Podcasting at SHSU

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Podcasting at SHSU August 13, 2007
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Podcasting Two Applications
Podcasts created by the teacher as a way to share
lecture, audio information Podcasts created by
students as a requirements in an assignment---
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Podcasting at SHSU

• Planning the Lecture
• Using Audacityto Create the MP3 file

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Podcasting Audacity
Click the red dot to begin recording.
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Podcasting Audacity
Click here to end recording.
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Adding the Podcast in Blackboard
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Adding Podcast to Blackboard
Complete this info in Blackboard and select the
MP3 file using Browse
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• Show Model

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Practicing Podcasts

• Start-Short

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Having Students Create Podcasts as a Part of An
Assignment

• Students create MP3 using Audacity
• Students place their MP3 file inside their
  public_html folder inside their U drive.

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Having Students Create Podcasts as a Part of An
Assignment

• Students then create a XML file that allows their
  podcast to be accessed in ITunes.

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Creating a XML file

• Assignments
• http//www.shsu.edu/edu_bre/
• Audio Explanations for Assignments
  in EED/SED 583
• en-us
• Fri, 3 Feb 2005
• Wed, 25 May 2005
• Assignment1
• Bobby Ezell
• Thurs, 9 June 2005 103734
  -0500
• ignment1.mp3"/

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Accessing a MP3 file using ITunes

• ITunes Configuration
• Click on Advanced
• Select Subscribe to Podcast
• Type in http//www.shsu.edu/edu_bre/index.xml

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Podcasts--Student Models

• Student Models via ITunes
• http//www.shsu.edu/rlh025/hutchison.xml
  Graduate Student in the College of Education

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Podcasts and IPods

• Podcasts may be downloaded from ITunes on the
  computer to an IPod.

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PodcastsStudent Testimonials

• Dr. Ezell,
• Regarding the use of podcasts, I can see endless
  uses...This activity came to mind immediately -
  Last year I divided the studentsinto pairs.  One
  student was the reporter and the other student
  assumedthe identity of a fairy tale character. 
  The kids worked together, writingquestions and
  answers for their "live" interview and then
  presented it tothe class.  This would be perfect
  with podcasts.  We could share theinterviews
  with the whole school (and parents) using
  podcasts.
• Graduate Student in The College of Education

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Student Testimonials

• I used them with GT this last year. The students
  have to create a mockbusiness. They create a
  survey of what business would be good forour
  community, then they have to make grand opening
  flyers, business cards,brochures, etc.  This
  year I had them make a 30 second radio
  commercial. Ihave a link on our website if you
  want to hear some. Some are pretty goodand some
  are just so so. They are 4th graders after all!
  The hardest thingwas to get it at about 30
  seconds.
• Graduate Student in The College of Education

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Student Testimonials

• Absolutely, I believe podcast can be incorporated
  in the mathematicsclassroom.  For example, there
  is a great need for students to beconversant in
  the language of math, e.g., reading numbers,
  clearlyexplaining process steps and algorithms,
  in addition to verballyrationalizing their
  solutions for reasonableness (which are all
  TEKS).Often students write as they speak, so if
  our students can explain theirthinking
  orally,their writing about mathematics will
  benefit.A specific example of using a podcast
  could be two-fold(1) Give students an equation
  to solve, then have the students describetheir
  process for solving step by step.(2) Have a
  classmates listen to podcasts and evaluate
  whether the equationwas solved correctly and
  explained with clarity.  (Evaluation is
  where/howwe want students to thinking about
  their assignments.)Loved this assignment.
• Graduate Student in The College of Education

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Final Comments

• Bobby Ezell SHSU Website
• www.shsu.edu/edu_bre