Podcasting: Telling your school’s

storyMichael Berry, Principal,

Richmond Elementary School

Audrey Homan, digital producer, Tarrant Institute for Innovative

Education

Access these slides on your own device:

http://podcasting.tarrantinstitute.org

Principal Mike Berry@PrincipalBerry

Principal Berry listens to:

Audrey Homan

Audrey listens to:

Which podcasts do you listen to?

Why do you listen to podcasts?

What attracts you to a podcast?

What keeps you listening?

What makes for great storytelling?

How can podcasts help you tell your school’s

story?

These slides:Let’s hear some school stories

How will podcasting make you a better educator?

Tying podcasts to education goals

Tools for podcasting

Tips for interviewing

Trying out podcasting right here, right now (dance break!)

Finding your audience and sharing your storiesWhat do you want to learn about podcasts?

Let’s hear some school stories

Student-focused podcasts are effective stories.

Richmond Elementary SchoolRichmond, VT

Student-made podcasts are effective school stories.

South Burlington High SchoolSouth Burlington, VT

Community-focused podcasts are effective school stories.

John Alberghini: muskrat hunter, bear-trap enthusiast.

(Also Chittenden East Supervisory Union superintendent)

Administrators can should tell effective school stories too.

Peoples Academy Middle LevelMorrisville VT

Podcasts that showcase learning are effective school stories.

How will podcastingmake you a

better educator?Ask your students.

What stories do they want you to help them tell?

Full Blog Article:http://georgecouros.ca/blog/archives/4156

Isolation is now a CHOICE

educators make

A Word About Your Own PD

Become a Better You Tomorrow!We’ve heard this pitch many times...how in the world can

Twitter make me a better principal, educator...leader?

image from http://mrhennings.typepad.com/blog/2011/09/

What We Hear All The Time...

1. I need to get better at that.

2. How do you have time to do that?

3. What did you give up doing to do that?

Let’s Reframe Your “Why” and “What”No joke...it’ll make you a better leader and educator

Model, Model, Model...and when you’re done with that model some more

Transparency is key. People can’t support what they don’t know

You need credibility...if you think you have it, you need more

You can actually increase the amount of innovation in your school by doing this work

You will see and hear more of what’s going on around you

You’re staff and community will feel more appreciated than they ever have

If you don’t tell your story someone else will

If You Don’t Tell Your Story, Someone Else Will

Video of

Tony Sinanis

(@tonysinanis),

Joe Sanfelippo (@joseanfelippofc)

and

Tom Murray (@thomascmurray)

Full Video At

https://youtu.be/S6HU57KrG58

Model, Model, Model...How many of you want your colleagues

to share their greatness?

How many of you have had or have heard of experiences where students have done something wrong or inappropriate on the internet?

How many of you have seen parents and community use social media to complain or slam something school related?

How many of you want your school to be innovative?

How many of you consider yourself innovative?

image from wetech-alliance.com

Transparency

Credibility...You gain credibility with staff,

students, community members, other leaders...how can that be bad?

Let’s Talk About ContentHow would you describe the range of content types?

High EngagementLow Complexity

High EngagementHigh Complexity

Low EngagementLow Complexity

Low EngagementHigh Complexity

Pockets Of Innovation Remain Pockets If They Aren’t

Connected@davebschool

Soundcloud/PodcastsThis is a whole separate level of awesome

Podcastingmake sure audio is audible and

clear

plan it out

tell a story

make sure people hear the right voices

Follow others

Audio Editing from a Chromebook

SoundtrapAudacity

GaragebandSpreaker

Soundcloud

Content

Plan your message

Goals

Outcomes that you want

Timeline

Needs

As you work on content today...

use what you’ll actually use to do this

remember this is about YOU as an individual leaving here ready to jump in...capacity comes later

Types of podcasting

storiesAnd how they can relate to

educational goals.

What kind of story do you want to tell?

Who Am I?

What’s that?

What’s going on?

What are we learning?

What’s happening where we live?

How can we make our community better?

Who Am I? Student reflectionsEncourage your students to create stories that explore their emerging identities

What’s That? Student researchOffer a podcast as an option for your students to showcase their learning.

What are we learning?Share with student families and the community the types of classroom activities students do in school.

What’s happening where we live?Report on a community event, either locally or globally

What kinds of current events matter to your students?

How can we make our world better?Raise awareness of an issue with public service announcements.

What kinds of issues matter to your students?

Tools for podcastingHardware, editing tools &

apps

Hardware for podcastingiPhone / iPod / iPad, with or without a microphone

Chromebooks

Android tablets

Mac laptops

Handheld voice recorders

External microphones

Tools, Tools, ToolsMicrophones

Mikey

iRig / iRig HD

On-board digital recorder mic

Digital recorder mics

Shotgun mics

And… a podbox?

RETN has strong feelings about microphonesI don’t*. But they do.

Apps for recording and editingGarageBand

VoiceRecord Pro

Adobe Voice

Soundcloud

Twisted Wave

Audacity

StoryCorp

Spreaker

GarageBand (iOS, Mac laptops)$19.99 on laptop, $9.99 on iPad

is basically a tiny recording studio

very powerful

somewhat complicated

Industry standard

no account required

VoiceRecord Pro (iOS)free

has level check function

easy to use

no account required

different recording format options

Pause/Resume

limited editing

shares to: email, SMS, Camera Roll, Drive, DropBox, SoundCloud, FTP Server

SoundCloud (Mac laptops, Chromebooks)2 hours of free storage

requires account creation

no editing

creates subscribable RSS feed

requires wifi connection

can be public/private

can be embedded

NOTE: iOS app does not record audio

Adobe Voice (iOS, Android)

free

has storytelling templates

can add in or take photos

share to Camera Roll, email, social media

limited editing

unlimited retakes

easy to use

account creation required

Audacity (Mac laptops)

free, open source

exports .aif files

so many editing options

Pause/Resume

somewhat complicated

no account required

Audioboo(m) (iOS and Android)free

very basic editing

requires account creation

Pause/Resume

shares to global platform

shares to social media & email

browser-based version is different (and buggy. Oy.)

Vocaroo (browser-based)

free

no editing

share or download

make into a QR code!

delete link

incredibly simple interface

no account required

requires wifi

Twisted Wave (Chromebooks)

free, open source

exports .aif files

so many editing options

Pause/Resume

somewhat complicated

no account required

...Google Hangouts?

Consider making a podbox:$34 and a coupon from JoA-- your local friendly fabric store

How to make a podbox

Consider making a podbox:

How to make a podbox

Dance breakNow with podcasting!

Let’s make some podcasts1. Choose your device and recording tool2. Decide on a prompt or topic3. Record away and have some fun! You can’t mess it up!4. Share your recording with Michael.Berry@cesuvt.org or

leave it on your device

Hint: the more relaxed you are the better it sounds

Tips for interviewing

May also work for non-podcasting activities.

5 audio interviewing tips: equipment

1.Plug your equipment in and/or change the batteries the night before.

2.Bring a backup recording device if you have one.

3.Make sure you have enough memory space on the device to record for up to an hour.

4.Once you’ve set up your recording device, don’t touch it. Don’t fiddle with it or pick it up and move it, because that will sound like a bull elephant invasion on the recording.

5.Doublecheck that you’ve hit “Record”.

5 audio interviewing tips: people1.Once you’ve double-checked that you hit “Record”, don’t look at

your device. Maintain eye contact with your interviewee.

2.Start by asking your interviewee to state their name*, grade level and hometown.

3.Try to be conscious of giving the interviewee enough space to finish all their thoughts (don’t interrupt)

4.Don’t worry about what you sound like.

5.Ask follow up questions that either make sense for your story or are just the type of questions you’d ask in a normal conversation with your interviewee.

5 audio interviewing tips: environment

1.Try to record inside unless you have wind-proofing equipment or want to work the environment into your story.

2.Breezeblock concrete, while ugly, is a fabulous sound-dampening material. Bonus: it’s generally everywhere in schools.

3.Try to record no more than two people per interview.

4.Don’t worry about what your interviewee sounds like.

5.Listen to what’s going on in the background while you’re recording. Do you want it in the finished story?

Finding an audience

Share out your podcast and get folks listening

People in your community really do want to hear effective school stories.

Subscription-based servicesService Complexity Player Embed

OptionLimits Best Resource

Soundcloud LowProduces RSS

Feed

Free 3 hoursPro 6 hours

Pro Unlimited

http://goo.gl/O7AErU

Stitcher Low to MediumNeeds RSS Feed

Free http://goo.gl/OJHHs7

Medium to HighWordpress

Plugin (self hosted only)

NA Costs and planshttp://goo.gl/O5OVqH

http://goo.gl/Dksx9v

iTunes Low - HighNeeds an RSS Feed, does not

host

ishwidget creator

Free http://goo.gl/xvaKeV

Embed your podcast in a class blog or school website

Make them for (and with) your fellow educators

Embed them in your class blog or school website

Don’t forget local

community

media!

Community Access Media groups

Local community radio stations

Hometown paper websites●PEG stations●Local communit

y radio stations●Hometown news

papersphoto: Llu Mulvaney-Stanak, VCAM

Look for community philanthropic organizations

But that’s not all...

Here are some resources to help you start podcasting.

Try podcasti

ng in just one

class period.

Download your free ebookwith step-by-step instructionsfor making a 30-second PSAin GarageBand

Looking for background music?

School & education podcasts in Vermont

(that we know of )

The 21st Century Classroom (Tarrant Institute)

Aftershock (South Burlington HS)

The RESVT Podcast (Richmond Elementary)

The Weekly Geek (Lamoille Union Middle/High)

The Escape Podcast (Westford Elementary)

Solutionaries (Vermont Commons School)

Jill E. Dawson (Vermont educator)

Sterling House (Williston Central School)

YOU.

(And your school)

And join us online!

Thank you to everyone who makes & shares great stuff

Thank you for your time.

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