Title: Beyond Podcasting: A look at Educational Uses of iPods at Penn State Great Valley
1Beyond Podcasting A look at Educational Uses of
iPods at Penn State Great Valley
- Julie M. Meyer, MSIT
- Barrie E. Litzky, Ph.D.
2Beyond Podcasting Objectives
- What is Podcasting?
- Educational Uses of iPods
- iPods _at_ Great Valley
- Podcasting _at_ Great Valley
- Social Entrepreneurship _at_ Great Valley
- Subscribing to Podcasts
- Recording Your Own Podcast
- Future of Podcasting _at_ Great Valley
- Resources
3What Is Podcasting?
- A podcast is a web feed of audio/video files
available on the Internet. -
- Syndicated audio/video files similar to a
newswire distinguishes it as a podcast.
4Educational Uses of iPods/Podcasting
- Recording lectures for syndication
- Distribution of supplemental information
- Syndication of guest lectures
- Digital audio books
- Self-paced distance learning
- Upload text files, like interview questions
- Record interviews
- Upload PowerPoint files that have been saved as
images
5iTunes University
http//www.apple.com/education/solutions/itunes_u/
6iPods _at_ Great Valley
- Lectures are recorded to iPods.
- The audio files are made available to the
students through the course management system
(ANGEL). - iPod recordings are synchronized to PowerPoint
presentations which are also available through
ANGEL.
7Brain Storming
Vocal and instrumental Practice and critiques
Slide presentations
Music
entertainment
Photo slide shows
Public Speaking
Vodcasting
ESL and languages
Visual sharing
Audio sharing
iPods/Podcasting
Team work
storage
Interactive Multimedia
Podcasting Production
activities
Public speaking
Journalism
Literature and Poetry
Lecture recording And note taking
Interviewing skills
Lecture sharing
Study Skills
8Podcasting _at_ Penn State Great Valley
- http//www.personal.psu.edu/staff/j/m/jmm49/pod/
9Faculty
- Allows for flexibility.
- Allows students to continue to travel for work
and still asynchronously participate in lectures. - Creates a file that can be used in the creation
of future blended delivered courses. - The recordings allows faculty to critique their
own delivery style. - Students can critique their own presentation
skills from recordings. - Recording student team meetings acts as audio
minutes for team members.
10Students
- Reiterates complicated course concepts at
students own pace. - No more missed lectures due to traveling,
illness, or work obligations.
11Social Entrepreneurshipand Community Leadership
Course
- Partnering the Leaders of Today with the Leaders
of Tomorrow -
Presented by Penn State Great Valley in
partnership with Conestoga High School, Great
Valley High School, Malvern Preparatory School.
12WHAT IT IS?
- This Social Entrepreneurship and Community
Leadership course focuses on using
entrepreneurial skills to craft innovative
responses to social needs. Entrepreneurs are
particularly good at recognizing opportunities,
exploring innovative approaches, mobilizing
resources, managing risks, and building viable
enterprises. These skills are just as valuable in
the social sector as they are in business.
Despite a sustained economic boom in this
country, numerous social problems remain, and
some seem to be getting worse. The course will
focus on introducing business leadership and
entrepreneurship principles to the social sector.
13Class Description
- Social Entrepreneurship and Community Leadership
will provide an opportunity for students to
explore the concepts of developing businesses
which create social value, through exploration of
the following topics defining social
entrepreneurship, creating and sustaining
businesses that add value to society,
understanding and crafting business mission
statements, identifying means of funding social
enterprises, discovering the value of social
entrepreneurship to individuals and businesses,
and learning strategies for the evaluation of
business success. - This class is held jointly with graduate students
from Penn State Great Valley and high school
juniors/seniors from local schools. Students will
work together in teams to complete an end-of-term
pro-bono consulting project. Each team will work
with a socially responsible for-profit or a
not-for-profit organization. Teams will evaluate
the organizations needs based on the material
discussed throughout the course and design a
business plan, strategic plan, funding proposal,
or critical assessment of the organization.
Students will work in a hands-on environment,
by applying triple bottom line concepts in a
real-world setting. Students will develop
valuable professional and personal skills as they
work in mentor/protégé relationships with high
school students, fellow graduate students, and
organizational clients.
14Who Might Be Interested
- The course is an MBA elective, a capstone option
for New Ventures and Entrepreneurial Studies
students, and the capstone course for Master of
Leadership Development students. Although
preference will be given to MBA and MLD students,
Education, Engineering, as well as MSIS students
are welcome to enroll. The course is capped at 30
graduate students, so enrollment will be on a
first-come, first-served basis. - This course will be most useful for students who
might, at some point, pursue a formal or informal
leadership position. Leaders are found at both
for-profit and not-for-profit organizations.
While the course is designed to encourage
students to pursue an entrepreneurial dream in
the social sector, it is also very helpful to
students who aspire to, or hold, leadership
positions in the fields of business, education,
law, medicine, or public policy. Understanding
the dynamics of social entrepreneurship will
serve any future leader well.
15Class Information
- The course will be offered in Fall II, 2006 and
will meet twice a week for seven weeks, three
hours each night. This class will be delivered in
a blended format including scheduled face-to-face
meetings at Penn State Great Valley, online
assignment and discussion sessions, and off-site
at the client organizations. The course will have
a maximum of 30 graduate students and 30 high
school students.
16Benefits
- Understand the concept and practice of social
entrepreneurship, as it is an emerging field in
the United States - Be more effective in social entrepreneurial
pursuits by building a practical knowledge of the
alternative strategies for turning good social
ideas into viable business options - Interact with other students in a better
understanding of social entrepreneurship, will
discover resources for funding, explore
organizational constraints, build business plans,
and understand community needs - Develop mentor/protégé relationships with local
high school students and begin meeting the
presidential challenge of 400 hours of community
service.
17Subscribe to a Podcast
- Using iTunes
- Select Advanced Subscribe to Podcast
- Enter the URL, click OK(which is usually a
.xml)
18Educational Podcasts
- To Name A Few
- EPN The Education Podcast Networkhttp//epnweb.o
rg/ - http//www.highschoolpodcaster.com/
- The Podcast Search Engine and Directories List of
Lists (Scroll down a bit) http//www.masternewmedi
a.org/news/2005/05/20/where_to_submit_your_podcast
s.htm
19Subscribing to a Podcast Example
http//www.podcastpickle.com/
http//www.crankcasting.com/podcast.rss
20Recording Your Own Podcast
- The methods we currently use
21Equipment
Recording Equipment
iPod Equipment
22Recording a Podcast is Simple
- Attach a recorder to your iPod and click Record
when finished click Stop and Save - Or use Audacity (free cross-platform audio
Recorder)http//audacity.sourceforge.net/Can be
used to mix or edit recordings.
23Audacity
24Future of Podcasting _at_ PSGV
- Create podcast-teasers to introduce various
programs at Great Valley. - Create Podcasts of Special Events at Great
Valley. i.e. Management Research Showcase
Lecture Series. - Create asynchronous activities for blended
delivered courses using pieces of already
recorded lectures. - Vodcasting
25Resources for educational uses
- http//www.darcynorman.net/2004/10/30/podcasting-f
or-education - http//www.sampletheweb.com/categories/tech/ipod/
- http//www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2005/06/make_
ebooks_for_1.html - http//epnweb.org/
- http//www.podcasting-tools.com/
- http//edupodder.com/http//itunes.stanford.edu/
26More Resources
- http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podcasting
- http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podcasting
- http//audacity.sourceforge.net/
- http//www.apple.com/itunes/
- http//www.apple.com/education/ipod/
- http//www.apple.com/education/solutions/itunes_u/