Podcasting Possibilities On A Pc

Image courtesy of Daniel Johnson Jnr (Flickr) Podcasting possibilities on a PC Katie Wardrobe, Midnight Music VITTA Conference, November 2009

Session overview

Session overview ✤ Part 1: Intro: what is podcasting?

Session overview ✤ Part 1: Intro: what is podcasting? ✤ Part 2: Hands-on create your own podcast

Session overview ✤ Part 1: Intro: what is podcasting? ✤ Part 2: Hands-on create your own podcast ✤ Part 3: How to publish and share your podcast

Image courtesy of Curtis Kennington (Flickr) What is podcasting?

What is podcasting? ✤ Contraction of the terms iPod + broadcasting ✤ Radio on demand ✤ Can include videos (often instructional) ✤ You don’t need to own an iPod to listen to, or create podcasts

3 types of podcasts

3 types of podcasts ✤ Audio only

3 types of podcasts ✤ Audio only ✤ Enhanced = audio + images and/or URLs

3 types of podcasts ✤ Audio only ✤ Enhanced = audio + images and/or URLs ✤ Video: sometimes known as vodcasts (video podcasts)

Examples of podcasts Visit the iTunes store or other online podcast directories ✤ Podkids Australia ✤ Willoweb ✤ Ed Tech Crew ✤ Teacher 2.0 ✤ Quick & Dirty Tips Network ✤ Musictechtips Image courtesy of Natahn Gibbs (Flickr)

Why podcast in the classroom? ✤ Share information free from the constraints of time and place ✤ Students can share their work with a wider audience ✤ Listeners can hear podcast when it suits them ✤ Creating podcasts caters for differentiated learning styles (writing, researching, talking, acting, interviewing) Image courtesy of The Paradigm Shift (Flickr)

Image courtesy of Woodley Wonder Works (Flickr) Ideas for podcasting in education

Consume podcasts ✤ learn a language ✤ listen to radio shows ✤ learn how to cook ✤ read a book ✤ source of free PD

Create podcasts ✤ Student-created podcasts ✤ use in place of almost any assignment ✤ just another way to show what they’ve learnt ✤ Teacher-created podcasts ✤ use to disseminate information to students ✤ record lessons, set assignments, create examples

Podcasting & copyright ✤ Sharing work over the internet = you must consider copyright ✤ Music, loops, images & video ✤ Lost of copyright-free material available on the web ✤ See www.creativecommons.org

Image courtesy of HVargas (Flickr) Tools required

Hardware

Software

Software ✤ Any program that records & edits audio

Software ✤ Any program that records & edits audio ✤ Optional extras: video and/or images; included loops & effects

Software ✤ Any program that records & edits audio ✤ Optional extras: video and/or images; included loops & effects ✤ Software options: ✤ Audacity ✤ ACID Xpress ✤ Mixcraft 4.0 ✤ TrakAx ✤ Movie-making apps (Windows Movie Maker) ✤ Screencasting apps (Jing, Camtasia)

Optional: podcasting booth Eva La Mer Podcast Sound Booth Harlan Hogan Porta-Booth

Image courtesy of diebmx (Flickr) 5 Steps to creating a podcast

1. Plan Research & write script Gather music/images/video

2. Record Practice script & record Don’t worry too much about mistakes!

3. Edit Edit the dialogue Add in music (and images/video)

4. Convert Convert your recording to mp3 (audio) or mp4 (video)

5. Post & share Upload your podcast to a website. Create RSS feed (podcasting host sites to this for you). Promote your podcast on directory sites (ie. iTunes Store).

Publish..... ✤ Sign up to a podcasting host site (ie. Podomatic, My Podcast, Podbean) ✤ Follow the steps to upload and tag your podcast ✤ Once uploaded, copy the RSS feed URL

.....Share: submit to iTunes ✤ Go to iTunes Store > Podcasts > Submit a podcast ✤ Paste your RSS URL in the box & then ﬁll in your podcast details ✤ Wait for a few days for your podcast to be approved ✤ You do this only once ✤ Repeat for other directories

Contact ✤ Email: katie@midnightmusic.com.au ✤ Website: www.midnightmusic.com.au (monthly newsletter) ✤ Blog: www.musictechtips.wordpress.com ✤ Twitter: @katiesw1

Podcasting Possibilities On A Pc

by Katie Wardrobe

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