Podcasting

Brainstorm What do you know about podcasting?

What is Podcasting in Education? Podcasting is the ability to create or listen to audio or video content either live or downloaded for later use. A podcast is similar to a radio show in that each show consists of a series of individual episodes you can listen to on your computer or on a digital audio player like an iPod.

Three Basic Types of Podcasts Audio – Podcasts which consist solely of audio recordings Enhanced – Podcasts which are multimedia formats combining audio recordings with images Video – Podcasts (or vodcasts) which consist of video recordings

Two Primary Ways that Podcasting is Used as an Educational Tool Listening to podcasts Creating podcasts

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Brainstorm How can we integrate podcasts into the classroom? Math, Science, ELA, History

Ideas for Podcasts Students Interview relatives about their life histories Write a radio drama based on a historical event and record their show Create a faux advertising campaign to convince immigrants to settle the new American colonies. Use audio recording to interview sources for articles for a class newspaper. Write and record short stories and add music and sound effects. On a field trip, students use an iPod with a voice recorder to take notes and a digital camera to take photos. They then create a guided tour in iMovie. Teacher Records a tutorial that students listen to on their own Records and broadcasts group discussions. Record students reading a story as a fluency assessment, or as a foreign language pronunciation activity. On a field trip, students use an iPod with a voice recorder to take notes and a digital camera to take photos. They then create a guided tour in iMovie.

Let’s create a podcast!!