Invasion of the Pod (Cast) People

Does anyone remember the cheesy horror flicks that had aliens duplicating themselves into human persona via a POD? Well the new Pod people are among us and I am the one that feels like screaming. These pods though are in a different form than the 1956 version of gelatinous pods found in Invasion of the Body Snatchers. These pods are PODCASTS and I believe that after struggling with multiple files of unknown extensions these past two weeks that I have entered a new and strange world.  Like it or not I have crossed to the geek side....I have pod casted.  It's true. I have joined the ranks of the wired multitudes and published a brief response to an impromptu survey about the use of technology in schools and whether or not students feel that schools are current with incorporating that technology. I don't want to ruin the surprise ending, but guess what? They are not. I am coming to the slow realization that perhaps Alan November is on to something when he speaks of the disconnect that is occurring with students and schools because they cannot use the "containers" or digital tools that they are so comfortable with to create and learn.  Trust me, I understand that it is ultimately about the content and I will stand hard and fast that there are some things that students just HAVE to know, but I am starting to wiggle a little uncomfortably with the idea that maybe educators, me included, do need to look at some other ways to allow students to construct their own meanings about that content and where it fits in the world.  Meanwhile I will not numbly follow the technology simply because it is there.  I will use my own brain to construct my own meaning and let's hope that podcast people and pod people do not become one and the same or  I may be that person standing in the center of the road screaming at cars passing by to wake up and not let the aliens (or technology) take over our individual thoughts.