podcasting in the classroom

PODCASTING IN THE CLASSROOMJo Belyea-Doerrman

Jo_E_Belyea-Doerrman@mcpsmd.org

January 31, 2012

OBJECTIVE

Students will be able to: Describe ways they can integrate podcasting

into their classroom; Create an audio file using Audacity; Import music into an Audacity file, and; Save an Audacity project and export it to

MP3 format.

AGENDA

What is podcasting? Why use podcasting in your classroom? How do I create a podcast?

Four Easy Steps1. Record

Using Audacity2. Edit3. Upload

Where do I store my files?4. Download

How can I use the files?

Resources

WHAT IS A PODCAST? Name comes from an iPod and Broadcast – merged

together and you have podcast.

Typically the definition is a Internet-based program much like shows on traditional radio or television.

But they are DIFFERENT They are flexible Stored as digital files on the Internet or a MP3 player Can be played again and again The listener controls when they want to hear the

program (think On-Demand for audio files)

WHAT IS A PODCAST?

A collection of individual audio episodes typically recorded and edited on a computer and then uploaded onto a web server

WHY PODCAST IN MY CLASSROOM?

Students are digital natives Digital Natives -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_A-ZVCjfWf8

CREATE AUTHENTIC LEARNING EXPERIENCES

Record Edit

UploadontoServer

Downloadand listen

PODCASTING IN FOUR EASY STEPS

THE POWER OF PODCASTING

is the use of podcatcher software that allows users to download episodes from the web server to their computer to listen to the podcast either on their computers or transfer them to their media player (such as MP3 or iPod)

GOOD NEWS!

You don’t have to have an iPod or MP3 player

YOU CAN LISTEN DIRECTLY FROM YOUR COMPUTER

STUDENT EXAMPLES

http://jobdoer.podomatic.com/

SO HOW CAN YOU USE THE PODCASTING IN YOUR K – 8 CLASSROOM?

You could use podcasting to have students: Work on fluency through recording text and

immediately listening to themselves; Practice vocabulary; Perform a poetry, plays or Reader’s Theater; Record oral reports instead of presenting in front

of the class; Listen to student created work; or Interview each other for a classroom podcast.

SO HOW CAN YOU USE THE PODCASTING IN YOUR 6 – 12 CLASSROOM?

You could use podcasting to have students: Conduct interviews for History class or a

research project; Weekly newscasts or Classroom newscasts; Career Casts; Point/Counterpoint; This Day in History; Spelling bees; Audio tour guides; Practice foreign language vocabulary; Perform a play; or Create study guides for other students.

SO HOW CAN YOU USE THE PODCASTING WITH MY ELL OR SPECIAL NEEDS STUDENTS?

You could use podcasting to have students: Practice fluency; Record vocabulary; Record oral reports; Study guides Listen to student created work.

WHAT DO I NEED TO GET STARTED?

A basic microphone (even headsets work) A software program that allows you to create

a recording such as: Audacity (www.audacity.sourceforge.net) or Garage Band

(http://www.apple.com/ilife/garageband/)or Create online directly with podOmatic

(http://www.podomatic.com/)

RecordEdit

UploadontoServer

Downloadand listen

STEP 1

AUDACITY Audacity is a free, easy-to-use audio editor and

recorder for Windows, Mac OS X, GNU/Linux and other operating systems. You can use Audacity to:

Record live audio. Convert tapes and records into digital recordings

or CDs. Edit Ogg Vorbis, MP3, WAV or AIFF sound files. Cut, copy, splice or mix sounds together. Change the speed or pitch of a recording.

Need LAME encoder () Available at

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/help/faq?s=install&i=lame-mp3

AUDACITY – THE BASICS

With Audacity you can: Record your voice; Import music; Edit podcasts to include both voice and

music; Convert file formats for audio files.

AUDACITY OPENING SCREEN

EDIT PREFERENCES

This allows you to set up the microphone and output devices.

From the menu bar select Edit Preferences

SET UP PREFERENCES EDIT>>PREFERENCES

AUDACITY RECORDING TOOLBAR

Back

Play

Stop

Pause

Record

Forward

CLICK ON RECORD BUTTON AND BEGIN RECORDING!

Make sure to talk directly into the microphone!

When you are done, click on the Stop button

To listen click on the Play Button

IF YOU WANT TO TRY AGAIN, YOU CAN DELETE THE RECORDING

Just click on the X to delete the track.

IF YOU FORGET TO DO THIS, YOU WILL GET MULTIPLE TRACKS

Or you can use this option to have both music and voice at the same time.

Edit

Record

UploadontoServer

Downloadand listen

STEP 2

YOU CAN DELETE SPECIFIC PORTIONS OF THE RECORDING BY SIMPLY HIGHLIGHTING THE AREA AND HITTING YOUR DELETE KEY

Highlight with your mouse,and hit delete key will deletethe unwanted portion of the recording

OR YOU CAN SPLIT YOUR RECORDING TO USE PORTIONS IN OTHER PORTIONS OF THE PODCAST

Select the section you want to split.

From the Menu bar – Select Edit>>Split

YOU CAN MOVE PORTIONS OF THE RECORDING AROUND BY SELECTING AND EDITING

IMPORTING MUSIC

From the menu bar, select Project>>Import Audio

Select the music you want to importYou can import five types of audio files:.wav.aif.au.mp3.ogg

YOU CAN ALSO FADE OUT MUSIC

1. Highlight the area youwant to fade

2. From the menu bar,select Effect>>Fade Out

YOU CAN ALSO FADE IN MUSIC

1. Highlight the area youwant to fade

2. From the menu bar,select Effect>>Fade Out

TRIMMING

This allows you to delete all but a selected selection.

You can select the area you want to trim around and use the toolbar shortcut key or make your selection, use the menu bar Edit>>Trim

MUTING

While you are recording you may want to mute certain tracks to listen to one / or more tracks at a time.

You select the mute button on each track to turn on or off.

SOLO

While you are recording you may want to listen to only one track.

You select the solo button on the track you want to listen to. This is a toggle off/on button.

SAVING

There are two ways to save.1. Saving your project2. Saving your MP3

SAVING YOUR PROJECT

This allows you to work on a project in Audacity. However, these files are only useable in Audacity. They can not be heard on a media device or a computer that does not have Audacity.

It does however allow you to continue to edit the files.

From the menu bar, select File>>Save Project

The extension to these type of files is .aup

SAVING YOUR MP3 FILE

This DOES NOT allow you to easily edit a file. This is done when the project is completed and you are ready to publish it to a server.

NOTE: Before you can do this you need to locate the LAME driver.

WHERE TO GET LAME

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/help/faq?s=install&i=lame-mp3

From the menu bar, select File>>Export MP3

The extension to these type of files is .MP3

UploadontoServer

Record Edit

Downloadand listen

STEP 3

MCPS POLICY

All of your podcasts must have approval by you…

so You can not upload student work to NON-

MCPS sites. You may upload Podcasts to your school /

classroom websites.

UPLOAD PODCASTS TO ODEO.COM

UPLOAD PODCASTS TO PODOMATIC.COM

Record Edit

UploadontoServer

Downloadand listen

STEP 4

MP3 PLAYERS

WHERE TO GET MP3 PLAYERS

Office Depot Target Staples Surf the Web - Overstock.com, E-bay

AGGREGATORS RSS allows us to choose which kinds of subjects

we want to learn about via Internet articles. The same is true of a podcasting aggregator. You could think of a podcasting aggregator as RSPS, Real Simple Podcast Syndication.

The podcasting aggregator streams audio signals that you specify to your MP3 player, or computer.

Perhaps the most well-known example of a podcasting aggregator today is Apple's iTunes. This kind of podcasting aggregator is tied to Apple's online music store, although podcasts are free of charge. Other online examples of the podcasting aggregator include Podcast Alley and Podcast.net.

SUBSCRIBE TO THE PROGRAMS

iTunes (www.apple.com/iTunes) Ipodder (ipodder.sourceforge.net) Netvibes.com Podcastalley.com Podcasts.yahoo.com

Google Reader

DOWNLOADS DON’T HAVE TO BE LIVE

The podcasting aggregator is built on the theory that downloads don't always have to be live. In other words, we can set up a podcasting aggregator to subscribe to podcasts and download new episodes whenever they become available.

Unlike radio, podcasts can be downloaded and listened to at our leisure. They are there when we're ready to listen to them, thanks to the podcasting aggregator.

LISTEN TO OTHER EDUCATORS/CLASSROOMS FIRST!

podOmatic.com Studio.odeo.com Willowweb Bookwink.com Edtechlive.wikispaces.com Kidcast (www.intelligenic.com) http://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=IC3VZkfdgV8&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=ExkMeQfuLGc www.jobdoer.net/doerrman/podcast/

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