iTunes U Gets PBS Educational Programming
Apr 12th, 2008 | By James Lewin | Category: How to Podcast 
Kids just got a great justification for getting bigger iPods – PBS & Apple have added a large variety of educational programming to iTunes U:
From The War: A film by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick to The Jewish Americans: A Series by David Grubin to Meet the Author, featuring more than 40 interviews with top children’s book authors and illustrators, WETA — Washington D.C.’s Public Broadcasting Station — delivers a rich assortment of educational programming for students, teachers, and parents alike.
And they’re not alone. Educational programming from four other PBS stations, including KQED, WGBH, thirteen, and ideastream can also be seen and heard on iTunes U.
Of special note for Internet media hackers is KQED’s New Media Studies, a collection of short video podcasts which look at topics like digital storytelling, voice-overs, soundtracks and iMovie.
[…] Of special note for Internet media hackers is KQED’s New Media Studies, a collection of short video podcasts which look at topics like digital storytelling, voice-overs, soundtracks and iMovie.[courtesy of podcastingnews]. […]
There may still be a need to create more awareness for parents around the utility of iTunes U for their own families through promotions and advertising. There may still yet be a large core of current parents with disposable income AND desires to see their children excel through extra- or even pre-curricular educational content that are not iTunes or download savvy. Content providers/producers such as us will be looking for such external promotions/advertising/support to reach parents at all levels. I would hold that the prospects for education in a society like ours would far outweigh the prospects for entertainment, that which dominates our popular trends in internet/digital media/mass media usage. Let’s awaken this sleeping educational giant, shall we?