Podcasting from A to Z Carol Mayer, Wayne RESA mayerc@resa.netmayerc@resa.net 734.334.1423.

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Podcasting from A to Z

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Carol Mayer, Wayne RESA

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Objectives

• Clearly describe podcasting• List numerous ways to use podcasting• Listen to podcasts• Locate and subscribe to podcasts• Understand steps to creating a podcast• Become familiar with basic recording and editing

functions of Audacity• Create and post an original podcast episode

What is a podcast?

• Like a radio broadcast, but transmitted over the Internet

• Podcast < iPod + broadcast• Podcast series can be subscribed to• Audio content on your computer• Can transfer to portable media device (iPod,

MP3 player, digital audio player (DAP))• Ability to subscribe distinguishes podcast from a

simple MP3 file download

History of Podcasting

• First podcasts in 2004• 2005 word of the year -New Oxford American

Dictionary• Nearly 200 million iPods have been sold• > 6 million adults subscribe to podcasts and

download onto portable media device• More then 100,000 podcasts are available

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Benefits of Podcasting

• Convenient - listen anytime, anywhere• Portable - download to portable media

device• New episodes automatically downloaded • Free (mostly)• Wide variety of topics

We’ve Come a Long Way, Baby

Remember…You Don’t Need an iPod

http://youtube.com/watch?v=vpciLIA0Kn4 by jmoonah

Podcasting in Education

• Publish student work • Assess student learning• Distribute school assignments• Create archive of class lectures• Interview guest experts• Archive oral histories• Communicate with parents• Provide community outreach• Create audio tours• Provide public safety messages• Access personal and professional development

Podcasts for Students

Grammar Girl’s Quick & Dirty Tips for Better Writing

Mr. Langhorst's Web Classroom

- Speaking of History

The FrenchPodClass PodcastQuickTime™ and a

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Vocab Minute from The Princeton Review

Podcasts by Students

Jamestown Elementary Podcasts

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Our City Podcast

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The Principal Podcast

Science Friday Podcasts

K12 Science Podcasts

The TechPod Zone

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• Audio only• Enhanced podcast - includes chapters and

images of the places/things mentioned in the podcasts

Ex. - Frederick Meijer Gardens Sculpture ParkEx. - Southfield Christian School Enhanced Podcasts

• Video podcast -vodcast - video on demand podcast

Ex. - National Geographic Wild Chronicles

Finding PodcastsQuickTime™ and a

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The Education Podcast Network

Podcast Alley

iTunes - Download application to computer

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• Preproduction - audience, research, script, music and sounds, practice

• Recording - microphone, audio software• Postproduction - editing• Publishing

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• Purpose of the show• Identify your audience• Live or mixed?• Format

– Journal - more conversational– Audio essay or commentary– Discussion– Sound seeing tours– Other - music, plays, interviews, reviews

• Brainstorm or outline episode content• Create timeline or storyboard• Write script

0 Min 10 Min

Segments

Transition Music

Theme Music Theme Music

• Research topic• Gather audio resources - music, stingers, sound effects, etc• Finalize script• Rehearse• Locate quiet area for recording

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“Quiet on the set!”

• Record voice audio from script• Options for recording

– Internal or external microphone– Headset with microphone– Portable recording devices– Cell phone - Gcast– Skypecasting

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• Editing• Import music and sound effects• Add effects and normalize• Fine tune audio files• Export as MP3

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• Upload file to server• Create RSS feed file

Or• Use Edublogs or Podbean to host

your podcast

Podcasting from A to Z Carol Mayer, Wayne RESA mayerc@resa.netmayerc@resa.net 734.334.1423.

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