Podcasting for Teachers

Welcome to a whole new world of Web 2.0 media creation. Hopefully, using this new technology will liven up your class and open up a new world for you and your students. Here is the online handouts and notes for the Podcasting course for the Beaufort County School District. Feel free to add any resources you may find to this wiki. Please email John Woodring if you have any questions.

 

  1. Podcasting for Teachers
  2. Introduction
  3. Materials Needed
    1. Must Have
    2. Nice to Have
    3. Video Podcasting
  4. Podcasting Ideas
  5. Presentation
  6. Resources
  7. Videos
    1. Integrating Podcasting Into Your Classroom
    2. Recording an Audio Podcast mp3 with Audacity (YouTube) 
    3. Vodcasting, Videocasting-what is it? This is targeted towards business but the idea is the same.
    4. Vodcasting in Education
    5. An Easy Introduction to Video Podcasting
    6. RSS in Plain English
    7. Teaching Video Blogging to Elementary School Educators
    8. A Vision of Students Today (A look at students today bonus video)
  8. Podcasts to listen to
  9. Sources

 

Introduction

  • Welcome to the world of podcasting! This technology can open your classes to a worldwide audiance with ease.
  • Podcasts are an excellent way to bring multimedia resources to your class that could was not possible a few years ago.
  • A podcast is a digital media file, usally MP3, that is distributed over the Internet using Real Simple Syndication (RSS). Podcasts can be played on portable music players, like iPods or MP3 players, or computers. They are much like radio and now television shows but you can enjoy them when and where you want to. You do not have to have an iPod to enjoy podcasts.
  • Depending on what players and accessories you have, you can play a podcast anytime and anywhere. You may listen in your classroom, office, or home on a computer. You can take a portable player with you on a walk, gym workout, or in your car. You can enjoy a podcast just about anywhere.
  • Podcasts are very easy and inexpensive to create and distribute. A computer with an Internet connection, some free software, a $10 microphone, some creativity and you are all set.

 

Materials Needed

Must Have

  • A computer either PC or Mac
  • Software: Audacity for PC. Garage Band for Mac
  • LAME MP3 Encoder if using Audacity
  • A microphone: You don't have to spend alot of money, a $10-15 microphone will do

Nice to Have

  • Earphones: They are good to have when editing your podcast.
  • iPod or iPod Nano with a recording attachment, an MP3 player with voice recording capibilites, or digital voice recorder that can link to a computer for portable recording.
  • Some music to spice up your podcast with intro, extro, or bumper music. Make sure you can legally use the music be either purchasing the right to broadcast it or got it under the terms of the Creative Commons License.

  • Skype with a recording option. This is good for creating podcasts when two or more people involved in a podcast are not at the same location. 

Video Podcasting

  • A digital camcorder or webcam
  • Video editing software such as Windows Movie Maker or Apple's iMovie.
  • Video conversion software to convert video files into Flash (swf) or MP4
  • An account to YouTube or other video hosting sites.

 

Podcasting Ideas

This list are a few samples of podcasting ideas that can be used in the classroom. Feel free to share any ideas you can think of.

  • Review of a book
  • Character profiles
  • Interview historical figures/novel characters/authors
  • Round table discussions of readings/historical events
  • Radio news broadcasts of historical events
  • Skits that explain scientific or math concepts
 

Presentation

 

Resources

 

Videos

Integrating Podcasting Into Your Classroom

 

Recording an Audio Podcast mp3 with Audacity (YouTube) 

 

Vodcasting, Videocasting-what is it? This is targeted towards business but the idea is the same.

 

Vodcasting in Education

 

An Easy Introduction to Video Podcasting

 

RSS in Plain English

 

Teaching Video Blogging to Elementary School Educators

 

A Vision of Students Today (A look at students today bonus video)

 

 

Podcasts to listen to

 

Sources

  • Audacity Tutorials from Sound Forge
  • Garageband Tutorials from Com Tech Lab
  • Podcasting: The Do-It-Yourself Guide. Todd Cochrane. Wiley Publishing, Inc. 2005
  • Podcasting for Dummies. Tee Morris and Evo Terra. Wiley Publishing, Inc. 2006
  • Kidcast: Podcasting in the Classroom. Dan Schmit. FTC Publishing. 2007
  • Kidcast: Creative Podcasting Activities, Strategies, Ideas. Dan Schmit. FTC Publishing. 2007
  • Secrets of Videoblogging:Videoblogging for the Masses. Michael Verdi and Ryanne Hodson with Diana Weynand and Shirley Craig. Peachpit Press. 2006
  • Videoblogging. Jay Dedman and Joshua Paul. Wiley Publishing, Inc. 2006

 

 


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