I received an email today from Andrew Seymour, one of the Ed-Tech musicians, suggesting that I describe how I feel at each location when I read the signs. I will try to do this for new podcasts and add additional podcasts where I go back and describe how I felt at the time. Often in the moment I am simply trying to capture the text into my recorder quickly and avoid picking up background noises, so my reaction isn't always spontaneous. But when I listen back to what I recorded I feel the connection to the places and people. I do remember feeling like crying when I learned about the buried tracings from the Washington DC vietnam memorial, and the letter from the President of Korea expressing gratitude. At the Ben Franklin exhibit I was speechless to be in front of artifacts such as an original Poor Richards Almanack and Ben's own personal glass Armonica. But it was actually the exhibits in the constitution center that touched me the most - a multimedia presentation about supreme court decisions and examples of cases which set precedents for applying the constitution throughout the years. But I am most touched by the Constitution Center's podcasts that I listened to after the visit which have given me insight into politics that shape our world today.

I want all educators to know that I am releasing all content on this blog and podcast in the public domain, so it may be used as you see fit for any purpose.

Also, if any of you develop lesson plans that use these podcasts and want to share them, email me at erangell@gmail.com and I will post them here.

I especially want to thank Andrew for reading my email on Ed-Tech Musician on his December 21, 2005 show, titled: EdTech Musician 43 Ready For Christmas?

The show notes for that show can be found at: http://andrewseymour.com/etm_shownotes.htm

The MP3 file for that show can be downloaded from: http://media.libsyn.com/media/edtechmusician/EdTechMusician43.mp3

I have about 8 more tours that I am working on which will get posted as they are completed. Happy Holidays to all of you and best wishes for the new year. My Odeo channel is: http://odeo.com/channel/48675/view Wow! Almost 50000 channels! The cable company can't beat that!

Podcasts in the queue (Click each link for more information)

University of Delaware

Tyler Arboretum, Pennsylvania

Wilmington - Market Street

Lums Pond State Park, Delaware

Havre De Grace, Maryland

Wilmington - Riverfront

Jersey City, New Jersey

New Castle, Delaware

Some topics covered at these historical sites include: the Railroad industry, Ferries, the Underground Railroad, the war of 1812, and Environmental Conservation.

Hello world! Welcome to the historic walking tour podcast. This is intended to be a grassroots educational resource to help people learn about historical places and events. I'm not sure how much time I'll have to devote to it, but we'll take it easy and enjoy the walk as we go. You can email me at erangell@gmail.com The music used in this podcast is composed by me and has been released in the public domain. You can download MIDI files at the following website: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/erang/freemidi.htm You can visit my blog at: http://ericbrain.blogspot.com And I need to acknowledge that I am standing on the shoulders of giants - those indie podcasters who took the plunge into this brave new world. Thank you to all edu-podders with the vision that will transform lifelong learning for all of us, to the ed-tech musicians which inspired my creativity in the sound of my podcast, and to Todd at GeekNewsCentral.com for his book which gave me the push to trust enough to actually do this.