1. What is iHistory? iHistory Podcast Project – Mobile Technology & Australian History Dave Fagg http://ihistory.wordpress.comEaglehawk SC Creating podcasts to teach Year 9 Australian History. Historical fieldwork using podcasts A blog that documents the process Student Reflections on the Project

2. Creating Podcasts A good script Interesting anecdotes Under 8 minutes Recording Software On Mac, GarageBand On PC, Audacity Recording Hardware USB headset Internet Hosting Blog: wordpress; blogspot Podcast Host: podomatic Feed: feedburner File hosting: box.net iHistory Podcast Project – Mobile Technology & Australian History Dave Fagg http://ihistory.wordpress.comEaglehawk SC What costs? time internet access USB headset: about $60 What’s free? Audacity Wordpress/blogspot Podomatic Feedburner Box.net

3. Historical Fieldwork 1.A collection of interesting places to visit 2.A podcast on the history associated with that place 3.A task sheet to fill in 4.Some prizes! To do - listen to Bendigo Gaol podcast - look at a task sheetlook at a task sheet iHistory Podcast Project – Mobile Technology & Australian History Dave Fagg http://ihistory.wordpress.comEaglehawk SC Old Bendigo Gaol….not goal. We also visited a cathedral, a Chinese temple, a mining site and surveyed the statues in Bendigo’s CBD.

4. iHistory Podcast Project – Mobile Technology & Australian History Dave Fagg http://ihistory.wordpress.comEaglehawk SC 1212 What were Cells 6 & 7 used for?2 1313 Describe Cell 6 or Cell 7:  Size  What’s inside  Access to outdoors Record on iRiver5 1414 How many wings of the prison were planned? 2 1515 How many were actually built?2 1616 Take a photo of one of the walls through which extra wings would have been built. 2 1717 Go to the guard box. Explain why it was placed in this position. 5 1818 How many cells are there in total?5 1919 What famous person inhabited Cell 28 for a while? 2 2020 For most of the gaol’s history, how did it deal with sewerage? When was it connected to the city’s sewerage system? 4 iHistory Task Sheet: Bendigo Gaol (excerpt)

5. The Blog iHistory Podcast Project – Mobile Technology & Australian History Dave Fagg http://ihistory.wordpress.comEaglehawk SC or as my wife says, my other lover…. The iHistory blog is a way of documenting the doubtful progress of this project. What is in it? Podcasts Reflections on the project Student contributions Photos/videos Colleagues interaction Although it takes time and energy to maintain, the blog keeps everything in one place, and makes it accessible to anyone with internet access. Let’s go on a tour!

6. Some short movies: 1. Aural Learning Excerpt 2. Mp3s & Learning Excerpt What did the students think? Quotes from their blogged comments: “I do think it’s good to use mp3s because you can listen individually without distraction…” David “…it is good because a teacher may tell you the information earlier but then when you are doing the work for it you can go back and check the information again” Laura “The mp3 were easy to operate and you got most of the information you needed” Daniel “I enjoy learning in this way I find it a lot easier to take things in and remember them…” Brianna “…it is a modern way of learning and should be used more frequently in other classes.” Jackson iHistory Podcast Project – Mobile Technology & Australian History Dave Fagg http://ihistory.wordpress.comEaglehawk SC