Podcasting?

In My School?

Agenda

• Welcome and Introductions• What is a Podcast?• Educational Samples• Technology Tools Needed • Equipment Needed• Planning and Creating Your Podcast• Resources• Discussion and Questions

• Broadcast

• Audio

• Video

• Easier to livestream

• Interactive

What is a Podcast?

Explanation of Podcasting

Common Craft Show

Educational Samples

• Our City Podcast

• Audio Eagle Elementary

• Bob Sprankle• Bonus Show – Literature Circles

• Learn Out Loud

• The Teachers’ Podcast

Tips

• Keep the podcast brief– 10-20 minutes is the optimum length

• Give your podcast a personality– Engage your audience

Getting Started - Audacity

FREE audio editing software

• Download at http://audacity.sourceforge.net

• Also download the LAME encoder– Converts Audacity files to MP3 files

Audacity Window

TLW review basic geometric terms by creating a podcast.

Instructions:• 2 students will write the script• 1 student will be the interviewer• 1 student will pretend to be one of the vocabulary

terms• The interviewer will ask questions regarding the

definition, properties, naming, real-life scenario, etc. of the chosen term

Louisiana CC Geometry Unit 2 Reasoning and ProofDaily Warm-ups with Vocabulary

Create Your First Podcast

Podsafe Music

• Public Domain or Creative Commons Music

• Purchased/radio music

• Create your own music

Music specifically for podcasters

Classroom/Curriculum Use• Teacher Created Podcasts:

– 1-a-Day 1 minute podcast• What we did today• What to review with your child• Upcoming tests, quizzes, events• What to preview for next class

– Remediation-Record Homework Help and post to Classroom Website

– Open House Presentation– Announce Special School or Classroom

Event

Student Use

• Student Created Podcasts:– Retell a Story– Oral Reading Fluency– Book Review/Book Report– Research Report– Chapter Review– Explain a topic/problem/process

Administrator Use

• Weekly announcements posted to the school and/or district website– Reminders about upcoming events– Student successes– Teacher successes– Community news– etc

What Do I Need?

• Microphone (attached to your PC)

• Sound Recording Software– Audacity/LAME

• Podsafe music

• Ideas

• Hosting Site (…more on that later!)

RESOURCES

TAP Summer Institute Wiki

Q & A

COMMENTS