CED535 Week 4

The one thing I'm most excited about this week is Podcasting. I think it would be really cool for my students to interview someone and share it. My first thought was a veteran. We need to start interviewing veterans, Holocaust survivors, stories from the Great Depression, WWII, Vietnam veterans, and other people who wont be around much longer. Those generations are quickly dying off and if we don't record these stories now, they will be lost forever. It breaks my heart to think of all the elderly men and women that never got to share their story. I think students who take part in an interview like this would feel moved. I don't think our children grasp how precious and priceless these stories are. I remember an elderly man from church while I was growing up. He had a number tattooed on his arm. I asked his one day why and he went on to tell me that he was a prisoner during WWII. His name was Rueben and he continued to tell those war stories whenever I saw him. I never forgot him, or the stories he shared. I just wish I could have utilized the technology we have today, because I could be sharing Rueben's stories with my children. Children today need to utilize that technology and I will definitely help my students realize how precious these people are.