This document provides instructions for teachers on how to create an enhanced podcast using PowerPoint and Photo Story to deliver individualized lessons, assignments, and content to students. It outlines the key steps: selecting a topic and creating a storyboard, making a PowerPoint with one slide per topic, saving the slides as JPG files, importing the images into PhotoStory to arrange and add narration, converting the file to MP4 format, and uploading the podcast to a hosting site for students to access.

1. TechSpan August 18, 2009 Chavez High School Houston Independent School District Creating an enhanced podcast

2. Why Teachers Podcast individualized lessons to students revision and homework tasks self-paced and distance learning students with learning differences reinforce content literacy review content for absence

3. Why Students Podcast deliver assignments present news and interviews perform music or tell stories differentiated learning add depth to a topic remediate concepts

4. Considerations Copyright Permissions and Privacy Where to publish – locally or globally http://www.smartcopying.edu.au/scw/go/pid/524

5. Requirements Presentation software (PowerPoint) A computer with Photo Story free download @ http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/PhotoStory/default.mspx Headphones and mic or headset Idea

6. Select a topic and Create a Storyboard or script Make a map of what you will say during the podcast. Use pictures or words as prompts. Make a script with a note or icon of different images.

7. Storyboard sample Notes Sound/Narration Image 1 2 3 pdf storyboard for printing

8. Create a Power Point Make one slide for each thing you want to talk about in your podcast. Follow your storymap. Today, we will use this one . http://secondaryedtech.wikispaces.com/Podcasting

9. Save as JPG files

10. Save as PowerPoint and then as JPG files Notice where your folder of images is saved.

11. Begin with Photo Story Close your PowerPoint. Have your script or storyboard ready. Open Photo Story.

12. Start Photo Story New story Import pictures

13. Add images Navigate to the PowerPoint images you saved. Select all by clicking on an image then pressing ctrl+a on the keyboard. Click OK

14. Arrange images Save your project. Arrange your images by dragging. Click Next. 1 2 3

15. Add additional text Add any additional text. Click on each image. Add the text for that image. Click Next.

16. Add narration! Plug in your headset. Click on the microphone button and test your mic by following directions on the screen.

17. Add narration! Click record - start talking Press the stop button when done Preview Undo Repeat Do this for each slide. Next => 1 2 3 4 6

18. Background Music Use create music. Play with the options until you are satisfied. Set the volume low! Preview Next => 1 2 3 4

19. Save First – Save as a project . Next choose [Save for playback on a portable device]. If you need higher quality choose [Save your story for playback on a computer]. Browse to where you want it saved. Next => 1 2 3

20. The rest of the story… Photo Story will not save in a format that can be played on an iPod. So if you want to ever have it available as a podcast it must be converted to an mp4 file. Soooo…

21. Convert There are free software programs that will convert your podcast and there are converters online. Use one of the online options. http://media-convert.com/ or http://zamzar.com/ or http://online.movavi.com/ or http://www.mediaconverter.org/

22. Upload When your mp4 file is created and works, upload to your PodBean account. http://www.podbean.com/

23. Downloading Podcasts http://mdaniel.podbean.com/ Click the video link and download. Open iTunes and import file into your library. Drag file within iTunes to your iPod

24. Resources Secondary Ed Tech Wiki Podbean hosting 100 Free Podcasts from the Best Colleges Education Podcasts on iTunes iTunes University

25. Resources Museum Podcasts History, geography and archaeology Podcasting and Education Apple Guide for Educators on iTunes and iPods