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Podcasting in the
Classroom:Giving Students a Voice
Increasing motivation and learning while having a lot of fun
Podcasting in the Classroom: Giving Students a VoiceThursday 1/22/2009 4 – 6 p.m.SRN: 2016101222009• What is podcasting? (5 minutes)• Why podcast? (5 minutes)• What tools do you need? (10 minutes)• Before you record… (10 minutes)• You are ready to record (10 minutes)• Effects and music (10 minutes)• Get to know Copyright and Creative
Commons (10 minutes)
• Let’s do it! (1 hour)
What is podcasting?
An audio recording (usually part of a series) that is available for syndication (subscription) so that people can receive updates when new "shows" are published (put on the web). Here are some examples…
Why podcast?
It's practice in oral communication (a state standard), it helps them develop oral language, it gives them a voice, and sets them free.
Here are some examples…
What tools do you need?
• You probably already have students willing to talk;
• You will also need a way to digitally record them;
• You can do this with a computer by adding a microphone;
• Or, with a portable device like an iPod or MP3 player.
Before you record…
• Make sure that you have permission to post audio of your students’ on the Internet
• Inform your administrator, and parents of your plans
• Reassure them, have students use initials, or first names only
• Encourage them with how much this will mean to students
Using phone based recording• G-Cast will recognize your phone
when you call• Gabcast will let you call from any
phone, and send it to your account.
Gabcast – www.gabcast.com
• Call 1.800.749.0632
• Enter channel number: 17250
• Enter channel password: 091998
Okay, lets get that equipment…
Microphones plug in two ways, •at a mic jack, or
•a USB port
From the start menu choose Settings> Control Panel>Sound Speech, andAudio Devices
Getting your computer to recognize your microphone
From Ruben Duran (http://www.slideshare.net/rubenduran/podcasting-10614/) used under CC license
Sound and Audio Devices Panel. Click the Voice Tab
Getting your computer to recognize your microphone
From Ruben Duran (http://www.slideshare.net/rubenduran/podcasting-10614/) used under CC license
In the Voice Recording area, there is a menu from which you can choose the default recording device.
Click on Test hardware, so it can recognize the microphone.
From Ruben Duran (http://www.slideshare.net/rubenduran/podcasting-10614/) used under CC license
Getting your computer to recognize your microphone
Add the Software
• Audacity is a free program available online from SourceForge (this is blocked at SCUSD)
• Make sure you get the LAME encoder too
You are ready to record
The next slides will show you how to:• Record• Replay, and• Edit audiousing Audacity
Click the button with the small red circle when you are ready to
record audio
Images courtesy of Tom Turner
Click the button with the two blue vertical lines to pause during recording. To begin
recording again press pause a second time.
Images courtesy of Tom Turner
Click the button with the green triangle to listen
to a playback of the recording
Images courtesy of Tom Turner
Use the Selection
Tool Button to delete
portions the audio
Highlight the area you wish to delete. Use the backspace or delete button to
remove.Images courtesy of Tom Turner
Effects and music
How do you add effects and music?• Each track is shown separately in
Audacity.• You can make an effect on one track,
or another.• You can add in music as a separate
track.
Copyright and Fair Use
From the Media Education Foundation: http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/documentary-film-program/film/a-fair-y-use-tale
Get to know Copyright
…and let Fair Use be your friend. Some quick guidelines when podcasting:As a rule of thumb, you can use 10% (not to exceed 10 seconds) of copyrighted song or other audio.If you change it (transformation) that can be fair usehttp://www.mediafestival.org/copyrightchart.html is a chart of fair use for teachers under copyright by Hall Davidson
Creative Commons
• Creative commons is another great resource
• It says you can use the work as long as you attribute (sometimes they won’t allow for commercial use) and make your work available.
• If you use it make sure you are also giving your work a CC license (this is called Share and Share Alike)
Sources of music/sounds
• Here are some sounds that are available under creative commons licensing:– Jamendo– PodSafe Audio– freesound
• Note: royalty free is not always free (you may need to pay a one time fee that is lower, but still has a cost)
The list of sourcesRecord by phone with Gabcast.com (http://gabcast.com)
You can use a cellphone to record including conference calls so you can do remote interviews.
Gcast: Podcasting Home (http://www.gcast.com)
PodSafe Audio (http://podsafeaudio.com) Podsafe Music under the Creative Commons license for Podcasting
Jamendo (http://www.jamendo.com/en) Creative Commons Audio/Music
freesound (http://freesound.iua.upf.edu) creative commons audio
Podcasting Podcasting wiki (http://classroomtech.pbwiki.com/)Resources for podcasting
Brian Bridges wiki (http://brianbridges.pbwiki.com)Brian works for CLRN which provides support for using technology in education. This wiki is a great resource on the subject of podcation, wikis, and blogging
Copyright chart (http://www.mediafestival.org/copyrightchart.html) Chart of fair use for teachers under copyright by Hall Davidson
7 Reasons to Podcast from Educause (http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ELI7003.pdf)Reasons for using podcasting in education
NEA: March 2007 NEA Today - Podcasting the 1600s (http://www.nea.org/neatoday/0703/feature6.html) Article from NEA Today on using podcasting in the classroom
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