After finding out that I was supposed to write about a "blog, podcast, AND wiki" instead of a "blog, podcast, OR wiki." I found this interesting psychology podcast through iTunes entitled "Psychology in Everyday Life: The Psych Files." The words "Everyday Life" most interested me, because I find relating the social studies to students a very rewarding and sometimes difficult task.
This podcast would probably be best used as a supplementary material for a high school psychology classroom, given its length and frequency of release. However, certain podcasts may cross over with their subjects and be useful in a number of classrooms.
The two podcasts I downloaded concerned themselves with the emotional effect of music on listeners and a “powerful mnemonic device.” Both of these topics are interesting to students and integrate psychology into their everyday lives.
The wiki I found was one for a 8th grade social studies class focused on revolutions throughout history. What I found tremendously interesting about the website was not how it could be used as a resource for other social studies teachers, because the material is mainly the exact same as what is presented to the 8th grade social studies class. I was very interested in how it was used as a resource for that 8th grade class. All the resources on it would be extremely useful for students in the classroom that need to study or reference the class material for a paper or presentation. I imagine this is how most of us will use technology as a resource in our classrooms. Not necessarily to link our classroom to resources all over the country and all over the world, but to link it to all the resources available within our classroom itself.
http://msimon.wikispaces.com/8th+Grade+Social+Studies
