Session 4- Effective use of Podcasts and iTunes

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What is a podcast?

- effectively an audio file which is then put onto the Internet

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How have I used them?

- Grammar series

- pupil recordings

- pupil grammar explanations

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Grammar seriescreated to help reinforce grammar learning OUTSIDE of the classroom

- responding to a request by a pupil- FANTASTIC for audio learners

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Pupil grammar explanations

- benefit of explaining to others

- need for script

- peer assessment on podcasts

- minimal teacher input, maximum output

- pupils then have an immediate revision tool

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Sounds hard, but isn’t!

1)Record podcast...

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How to record a podcast...

1) Recording material

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How to record a podcast...

1) Recording material

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How to record a podcast...

1) Recording material

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How to record a podcast...

1) Recording material

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How to record a podcast...

1) Recording material

2) Audacity for PCs- www.download.com

+ LAME FE

(allows you to export as MP3)

OR Garageband for Macs

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How to record a podcast...

A volunteer, anyone...?

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Facilities in Audacity

- amplify

- fade in / fade out

- putting music over recordings

using Creative Commons Licensed music

e.g. www.flashkitloops.com

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Effect of using Audacity

- enjoyment

- pupils listening to recording over and over to improve it

- reinforces learning

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Sounds hard, but isn’t!

1)Record podcast...

2)Use a podcast host, eg www.jellycast.com

www.podomatic.com

2) Copy the feed address which you will be given

Eg http://edgehill.jellycast.com/podcast/feed/56

So let’s have a look at iTunes

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In iTunes (free!!), go to the podcast section Podcasting

• Scroll down, and you will see this box

• You want to Submit a Podcast

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Adding the podcast to iTunes

-Motivation

-Can put onto MP3 players / computers and listen to work again, rather than just forgetting it

PodcastingPupil recordings

- selected recordings again put onto iTunes (EdgehillCast)

- great revision tool

- pupils listen to their recordings repeatedly whilst editing

- all year 10 recordings now going onto i-tunes, allowing them to download their work and peer’s work

- providing opportunity to expland learning beyond classroom walls

And, of course, we can put the podcast onto a blog...

Simply insert it as a file, and when clicked the audio will open and play

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Voicethread.com

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Further fun tools

Voicethread.com-online media album, can hold virtually any type of media

(images, documents and videos) -allows people to make comments in 5 different ways - using

voice (with a microphone or telephone), text, audio file, or video (with a webcam)

-easy to embed in a blog (or wiki)

-allows group conversations to be collected and shared in

one place, ideal for international projects

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Further fun tools

Voki.com

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Further fun tools

-Allows pupils to “build”a character

-Makes speaking exercises less threatening

-Highly motivational

Slidecast- an extension of slideshare.net

= allows you to record audio to annotate ppts

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Further fun tools

Podcasts as listening materials...1) Coffee Break Spanish

-excellent topic explanations

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Podcasts as listening materials...2) Elliot school podcasts

- KS5 topics, with exercises

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Podcasts as listening materials...3) iTunes as a podcast search engine

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Podcasts as CPD Podcasting

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