What is a Podcast?+iPodbroadcast

What is a Podcast?So, what’s new?

What is a Podcast?Enormous distribution

What is a Podcast?Cheap to produce so many more available

What is a Podcast?You can choose to go to the nearest newsagent for your daily paper …

What is a Podcast?… or have the paperboy deliver it to your house.

What is a Podcast?For paper boy read RSS

What is a Podcast?Any MP3 player

Educational ApplicationsHaving access to podcasts can help our learners in many ways: they allow for learning at the learner’s own pace they can reinforce things previously presented they can foster inclusivity any place learning can become a reality learners can listen to content of their own choice

they allow for learning at the learner’s own pace

they can reinforce things previously presented

they can foster inclusivity

any place learning can become a reality

learners can listen to content of their own choice

Educational ApplicationsYou could record … lecture or lecture summaries audio newsletters conversations study skills tips induction/university/module guides marketing podcasts

lecture or lecture summaries

audio newsletters

conversations

study skills tips

induction/university/module guides

marketing podcasts

Finding Them

Finding Them

Making Them

Making ThemDead simple More involved Windows Sound RecorderorFreecorder+podbeanAudacity+podbeanAudacity+Blog+Feedburner

Hosting Choices++http://www.gcast.com/http://www.podbean.com/http://edublogs.org/

Making ThemFirst create audio: Audacity (free!), Adobe Audition, GarageBand, Pro Tools, etc.Then choose hosting solution:Internal – your own server/computerExternal – Internet Archive, free and for fee optionsCreate your RSS feed:Poderator, Feedburner, Roll your own

Use all-in-one solution:Hosting, RSS feed creation, blog/web site, recording (some)Podbean,Libsyn, Ourmedia, Odeo, PodomaticAdd music and sound effects:Podsafe Music NetworkFreesoundOpen Media DirectoryUhortMore

Podbean StepsCreate a Podbean AccountSet site configuration and themeUpload Mp3’s from AudacityWrite episode descriptionPublish and saveShare your sites URLAdd to iTunes Store or other sites

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Getting Audacity to Your ComputerFirst Download Audacityhttp://audacity.sourceforge.netSecond LAME MP3 Encoderhttp://audacity.sourceforge.net/help/faq?s=install&item=lame-mp3

Additional Resources.Sounds & Sound Effectshttp://www.findsounds.com/ http://www.freeplaymusic.com/ http://www.smartsound.com/ http://www.naturesongs.com/ http://soundamerica.com/ Videoshttp://www.kitzu.org/http://www.archive.org/index.phphttp://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.htmlPictureswww.pics4learning.comSpeeches and Narrationshttp://www.historychannel.com/speeches/archive1.html http://www.pbs.org/greatspeeches/timeline/ http://www.archive.org/index.phpwww.librivox.orgwww.gutenberg.orghttp://creativecommons.org/audio/

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Understanding Your Audacity Screen

Step 1Record your voice by clicking the red record button and speaking into the microphoneStep 2When you are finished recording press the yellow stop buttonStep 3Rewind and listen to your recording by pressing the purple rewind key and green play key

Step 4Edit out any gaps or mistakes in the audio by using the “Selection Tool” that looks like the letter I. Highlight the text that you do not want and hit the delete button on your keyboard.

Step 5After you have downloaded your audio file, simply drag and drop your audio file in or click “Project” “Import Audio” and search for your file. Note, some files are in stereo and will show up as 2 different audio lines

Step 6You can shift your audio and sound effects to the desired location, by using the Time Shift Tool Button

Step 7If you want to save your project and continue working later, click “File” “Save Project”If you are finished, it is time to “Export As MP3”

ContactGeoff Freymuthfreymuge@champaignschools.orghttp://techknowteacher.edublogs.org