Podcasting

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

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

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 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

To make a podcast
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)

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

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

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