Podcasting – A guide www.think-bank.com

What is a podcast? Essentially a radio show Distributed over the internet Not live – listen whenever you want http:// www.commoncraft.com /podcasting

Essentially a radio show

Distributed over the internet

Not live – listen whenever you want

http:// www.commoncraft.com /podcasting

Download and play on your PC, or mobile devices such as mobile phones, iPods and other MP3 players

Can access podcasts via iTunes

Can listen through websites http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/

Or subscribe to RSS feeds http://www.downs.kent.sch.uk/downsfm

What to podcast?

2 main ways as a way to deliver content to your students. Think of a podcast as a lesson to take away: as a means to showcase your students’ work. Students recording podcasts as assignments or class tasks http://www.boxoftricks.net/?p=367

as a way to deliver content to your students.

Think of a podcast as a lesson to take away:

as a means to showcase your students’ work.

Students recording podcasts as assignments or class tasks

School news Local, National, International news Discuss topics that are taking place and how it relates to them or their studies

Audio books – record for themselves or for younger readers

Instructional guides – students create for each other. Or teacher produces to guide them.

Interviews Interview members of staff, students, members of the community, and visitors to school.

Pupil Voices Talk about themselves and topics that interest them; for an example, the Youth Voices Project: http://yv.wamu.org/index.php

Revision Audio versions of lesson notes – important points and information. Student or teacher-created.

learning benefits: pupils or staff can listen when and where they want, at their own pace, in a relaxed environment the process of recording and editing can deepen pupils' understanding of key concepts pupils can develop their speaking, listening and writing skills From: http://joedale.typepad.com/integrating_ict_into_the_/2008/09/the-educational.html

learning benefits:

pupils or staff can listen when and where they want, at their own pace, in a relaxed environment

the process of recording and editing can deepen pupils' understanding of key concepts

pupils can develop their speaking, listening and writing skills

learning benefits: pupils can listen as many times as is necessary for them to embed ideas opportunities for pupil voice, peer assessment and collaborative work struggling readers can make accelerated progress by listening back to themselves or their teacher reading on headphones From: http://joedale.typepad.com/integrating_ict_into_the_/2008/09/the-educational.html

learning benefits:

pupils can listen as many times as is necessary for them to embed ideas

opportunities for pupil voice, peer assessment and collaborative work

struggling readers can make accelerated progress by listening back to themselves or their teacher reading on headphones

To make a podcast Microphone / audio recorder Editing software such as Audacity http:// audacity.sourceforge.net / Somewhere to host the podcast Imagination / Inspiration 

Microphone / audio recorder

Editing software such as Audacity

http:// audacity.sourceforge.net /

Somewhere to host the podcast

Imagination / Inspiration 

Podsafe music You will usually not be allowed to use commercial music for copyright reasons. Some artists allow their music to be played in podcasts. http://www.podsafeaudio.com http://music.podshow.com/ http:// www.jamendo.com / http:// www.freesound.org / (for FX)

You will usually not be allowed to use commercial music for copyright reasons.

Some artists allow their music to be played in podcasts.

http://www.podsafeaudio.com

http://music.podshow.com/

http:// www.jamendo.com /

http:// www.freesound.org / (for FX)

Examples http:// www.downs.kent.sch.uk/downsfm / http://www.sandaigprimary.co.uk/radio_sandaig/index.php http://sta.hcdsb.org/media/aquicast/ http://www.revisionsuccess.co.uk/revision.htm

http:// www.downs.kent.sch.uk/downsfm /

http://www.sandaigprimary.co.uk/radio_sandaig/index.php

http://sta.hcdsb.org/media/aquicast/

http://www.revisionsuccess.co.uk/revision.htm

For the latest list of sites relevant to podcasting, go to http://delicious.com/dannynic/podcast http://www.boxoftricks.net/?p=367 http://joedale.typepad.com/integrating_ict_into_the_/2008/09/the-educational.html

For the latest list of sites relevant to podcasting, go to http://delicious.com/dannynic/podcast

http://www.boxoftricks.net/?p=367

http://joedale.typepad.com/integrating_ict_into_the_/2008/09/the-educational.html

Task In groups of 2 or 3 record a short podcast on a topic of your choice. Remember; Strong beginning Record in short bursts Short, sweet and interesting Keep it natural No personal info Know your audience

In groups of 2 or 3 record a short podcast on a topic of your choice.

Remember;

Strong beginning

Record in short bursts

Short, sweet and interesting

Keep it natural

No personal info

Know your audience