Blogging and Podcasting For Educators

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Blogging and Podcasting For Educators

• Brian Newberry
• CSUSB
• April 28, 2006

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Podcasting in the News

• Stanford (http//itunes.stanford.edu/)
• Berkeley (http//itunes.berkeley.edu/)
• University of Michigan Dental School
  (http//www.apple.com/education/solutions/itunes_u
  /profiles/umich.html)

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Definitions

• Blog Web Log
• http//blogger.com
• http//wordpress.com

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Blogs as an Educational Tool

• As a way to
• promote student-student interaction, especially
  in online classes.
• get non-technically proficient individuals to
  create a web page.

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Podcast iPod Broadcast

• The friendly version
• A podcast is just an audio file that can be
  played on a computer or mp3 player.

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Podcast iPod Broadcast

• The more techie version
• There are four parts to a podcast lifecycle.
• Audio File (mp3)
• Feed (RSS XML)
• Aggregator (iTunes)
• Player (iPod)

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Podcasting for Educators

• Personal Use (Consumption)
• Augment to Instruction for Students (Consumption)
• Instruction for students (Creation)

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Reasons for Podcasting

• Lecture Recovery
• Lecture/Content Delivery
• Remediation
• Enrichment

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Podcast Formats

• NPR
• Lecture
• Interview
• Chat and Gab (roundtable)

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Creating a Podcast

• Hardware
• Computer, Sound Card, Microphone
• Stand Alone Recorder, Microphone

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Creating a Podcast

• Software
• Garage Band iTunes
• Audacity (http//audacity.sourceforge.net/)

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Creating a Podcast

• Process
• Brainstorm the Topic
• Develop Show Notes/Outline
• Record
• Edit
• Output
• Upload
• Post

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Try It!iTunesiPodPodcastsAudacity
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Blogging and Podcasting For Educators

• Brian Newberry
• CSUSB
• April 28, 2006