TWO TOOLS FOR 21 ST CENTURY LEARNING: PODCASTING & WIKIS Cindy Sheets

PODCASTS

What is a Podcast?  Podcasting in Plain English  Audio or audio/video broadcast (Vodcast) first used to download to iPods = “pod”cast Personal On Demand

Podcast in Plain English

Samples  Nova and Nova Science Now Nova and Nova Science Now  Ask a Biologist Ask a Biologist  TED talks 

Why Podcasts?  Content  Variety – learning styles  Anytime-anywhere learning  Audience  Public speaking  Organizational skills  Research  Sharing what you’ve learned  21 st Century Skills  Many to Many

Where Do I Find Podcasts?   iTunes Store  iTunes U Tech Savvy Girls Smithsonian Kids National Geographic Kids Super Why (PBS)

iTunes U

Resources    Atomic Learning's Podcasting Workshop - An Introduction to Audio Podcasting (subscription service) Atomic Learning's Podcasting Workshop - An Introduction to Audio Podcasting  Bernie Dodge's Resources for Educational Podcasting Bernie Dodge's Resources for Educational Podcasting  Lit2Go: MP3 Stories and Poems Lit2Go: MP3 Stories and Poems  EdTechTalk EdTechTalk  Apple Learning Interchange - iPods and iTunes in the Classroom Apple Learning Interchange - iPods and iTunes in the Classroom  WebTools4u2use >> Audio & Podcasting WebTools4u2use >> Audio & Podcasting  Podcasting in Education | PoducateMe Podcasting in Education | PoducateMe  

Content What are students learning? What do students know? What can they share? Who will the audience be? virtual field trips careers study guides book talks... fluency podcasts Our City Our City Classy Kansas City

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Production Process  Listen to other podcasts  Plan  Research  Write  Rehearse/practice  Record  Publish

Tools Editing capabilities:  Garageband (MAC)  Audacity  Audacity video tutorials audacity-tutorial.htm audacity-tutorial.htm Online but no or little editing:  Podbean  Pod-o-matic  Gcast  Gabcast

Other options for creation  Skype (record session)  Photo Story 3  iMovie  MovieMaker

Final Product  Publish to a web site  RSS feed (Really Simple Syndication)  Subscriptions

Equipment Necessary:  Computer  Software  Garageband, Audacity, etc., or online creators  Microphone (internal or external) OR phone It would be nice:  Better microphones  Pop Filters  iPod/iTouch with recorders

Hosting – where will it be posted?  School Server  iWeb  Libsyn  Bluehost  Dreamhost  Go Daddy  Wordpress/Podpress

Create a Podcast  Audacity software  Garageband software

WIKIS

Wikis in Plain English

What is a Wiki?  Wikis in Plain English: dnL00TdmLY dnL00TdmLY  Wiki Wiki (quick – Hawaiian)

Samples of Wikis  Wikipedia (2001)  Non-profit and no ads, open publication license  Boyer’s Class  Web 2.0: Cool Tools for Schools cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.comcooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com  Courtney’s and Nancy’s Pirate Wiki

Why Wikis?  Collaboration tool  Application of skills  Everyone can be an expert  And all contributions are valued  Web space?

Wiki Works  Private Wikis – members only  Public Wiki – the whole world  Protected - viewed by everyone, but only those invited may edit

Consumers or Producers Do you want to:  Use already created wikis for gathering information or learning  Web 2.0: Cool Tools for Schools cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.comcooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com  Contribute to an established wiki   Create your own wiki   Student collaboration wiki example  Which is the most meaningful to students?

Content  What goes in your wiki?  Planning and organizing with a group  Combining research/information  Adding to a knowledge base  Creating and sharing ideas or documents

Process  Sign up  Create a space and name it  Edit:  Create content  Links to other pages, web sites  Invite others to collaborate

What do you need?  Computer  Idea

Create sign in my account create a new wiki (in tool bar right)