Podcasting for Students Podcasting for Students and Teachersand Teachers

Ben Smith and Jared MaderBen Smith and Jared MaderRed Lion Area School DistrictRed Lion Area School District

Thursday, April 20, 2023Thursday, April 20, 2023

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National Educational Technology Standards for Students

National Educational Technology Standards for Teachers

A Taxonomy for Integrating Technology into Diverse Classrooms

Increasing Levels of CognitionCurriculum mastery deepens

Increasing Complexity of Technology SkillsTechnology choices become autonomous

What’s a Podcast?

Recording of Audio

MP3 FormatIncludes Metadata

Author, Title, Album, etc.

How do I get Podcasts?

iTunesiTunesU

Search online - Google

I found the podcasts, now what?

SubscribeAdvanced..Subscribe to Podcast

Look for feed://…….Paste into iTunes

Use an AggregatorNetvibes, iGoogle

Easy or Hard

Easy - Record Podcasts and Save MP3

Easy - Share PodcastsWikis, PowerPoints, Burn to CD

Hard - Allow Students to Subscribe

Podcast Uses

Record LecturesHomework HelpLab ReportsSpecial ProjectsAdvice on Labs / ProjectsProblem SolvingRadio ShowWhat’s going on in classCombine with Blogs

Equipment / Media NeededApplications

AuthoringAudacity (Mac / PC), GarageBand, podOmatic, Switchpod (Blocked)Alternatives

Blackboard, SchoolCenter, ProfCast, ToolFactory (PC), etc

SubscribingiTunes/Netvibes

Microphone (Built in or External)Hard Drive SpaceServer Access to host files and FTP client softwareOther Media

Burn CDs

Budget

Audacity = $0 (Royalty-Free)GarageBand = $0Microphone - $30External Hard Drive = $100Server Space - Your district probably has someClass iPod = $150 – $350Look for Mini-Grants for around $500

Ways to Start

Begin simple

Create things that will affect the most students possible

Possible Instructional DesignStudents will:

Conduct ActivityRecord Observations/Comments OrallySave as a Podcast

Use Podcast in Another File:Wiki / WebpagePowerpointWord DocumentiWeb

Sample Assignments:Describe phenomenon to a visually disabled personDescribe activity in foreign languageProvide commentary on video

Capturing Audio

Start ApplicationClick StartClick StopExport

It won’t Export - Don’t click PAUSE

Decisions / ConsiderationsAudacity can be used to edit your track Possible File Formats

WAV, MP3, m4a, m4bWAV files don’t allow for authoring titles, creator, date, etc.MP3 will require additional LameLib download however, it will result in the smallest file sizeMP3 will be playable by most student audio devices

Editing

Edit out anything not neededLook for long spans of low amplitude in audio waveform

Add Intro / Music

Save as MP3 (LameLib download)When the tech staff installs Audacity onto your computer, this file will be in:

…Applications…Audacity…LameLib

Enhancing Observation SkillsStudents will:

Conduct Experiment / ActivityRecord Observations OrallySave as a Podcast

Use of File:PowerpointWebpageWord DocumentiWeb

Sample Assignment:Describe phenomenon to a visually disabled personDescribe activity in foreign languageProvide commentary on video

Post Production

RSS feedEditing the feed.xml file using a text editor

Don’t Use Word!

SubscribingiTunes

Netvibes

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.)

Questions

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