1. Preview Question: What is one topic area that you’ve always wanted to know about?

2. Presented by Mel McNamara & Beth DeFrances Mel_McNamara@hcpss.org Elizabeth_DeFrances@hcpss.org Adapted from a presentation by Cristina Runkles of Frederick County Public Schools (Cristina.Runkles@fcps.org) iPod + Broadcast = Podcast

3. Podcast Vocabulary Do You Know What Any of These Words Mean? Garageband Audacity Usb audio interface Microphone Headphones computer rss feedburner iWeb iTunes blog Portable audio recorder

4. What is a Podcast? Content – audio or video – created for an audience to listen to how and when they want Multimedia files are distributed over the Internet Files can be played on a computer or a portable device Podcasts are distributed through an RSS feed For Mac or PC users

5. Generic Directories of Podcasts http://www.podomatic.com/ http://www.podcastshuffle.com iTunes

6. Why Use Podcasts? Class News Updates Content Learning – Students Teaching Others Distance Learning Interviews Self – Paced Learning Lectures and Teaching – Playback

7. Let’s Look at some Podcasts http://staff.hcpss.org/~mcnamara/podcasts Model 1: School Podcast: Radio WillowWeb Model 2: Classroom Podcasts: Room 208 Model 3: Middle School: Coulee Kids Podcast Model 4: Learning Songs Model 5: Teacher Podcasts and Much More

8. Safety Students should be taught internet safety. -First names -No addresses or meeting places http://www.cybersmartcurriculum.org/lesson_plans/ -Lesson Plans and Activity Sheets http://www.netsmartz.org/ -Good tips for teachers and parents with Videos and Lessons

9. Copyright Laws Educators need to know current copyright laws Students should be taught copyright laws -Music -Photos -Content http://www.cyberbee.com/cb_copyright.swf -Elementary Questions and Answers http://www.mediafestival.org/downloads.html -Great lessons, quizzes, charts

10. Example of Management System Bulletin Board to manage Students pick topics and work on them during spare time Scripts are written and edited by students Record on Fridays during reading groups – 2 students Students edit during lunch or recess

11. Equipment Needed Good Microphone usb audio interface Computer Editing Software: -Audacity – Free for Windows, Mac OS X, & Linux http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ - Garageband – Free w/Mac OS X – iLife ‘06 http://www.apple.com/education/resources/podca stingvideos/ Music – PC: http://music.podshow.com/http://music.podshow.com/ http://music.download.com/ Music - Mac: jingles in Garageband

12. Websites Useful in Creating Podcasts On-Line Services - Blog -Blogger – http://blogger.comhttp://blogger.com -Wordpress – http://wordpress.orghttp://wordpress.org -Podomatic - http://www.podomatic.comhttp://www.podomatic.com -Landmarks Blogmeister - http://classblogmeister.com/ http://classblogmeister.com/ On-Line Services – RSS -Feedburner – http://feedburner.comhttp://feedburner.com On-Line Services – Hosting -Ourmedia - http://www.ourmedia.org/http://www.ourmedia.org/

13. Planning Your Podcast Less is more Less is more No more than 15 minutes No more than 15 minutes Preview-Inform-Recap-Tease Preview-Inform-Recap-Tease Music Music Logos and Images Logos and Images

14. How to Make a Podcast: The Basics Record an audio file. Edit your audio and add music if you wish. Convert the file to an mp3 format. Upload the file to a web server or blog account Create an RSS feed (if not using iweb or blog) Listen and share your podcast.

15. Let’s Make Our Own Podcast Robert Frost Poem

16. Where do you go from here? Think-Pair-Share Ideas Think-Pair-Share Ideas

17. Support and Additional Ideas http://staff.hcpss.org/~mcnamara/podcasts

18. Questions?