1. Ben Smith and Jared Mader Red Lion Area School District Wednesday, November 12, 2008 Podcasting for Students and Teachers

2. Workshop Particulars Payment Bathrooms Breaks

3. RL Tech Academy Wiki http://rltechacademy.wikispaces.com http://rlwikiwiki.wikispaces.com Testing Space Tutorials Overview

4. Ben and Jared Taxonomy Observing Students are passive observers of technology Interacting Students are engaged with the technology Producing Students create product with a single technology Developing Students begin to combine and integrate technologies Applying Students are making sound choices about appropriate technology to use

5. National Educational Technology Standards for Students

6. National Educational Technology Standards for Teachers

7. What’s a Podcast? Recording of Audio MP3 Format Includes Metadata Author, Title, Album, etc.

8. How do I get Podcasts? iTunes iTunesU Search online - Google

9. I found the podcasts, now what? Subscribe Advanced..Subscribe to Podcast Look for feed://……. Paste into iTunes Use an Aggregator Netvibes, iGoogle

10. Easy or Hard Easy - Record Podcasts and Save MP3 Easy - Share Podcasts Wikis, PowerPoints, Burn to CD Hard - Allow Students to Subscribe

11. Equipment / Media Needed Applications Authoring Audacity (Mac / PC), GarageBand, podOmatic, Switchpod (Blocked) Alternatives Blackboard, SchoolCenter, ProfCast, ToolFactory (PC), etc Subscribing iTunes/Netvibes Microphone (Built in or External) Hard Drive Space Server Access to host files and FTP client software Other Media Burn CDs

12. Budget Audacity = $0 (Royalty-Free) GarageBand = $0 Microphone - $30 External Hard Drive = $100 Server Space - Wikispaces, District Site Class iPod = $150 – $350 Look for Mini-Grants for around $500

13. Ways to Start Begin simple Create things that will affect the most students possible

14. Possible Instructional Design Students will: Conduct Activity Record Observations/Comments Orally Save as a Podcast Use Podcast in Another File: Wiki / Webpage Powerpoint Word Document iWeb Sample Assignments: Describe phenomenon to a visually disabled person Describe activity in foreign language Provide commentary on video

15. Alternatives Content Management Systems Blackboard, SchoolCenter Switchpod PodOmatic

16. Capturing Audio Start Application Click Start Click Stop Export It won’t Export - Don’t click PAUSE

17. Decisions / Considerations Audacity can be used to edit your track Possible File Formats WAV, MP3, m4a, m4b WAV files don’t allow for authoring titles, creator, date, etc. MP3 will require additional LameLib download however, it will result in the smallest file size MP3 will be playable by most student audio devices

18. Editing Edit out anything not needed Look for long spans of low amplitude in audio waveform Add Intro / Music Save as MP3 (LameLib download)LameLib download When the tech staff installs Audacity onto your computer, this file will be in: …Applications…Audacity…LameLib

19. Assignment Create a podcast that describes how you may use Podcasting Professionally. Create a podcast that describes how you may use Podcasting with students. Post an MP3 file to another location (e.g. Wiki, Powerpoint, Word, etc.)

20. Podcast Uses Record Lectures Homework Help Lab Reports Special Projects Advice on Labs / Projects Problem Solving Radio Show What’s going on in class Combine with Blogs