This presentation can be found on
http://musicatbeaumontschool.blogspot.com/(Search for “podcasting INSET” in the labels)
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To cater for those with a preference for an auditory learning style
Can often support handouts given out in lessons/homework etc
Supporting revision
Students perceive as “different/more fun”
Useful if students have missed lessons
A computer/laptop with some basic recording software, e.g. Audacity or WavePad
Microphone which connects to your machine (some computers may have microphones installed in them already)
Access to a broadband internet connection
You can download some free audio
software from Audacity. You can also
pay for upgrades if you become
addicted!
As well as the software, you need the
LAME mp3 encoder. Instructions for
download are found by clicking here.
Plug in your microphone, open up
Audacity, press the RECORD button and
then start speaking!
You can use the pause button to take a
quick break. Pressing it again will resume
recording.
Press stop when you have finished. Don’t
worry about saying things perfectly or
rehearsing them too much as you can edit
your tracks once you have finished them.
You can tidy you
work by cutting
and pasting your
track and adding
effects – you can
experiment by
just clicking edit
etc.
Ensure you SAVE
your project as
you go along.
Once you have
finished, you need to export your track as
an mp3 – select this
option from the FILE
menu. Make sure you save it
somewhere safe.
You can save your file to your school’s Central Resource area/VLE
You could ask MSc to post the mp3 to your department’s webpage on the school website
Find a free hosting website, egPodcastMachine.com
Use the embed code from this website and put on your blog/website etc
Or create a link to the podcast from your blog
Create an account
Create a new channel and name
it, eg. AS Music
Create an episode
Label it carefully and tag it as well
Upload a logo if
you wish
Update the info
and then upload
your mp3
Podcast
Link
From your channel, go to Build-a-Player
Highlight and copy the html code of your podcast
Embed this into a new post by changing your setting to “Edit Html” – see next slide
Ignore the Html warning and check the box – change the width of your box to 450 if you can
Publish post – don’t be put off by the preview
Embed code
Click here to
change to Html
format
Paste your html code
of your podcast
below your text
Copyright. It is not possible to include
music in your extracts unless you have a
licence. If you would like to include
music, you can create links to Spotify.
Click here to read more about copyright
laws when podcasting
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/help/fa
q?s=install&item=lame-mp3
http://podcastmachine.com/
http://www.blogger.com/
http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Podca
sting_Legal_Guide
French and German:
http://podcastmachine.com/podcasts/4401/
http://podcastmachine.com/podcasts/4732
Music:
http://musicatbeaumontschool.blogspot.c
om/2010/01/year-12-bach-overture-
podcast.html
Geography:
http://beaumontgeoggers.blogspot.com/