creating audio podcasts
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Creating Audio Podcastsfor Education
Podcasting: What is it?
• Podcasting is a way to post and distribute multimedia files online
• Can be audio only, enhanced podcasts, video, or other file types
• Generally a regular series of shows thatcan be “subscribed” to
• Does not require an iPod
How is it relevant to education?
• Can be listened to on many platforms: desktop, laptop, handhelds, MP3 players, cell phones
• Mobile
• Delivers content “just in time”
• Multimedia is highly engaging and addresses a variety of learning styles
• 99% free• Low cost to broadcast = cheap publishing platform and more content
Differentiating Instruction
• We can use podcasts to… – Differentiate!– Extend!– Remediate!– Communicate!– Engage!– Motivate!– Publish!
Differentiating Instruction
• Podcasts can be used– To provide students with choices in
differentiated content(using podcasts that others have created)
– To give students a choice in how they demonstrate mastery(creating your own podcasts)
What does the research say?
• Using multimedia to address different learning styles is a part of DI [Benjamin, Tomlinson]
• Podcasting develops 21st Century literacies [Shamburg; Partnership for 21st Century Skills]
• Podcasting can be “a catalyst for reflection” [Speak Up; Pew Research Center]
• Approximately 80% of teens own an MP3 player [Speak Up; Pew Research Center]
• There are over 150,000 podcasts in iTunes [Apple]
Educational Uses Podcasting
• For administrators and teachers– Professional
development– Audio newsletters– Building learning
communities– Home/school
information– Community
connections
• For students– Tutorials– Remediation– Enrichment– Virtual field trips– Reading fluency– Vocabulary building– ESL– Foreign languages– Book talks– Student projects
The Fastest 5 Minutes in Podcasting
• Albemarle Co. Public Schoolswww.k12albemarle.org
• Los Angeles Co. Office of Ed.ctap.lacoe.edu
• PD to Gowww.pdtogo.com
• Engadgetwww.engadget.com
• T4 Podcast – Jordan School Dist.t4.jordan.k12.ut.us
• Grammar Girlgrammar.qdnow.com
• Books Talkswww.nancykeane.com
• Colonial Williamsburgwww.history.org
• Quirks and Quarkswww.cbc.ca/quirks
• LD Podcastwww.ldpodcast.com
• ColeyCast – Tovashal Elem.www.mrcoley.com
• Jamestown – Jamestown Elem.slapcast.com/users/Jamestown
• WKSN – Kate Sullivan Elem.www.sullivan.leon.k12.fl.us
• CarverCast – GW Carver Elem.salem.k12.va.us/gwc/podcasts/ CarverCast.htm
• Our City – St. Andrew's Priory School www.learninginhand.com/ OurCity
• Radio WillowWeb – Willowdale Elem.www.mpsomaha.org/willow/radio
• Room 208 – Wells Elem. bobsprankle.com/blog
Going Deeper: Student Project Ideas
• Book talks
• Character interviews
• Historic interviews
• Language practice
Getting Started
• Podcatching vs. podcasting– Podcatching – “tuning in” to podcasts that
others have created– Podcasting – making your own podcasts
What You Need to Tune In
• A device to listen or view– Desktop or laptop computer– Handheld computer– MP3 player (iPod or other)– MP3-enabled cell phone
• Internet access
• Software to listen or view
What You Need to Tune In (cont.)
• Good tools to get started - Hardware:– Desktop computer– MP3 player
• Good tools to get started - Software:– iTunes
(Windows or Mac)
Audio Formats
• There are a variety of file formats for digital audio:– MP3 – most common; works on all devices,
compressed– AAC – format used by Apple, compressed– WMA – Microsoft format, compressed– OGG – Open Source, compressed– WAV – used on PCs; no compression
Listening in iTunes
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Podcast Web Pages
• When you go to web pages with podcasts on them, you may see two types of links:– RSS feed– Links to actual files (MP3)
Downloading Files
• MP3 files– On the desktop, just click to play– To transfer to a mobile device, save as and
copy to device
• RSS feeds– Need podcatching software to “subscribe”
Podcatching Software
• Podcatching software lets you “subscribe” to podcasts and automatically download them to your computer
• Uses RSS feeds
• Good tool to get started– iTunes
RSS
• RSS – Real Simple Syndication
• Lets you “subscribe” to feeds; automatically downloads new shows
• Text, audio, and video
• Aggregates content so you don’t have to visit all the web pages individually
• Example: Colonial Williamsburg
• If you see this, you are looking at XML
• This is the “feed”
Creating Your Own Podcast
• What you need:– Content– Recording hardware and software– Editing software– Hosting server– RSS feed (optional)
• Good tools to get started Audacity – audacity.sourceforge.netGarageBand – www.apple.com/ilife/garagebandBlogger – www.blogger.com WordPress – www.wordpress.org FeedBurner – www.feedburner.com
Audio Podcasts: Audacity
GabCast
• Record a podcast right from your cell phone – what could be easier?
• Free!
• Can be automatically posted to your blog as well
• Audio blog
Conclusion
• Podcasting is quick and easy and has enormous benefits for a variety of audiences:– Students– Teachers and administrators– Parents and the community
• Go try it out!
• Q&A
Karen Fasimpaur
email: [email protected]
Thank you!
Image credits: Slides 1, 2, and 3 – Credit: Jupiter Images