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I found iTunes to be a wealth of information. As a Business & Information Technology teacher I didn't think I would find too many podcasts to bring into my classroom. I was wrong. There are Vidcast lessons on photography and Photoshop that I can bring to my Digital Design class; there was a vidcast on how to create a PowerPoint that I can use in my Business Communications class, and podcasts on Credit I can use in my Money 101 class. And it is all FREEEEE. I didn't see one podcast or vidcast that cost money.

Bringing a podcast or vidcast into a classroom can make the lessons come alive. Students need to be stimulated with all senses. They get bored listening to a teacher demontrate a new lesson.

I was surprised to find out that you can create your own part in iTunesU. You can save information on iTunes so it can be distributed to faculty and students. You can make this information internal in which a passward is required to access it or you can make it public for all to see.

I chose to feature a vodcast in Photoshop CS5 given by Jason Welsch. This vodcast can be found in the Michigan MI Learning section of the iTunesU. We are updating to Adobe CS5 for next school year and I also want to spend more time teaching Photoshop. I will train myself with these lessons and will share the lesson with the students in the fall.

Welsch has been teaching Photoshop for six years and had put together the information he has learned. He has also included assignments and jpeg images for the students to work with as they are doing the lessons.

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