field continue to advance teaching and learning in un foretold ways in the coming years.

Full details and information about the contest can be found at www.podcastforteachers.org/PFTbestpodcastawards.html

The 3rd annual contest will commence in the fall of 2007 and end May 1, 2008. Full details will be posted on the web page listed above!

Contact:

Dr. Kathleen P. King, Professor and Podcast Co-Producer

Fordham University

President, Transformation Education LLC
201-916-0575

info@transformationed.com

http://www.transformationed.com