Each week, I enjoy listening to a podcast from the Freakonomics.com website. Freakonomics had a podcast from October about the neuroscience behind your brain when you listen to podcasts. I went back and re-listened to this podcast for the November/December challenge our tech team at school is doing.
I'll throw out the gist of the podcast, we should be listening to more podcasts! This is also an area of improvement that I would like to focus on this year, find more educational podcasts to listen to on a weekly basis to expand my knowledge as an educator and continue my own education. Podcasts are a great way to get a lot of information in a relatively short period of time, and do it in a way in which our brains think we are listening to a story being told. Now, the story teller (podcaster) needs to be good at what they do, a monotone, uninspired podcaster will not do much to stimulate my senses, while a charismatic, interesting and involved podcaster will get me to buy into the story, both emotionally and mentally.
Our brains enjoy stories! Imagine that, we like listening to stories, and podcasts put information into a very narrative form and thus, makes the information enjoyable to listen to and stimulates our brains. Neuroscientists are always studying what is going on in the brain, and new fMRI technology gives us a small insight into what is going on when we are responding to stimuli. Our brain is both fixed, and yet impressively flexible system, that is always making new neuroconnections.
After listening to this podcast (story) about why we should be listening to more podcasts, it made me want to listen to more podcasts, lol! Podcasts make our brain hum mysterious and delightful, so let's start humming!
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