Podcasting

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Welcome!

• Podcasting
• Starter Kit

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• Janey Mayo
• MouseClicks
• http//www.hcps.org/mouseclicks/techass.html

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Agenda

• What is a podcast?
• Industry Standard
• Educational examples
• Lets make a podcast
• Installing the software Audacity
• Creating the file editing with Audacity
• Storing the file as an MP3
• Using the file posting to share for student
  access
• How can we use podcasts for instruction?
• Marketing
• Evidence of student learning
• Curricular connections

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What is a podcast?

• Examples
• Industry Standard
• The Baltimore Sun
• http//www.baltimoresun.com/services/site/bal-podc
  asts,0,7218310.htmlstory
• National Geographic http//www.nationalgeographic.
  com/podcasts/
• Educational examples
• Creative Writing Select Poetry Slams
• Talking History

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What is a podcast?

• Term came from iPod and broadcasting
• Podcasting is the method of distributing
  multimedia files, (audio, videos, etc.) for
  playback on mobile devices and personal
  computers.
• Podcasting is essentially like 'radio' and can be
  produced with a standard computer, microphone,
  software (often free), and a web site (or shared
  drive) for posting your programming.
• Podcasting can be heard or viewed with any
  computer or downloaded to a mobile device.

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Student Feedback

• I used the podcast because    
• The information helps improve my grade. 30.6  
• The information is easier to understand when it's
  someone talking. 14.3  
• It was easy. 4.1 
• It was something new to try. 24.5 
•  All of the above. 26.5
• Total Respondents  49

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Student Feedback

• If I had a choice between a written set of
  directions and listening to directions, I would
  choose  
•  Written directions 18.4  
• Verbal directions 30.6 
• Both help me 49
• Neither helps me 2
• Total Respondents  49

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Student Feedback

• I recommend that other teachers use podcasts to
  help students learn   
• Strongly agree 38.8
•  Agree 57.1
• Disagree 6.1
• Strongly Disagree 0
• Total Respondents  49

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Student Feedback

• The best part about using a podcast
• i could go back and listen to it again if i
  missed anything
• I liked the podcast because when i didnt
  understand something or needed it to be repeated,
  i could just rewind it and listen.
• It was a lot easier to understand then written
  directions, and if I didn't understand I could
  play it as many times as as I needed to!
• hearing my teacher on the computer and rewinding
  when not able to understand pause when going to
  restroom instead of missing half of the lesson.

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Student Feedback

• Additional comments
• more teachers need to do podcast
• think it should be used by all teachers in
  everygrade.
• think it should be used by all teachers in
  everygrade.
• Podcasts should be used more for teaching and
  learning because now with iPods, you can record
  and save the podcast in order to help study for
  any tests and quizzes that you may have.
• they're cool but video and music added to them
  would be even better )

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Resources

• Lets make a podcast
• A how to document with step-by-step directions
  to install Audacity software http//www.hcps.org/m
  ouseclicks/techass.htmlPodcasting
• Audacity Tutorial (You Tube)
• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vr5K1ZsoO1sU
• Creating and saving the file
• Recording an audio podcast with MP3 Audacity (You
  Tube)
• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vjXUJyV6hVHk
• Online Tutorial (for HCPS staff only)
  http//hcpsshare/sites/technology/instrtech/mtts2/
  default.aspx

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Learning is first technology is second

• How can we use podcasts for instruction?
• Marketing
• Evidence of student learning
• Curricular Connections

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More Resources

• Podcasting 101 for K12 Librarianshttp//www.info
  today.com/cilmag/apr06/Eash.shtmlPodcastContent
• Audacity Documentation
• http//audacity.sourceforge.net/help/documentation
  
• 10 Podcasts for Teachers and Kids
• http//content.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?i
  d11531
• Ron Vreeland Music Site
• http//www.ronvreeland.com/music/royalty-free-musi
  c/
• This musician has several free selections for
  downloading
• Education podcast network http//epnweb.org/
• FreePlay Music http//www.freeplaymusic.com/licen
  sing/termsofuse.php
• Blogger is free a blog based website that allows
  you to post podcasts and show notes
  http//blogger.com