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Session 4- Effective use of Podcasts and iTunes

Session 4- Effective use of Podcasts and iTunes. Podcasting. What is a podcast? - effectively an audio file which is then put onto the Internet. Podcasting. How have I used them? - Grammar series - pupil recordings - pupil grammar explanations. Podcasting. Grammar series

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Session 4- Effective use of Podcasts and iTunes

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  1. Session 4- Effective use of Podcasts and iTunes

  2. Podcasting What is a podcast? - effectively an audio file which is then put onto the Internet

  3. Podcasting How have I used them? - Grammar series - pupil recordings - pupil grammar explanations

  4. Podcasting Grammar series created to help reinforce grammar learning OUTSIDE of the classroom - responding to a request by a pupil - FANTASTIC for audio learners

  5. Podcasting 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

  6. Podcasting • Sounds hard, but isn’t! • Record podcast...

  7. Podcasting How to record a podcast... 1) Recording material

  8. Podcasting • How to record a podcast... • Recording material

  9. Podcasting • How to record a podcast... • Recording material

  10. Podcasting • How to record a podcast... • Recording material

  11. Podcasting • How to record a podcast... • Recording material • Audacity for PCs- www.download.com • + LAME FE • (allows you to export as MP3) • OR Garageband for Macs

  12. Podcasting How to record a podcast... A volunteer, anyone...?

  13. Podcasting Facilities in Audacity - amplify - fade in / fade out - putting music over recordings using Creative Commons Licensed music e.g. www.flashkitloops.com

  14. Podcasting Effect of using Audacity - enjoyment - pupils listening to recording over and over to improve it - reinforces learning

  15. Podcasting • Sounds hard, but isn’t! • Record podcast... • 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

  16. Podcasting So let’s have a look at iTunes

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

  18. Podcasting • Scroll down, and you will see this box • You want to Submit a Podcast

  19. Adding the podcast to iTunes • Motivation • Can put onto MP3 players / computers and listen to work again, rather than just forgetting it Podcasting

  20. Pupil 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 Podcasting

  21. Podcasting 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

  22. Further fun tools Podcasting Voicethread.com

  23. Further fun tools Podcasting 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

  24. Further fun tools Podcasting Voki.com • -Allows pupils to “build”a character • Makes speaking exercises less threatening • Highly motivational

  25. Further fun tools Podcasting Slidecast - an extension of slideshare.net = allows you to record audio to annotate ppts

  26. Podcasting Podcasts as listening materials... • Coffee Break Spanish -excellent topic explanations

  27. Podcasting Podcasts as listening materials... 2) Elliot school podcasts - KS5 topics, with exercises

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

  29. Podcasting Podcasts as CPD The K-12 Online Conference invites participation from educators around the world interested in innovative ways Web 2.0 tools and technologies can be used to improve learning. A series by educators, for educators

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