Thank you for the great suggestion

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 [e-mail] 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