PODCASTING

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PODCASTING
Session 10
Edc921 Instructor Dave Fontaine
DaveFontaine1_at_gmail.com
This workshop islicensed under a Creative
Commons License.

You should hear audio narration.
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Expensive??

• Not any more

• 21st century

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• Educators are starting to see how podcasting can
  help hone students vocabulary, writing, editing,
  public speaking, and presentation skills, said
  Dan J. Schmit, an instructional-technology
  specialist at the University of Nebraskas
  college of education. Students can also learn
  skills that will be valuable in the working
  world, such as communication, time management,
  and problem-solving, he said."       Click for
  Edweek article 

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In this session

• Definitions
• Resources, and
• Tutorials

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DEFINITIONS

• A podcast is a media file that is distributed
  over the Internet using syndication feeds, for
  playback on portable media players and personal
  computers.

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Just Like Radio

• Podcasting- the method of syndication
• Podcaster- the host or author
• Ipod-

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Slightly different.

• From other digital audio
• Can be downloaded automatically
• Uses software that reads RSS
• Mechanics

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JUST A FEW OPTIONS

• Record lessons for students (and parents!)
• Give students an alternative to PowerPoint!
• Introduce yourself and explain the classroom
  management plan.
• Create a class or even a whole-school radio
  station.
• Enable students to submit work in the form of a
  podcast.

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MORE OPTIONS

• Create audio resources for use by
  sight-impaired students.
• Find and use podcasts as part of research
  projects.
• Use foreign language podcasts to improve
  linguistic skills.
• Use podcasts to gain insight into another
  country's culture.
• Enable students to create dynamic
  presentations.

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"In building this product weekly, the kids are
incredibly motivated to read, research, and
write. And they're telling me they can't wait to
get to school. You just can't fake it with this
show. You've got to own it. Click for NYTimes
article
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Lets Take A Look At Some Examples
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LINK
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• Subscribe to Provide
• Extra Resources
• Variety of ways to carry out surveys.
• Audio blog of a field trip.
• Enhance the old fashioned report, What I Did
  on My Summer Vacation.
• Subscribe or listen to different podcasts in
  order to help students develop their critical
  faculties.
• As part of coursework project. (Digital
  Portfolio, Senior Project, Capstone Project)

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How do I get podcasts?
Try a Podcatcher
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Podcatcher

• iTunes
• Juice
• Odeo
• FeedDemon

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LINK
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Podcast Directories

• Podcast411
• LearnOutLoud.com

(more on next page)
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Podcast Directories (continued)

• PodcastAlley.com
• Podcast.com
• iTunes Store

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Using little more than an iPod and a school
computer, Gagliolo and her students have been
making podcasts Avidly discussing their favorite
iPod colors and models, while they made
recordings of their poems and book reports the
other day, the fifth-graders bubbled with ideas
for future subjects.We could read parts of
books, to show why we like them. We could do
interviews. If there's a field trip, we could
make a recording of it and post it, said Mohamed
El-Sayed, 10.click for Seattle Times article
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LINK
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LINK
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Basic/Advanced TrainingPublish your podcast in
less than five minutes using Taking It Global.

• http//k12online.wm.edu/1_intro.mov
• http//k12online.wm.edu/2_signup.mov
• http//k12online.wm.edu/3_publish.mov

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iListen
iSing
iLearn
iSpeak
Show notes---right click and open in new window
Click to listen to 30 minute audio clip
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LINK
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Additional Resources
List of websites with general information about
podcasting, what are they and how to set them
up http//www.shambles.net/pages/learning/ict/podc
ast/. List of podcasts related to
education http//www.shambles.net/pages/learning/i
nfolit/edupodcast/. List of podcast
directories http//www.shambles.net/pages/learning
/infolit/podcastdir/. http//www.epnweb.org
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Support Resources You May Need Someday

• This link will introduce participants to a
  variety of audio recording applications and
  hardware one can use for audio to be used on the
  computer. It will cover topics such as Basic
  Audio Editing in Audacity to Compression
  Whats the Big Squeeze? Learning what to use and
  how to end up with good signal to noise ratio,
  how to edit at a variety of levels (compression,
  multitrack, panning, eq, boost, trim,
  conversion), how to create everything from a
  simple webpage to more advanced flash players to
  house the audio for internet use to name just a
  few topics we will cover. Link