Podcasting in the Classroom
April 23 - 24, 2010
David Bydlowski – [email protected]
Based on the work of Carol Mayer, Wayne RESA
Visit: http://science.resa.net and
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What is a podcast?
• Like a radio broadcast, but transmitted over the Internet
• Podcast < iPod + broadcast• Podcast series can be subscribed to• Audio content on your computer• Can transfer to portable media device (iPod,
MP3 player, digital audio player (DAP))• Ability to subscribe distinguishes podcast from a
simple MP3 file download
History of Podcasting
• First podcasts in 2004• 2005 word of the year -New Oxford American
Dictionary• Over 151 Million iPods sold as of April, 2008• Billions of podcasts have been downloaded• There are over 100,000 podcasts available.
Short
Benefits of Podcasting
• Convenient - listen anytime, anywhere• Portable - download to portable media
device• New episodes automatically downloaded • Free (mostly)
We’ve Come a Long Way, Baby
We’ve Come a Long Way, Baby
We’ve Come a Long Way, Baby
Remember…You Don’t Need an iPod
http://youtube.com/watch?v=vpciLIA0Kn4 by jmoonah
Podcasting in Education
• Publish student work • Assess student learning• Distribute school assignments• Create archive of class lectures• Interview guest experts• Archive oral histories• Communicate with parents• Provide community outreach• Create audio tours• Provide public safety messages• Access personal and professional development
Examples of Podcasts
Science Friday Podcasts
Connected Learning with David Warlick
K12Science
Today in iPhone
Types of Podcasts
• Audio only• Enhanced podcast - includes chapters
and images of the places/things mentioned in the podcasts
What’s Up in Astronomy?• Video podcast -vodcast - video on
demand podcastTedTalks
Finding Podcasts
The Education Podcast Network
Podcast Alley
iTunes - Download application to computer
Secrets to Professional Podcasting
KidCast: Podcasting in the Classroom, ©2007 Dan Schmit
• Get the Right Gear• Warm Up the Crowd• Don’t Talk to Yourself• Clean it Up• MacLife Tips
Podcast Safe Music
• Music Alley• Creative Commons• Purple Planet
Creating Podcasts
• Preproduction - audience, script, music and sounds, practice
• Recording - microphone, audio software• Postproduction - editing• Publishing
Preproduction
• Purpose of the show• Identify your audience• Live or mixed?• Format
– Journal - more conversational– Audio essay or commentary– Discussion– Sound seeing tours– Other - music, plays, interviews, reviews
KidCast: Podcasting in the Classroom, ©2007 Dan Schmit
Preproduction
• Brainstorm or outline episode content• Create timeline or storyboard• Write script
KidCast: Podcasting in the Classroom, ©2007 Dan Schmit
0 Min 10 Min
Segments
Transition Music
Theme Music Theme Music
Preproduction
• Gather audio resources - music, stingers, sound effects, etc
• Finalize script• Rehearse• Locate quiet area for recording
Recording
“Quiet on the set!”
• Record voice audio from script• Options for recording
– Internal or external microphone– Headset with microphone– Portable recording devices– Cell phone - Gcast– Skypecasting
KidCast: Podcasting in the Classroom, ©2007 Dan Schmit
Postproduction
• Editing• Import music and sound effects• Add effects and normalize• Fine tune audio files• Export as MP3
KidCast: Podcasting in the Classroom, ©2007 Dan Schmit
Publishing
KidCast: Podcasting in the Classroom, ©2007 Dan Schmit
• Upload file to server• Create RSS feed file
Or• Use Edublogs or Podomatic to host
your podcast
Podcasting in the Classroom
April 23 – 24, 2010
David Bydlowski – [email protected]
Based on the work of Carol Mayer, Wayne RESA
Visit: http://science.resa.net
Click on eResources
Click on Podcasts