1. Created by Alice Mercer Summer 2007 CC/NC/S-SA (Creative Commons Non-Commercial Share and Share Alike License) All images and sounds are CC licensed or from MS Clip Gallery Podcasting in the Classroom: Giving Students a Voice Increasing motivation and learning while having a lot of fun

2. Podcasting in the Classroom: Giving Students a Voice Thursday 1/22/2009 4 – 6 p.m. SRN: 2016101222009 What is podcasting? (5 minutes) Why podcast? (5 minutes) What tools do you need? (10 minutes) Before you record… (10 minutes) You are ready to record (10 minutes) Effects and music (10 minutes) Get to know Copyright and Creative Commons (10 minutes) Let’s do it! (1 hour)

3. What is podcasting? An audio recording (usually part of a series) that is available for syndication (subscription) so that people can receive updates when new "shows" are published (put on the web). Here are some examples…

4. National Public Radio

5. Why podcast? It's practice in oral communication (a state standard), it helps them develop oral language, it gives them a voice, and sets them free. Here are some examples…

6. Examples from my class

7. Other Examples

8. What tools do you need? You probably already have students willing to talk; You will also need a way to digitally record them; You can do this with a computer by adding a microphone; Or, with a portable device like an iPod or MP3 player.

9. Before you record… Make sure that you have permission to post audio of your students’ on the Internet Inform your administrator, and parents of your plans Reassure them, have students use initials, or first names only Encourage them with how much this will mean to students

10. Using phone based recording G-Cast will recognize your phone when you call Gabcast will let you call from any phone, and send it to your account.

11. Gabcast – www.gabcast.com Call 1.800.749.0632 Enter channel number: 17250 Enter channel password: 091998

12. Okay, lets get that equipment… Microphones plug in two ways, at a mic jack, or a USB port

13. From the start menu choose Settings> Control Panel> Sound Speech, and Audio Devices Getting your computer to recognize your microphone From Ruben Duran (http://www.slideshare.net/rubenduran/podcasting-10614/) used under CC licensehttp://www.slideshare.net/rubenduran/podcasting-10614/

14. Sound and Audio Devices Panel. Click the Voice Tab Getting your computer to recognize your microphone From Ruben Duran (http://www.slideshare.net/rubenduran/podcasting-10614/) used under CC licensehttp://www.slideshare.net/rubenduran/podcasting-10614/

15. In the Voice Recording area, there is a menu from which you can choose the default recording device. Click on Test hardware, so it can recognize the microphone. From Ruben Duran (http://www.slideshare.net/rubenduran/podcasting-10614/) used under CC licensehttp://www.slideshare.net/rubenduran/podcasting-10614/ Getting your computer to recognize your microphone

16. Add the Software Audacity is a free program available online from SourceForge (this is blocked at SCUSD) Make sure you get the LAME encoder too

17. You are ready to record The next slides will show you how to: Record Replay, and Edit audio using Audacity

18. Click the button with the small red circle when you are ready to record audio Images courtesy of Tom Turner

19. Click the button with the two blue vertical lines to pause during recording. To begin recording again press pause a second time. Images courtesy of Tom Turner

20. Click the button with the green triangle to listen to a playback of the recording Images courtesy of Tom Turner

21. Use the Selection Tool Button to delete portions the audio Highlight the area you wish to delete. Use the backspace or delete button to remove. Images courtesy of Tom Turner

22. Effects and music How do you add effects and music? Each track is shown separately in Audacity. You can make an effect on one track, or another. You can add in music as a separate track.

23. Copyright and Fair Use From the Media Education Foundation: http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/documentary-film-program/film/a-fair-y-use-tale

24. Get to know Copyright …and let Fair Use be your friend. Some quick guidelines when podcasting: As a rule of thumb, you can use 10% (not to exceed 10 seconds) of copyrighted song or other audio. If you change it (transformation) that can be fair use http://www.mediafestival.org/copyrightchart.html http://www.mediafestival.org/copyrightchart.html is a chart of fair use for teachers under copyright by Hall Davidson

25. Creative Commons Creative commons is another great resource It says you can use the work as long as you attribute (sometimes they won’t allow for commercial use) and make your work available. If you use it make sure you are also giving your work a CC license (this is called Share and Share Alike)

26. Sources of music/sounds Here are some sounds that are available under creative commons licensing: –Jamendo –PodSafe Audio –freesound Note: royalty free is not always free (you may need to pay a one time fee that is lower, but still has a cost)

27. The list of sources Record by phone with Gabcast.com (http://gabcast.com) You can use a cellphone to record including conference calls so you can do remote interviews.http://gabcast.com Gcast: Podcasting Home (http://www.gcast.com) PodSafe Audio (http://podsafeaudio.com) Podsafe Music under the Creative Commons license for Podcastinghttp://podsafeaudio.com Jamendo (http://www.jamendo.com/en) Creative Commons Audio/Musichttp://www.jamendo.com/en freesound (http://freesound.iua.upf.edu) creative commons audiohttp://freesound.iua.upf.edu Podcasting Podcasting wiki (http://classroomtech.pbwiki.com/) Resources for podcastinghttp://classroomtech.pbwiki.com/ Brian Bridges wiki (http://brianbridges.pbwiki.com) Brian works for CLRN which provides support for using technology in education. This wiki is a great resource on the subject of podcation, wikis, and blogginghttp://brianbridges.pbwiki.com Copyright chart (http://www.mediafestival.org/copyrightchart.html) Chart of fair use for teachers under copyright by Hall Davidsonhttp://www.mediafestival.org/copyrightchart.html 7 Reasons to Podcast from Educause (http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ELI7003.pdf) Reasons for using podcasting in educationhttp://www.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ELI7003.pdf NEA: March 2007 NEA Today - Podcasting the 1600s (http://www.nea.org/neatoday/0703/feature6.html) Article from NEA Today on using podcasting in the classroomhttp://www.nea.org/neatoday/0703/feature6.html

28. Podcasting Training in Room 3