Podcasting in teaching & learning

First … a quick survey… Find on computer or smartphone:

Podcasting What IS a Podcast? Quiz question: – What does P.O.D. mean?

Discussion in pairs: What are the potential benefits of podcasting for students? Discuss examples of how podcasting could be used in a school …

What benefits for students?

Sample school podcasts: Podcasts for educators schools and colleges: More…

“Podcasting” in action (record audio)

Watch video & ponder the following: 1.Were you convinced by the students’ comments about how recordings have helped them to learn? (Give reasons). 2.What aspects of this video are applicable in your lessons? (even if you are not a language teacher!) 3.Would this work in any of your classes? (are you willing to try?)

Guide to Podcasting in Schools

Recording Hardware… from the obvious… – Headsets, mics, DVR, iPod … etc. – File formats: MP3/WAV etc.

…to the not so obvious… Flip camera; Webcams; visualisers…

Video on visualiser as a time saver…

With software: – Off line: Audacity: Free Open Source software To export MP3 (add in “LAME encoder”) Recording and editing Enhance podcasts with free music and sound effects: Jamendo

Easy audio recording service Publishing and embedding with …

One I prepared earlier… Recorded with an MP3 player Imported into Audacity Edited and exported as mp3 Used Embed code… AudioBoo.fm (app for smartphones iPods etc. ) Embedded:

Final small group discussion Pick a topic from one of your subjects: 1.Choose a method of recording audio/video etc. 2.Decide whether the recording will be a teacher or a pupil production… 3.Describe in detail what you would need to do to make it happen…