1. Time to
Podcast ...!
Burkett/Herndon 1-07

2. Our TIS Agenda … Overview of Podcasting What is a podcast?
Why Podcast?
Educational Uses of Podcast
Podcast vs. Media File
What do I need to podcast?
Planning, Recording, Publishing, Advertising, Subscribing to a podcast
Preview 2 Examples of Publishing Podcast
DreamWeaver
Edublog
Create an Edublog Account for Posting School Podcasts
Record a Sample Podcast using Audacity
Post Sample Podcast to Edublog web site
Small Groups – Develop Podcast Lesson Plan

3. What is a podcast?
A podcast is a media file that is distributed over the Internet using syndication feeds (RSS) for playback on mobile devices and personal computers. (
Similar to a Radio Broadcast - posted on the Internet – World Wide access
Listen to a podcast on a computer or download to .mp3 player (mobile)
Aural (.mp3) or with photos (.mp4)
Podcasting shares information

4. Why podcast? Communication!! Share ideas and learning
It’s Web !
Differentiated Instruction
Motivational
Stimulating Learning Process
Develops Presentation/Public Speaking Skills
Develops Thinking Skills
It’s Fun!
It can inspire students to take extra effort in learning – “real audience”

5. Educational uses of a Podcast
Teachers - Provide supplementary instruction
Skills practice - Foreign Language/Music rhythms
Facts for upcoming tests
Introduction to units of study
Summary of material
Collaboration/Distance Learning
Grade levels
Podcast relating to a major unit of study (All About SC, Revolutionary War in SC, The Solar System, etc.)
Students
Feature work they have written for “real audience” (Poems, Short Stories, etc....)
Provide narrated audio tours – School, Staff, Wetlands/ABC Garden, etc.
Summary of News
Our Community
Interviews with community folks that make things happen & why ....

6. Educational uses of a Podcast
Why Podcast in Education?
(from Camilla Gagliolo presentation, FETC 2006)
Oral presentation skills; public speaking skills
Students write for a "real" audience
Media literacy
Global connections
Home/School communication
Multimedia authoring, revise writing & recording
Addresses multiple intelligences - differentiated instruction
All learners can be successful

7. Podcast vs. Media File A podcast …
Has an RSS Feed (Aggregators read this feed to track newly added information and send to folks that have subscribed.)
Subscribe to a feed - never have to go back to the web site to retrieve new content. It comes to you!
File Type - .mp3/.mp4

8. What do I need to podcast?
Information - Subject – Topic
Computer/Laptop
Internet Access
Microphone
Recording Software (Audacity)
Publishing Availability
Space on a server
Blog

9. Planning a Podcast Subject Area Objective/Goal
Audience – Who will listen?
Pre-Write
Who will speak?
Practice
Re-Write - Edit
Practice, Practice again

10. Recording a Podcast
Equipment – laptop, projector, recording software, microphone
Recording Software
Audacity + Lame.dll
Test everything before recording
Class discussion of recording process
Record your Podcast
Edit – add music if desired
Save and Export as .mp3 file

11. Publishing a Podcast 1. Web Page and RSS Feed
Two of the many ways……
1. Web Page and RSS Feed
DreamWeaver (or other) software
Create web page (.htm/.html)
Create RSS feed (.xml)
Edit both to link podcast
Upload to server (CuteFTP or DreamWeaver)
2. Post to Blog – (ex. Edublogs)
Create or already have Blog space
Write Post and link .mp3 podcast file
RSS feed created automatically
Teacher “friendly”

12. Advertise your Podcasts
Link on School Web Page
Link on Class Web Page
Newsletters
Word of mouth – Students!
Encourage to Subscribe

13. Subscribe to a Podcast Choose an Aggregator
An aggregator or feed reader is software that uses a web feed to retrieve syndicated web content such as weblogs, podcasts, vlogs, and mainstream mass media websites. (
iTunes -
Bloglines -
Google Reader -
Subscribe to the RSS Feed of the Podcast using Aggregator
How to Subscribe Info:

14. Podcast ...!
Burkett/Herndon 1-07