iPods & Podcasts: Revolutionizing the Classroom

1. iPods & Podcasts: Revolutionizing the Classroom Carol Siwinski Germantown Academy Curricular Technology Specialist PETE & C February 11 - 13, 2007

2. iPod • More than just a music player • Portable learning tool • Can develop core literacy skills • Crosses generational lines • Can be integrated into almost all disciplines • Course content dissemination • Classroom recording • Field recording • Study support • File storage and transfer

3. iPod Tools/Tip and Tricks • Using iPod as portable recording device • iTalk Griffith/XtremeMac Micro Memo voice recorder • Inserting recorder • Speak clearly, projecting voice, use inflection • Hold recorder a few inches from mouth • Set iPod to be updated manually • Organization a must • Download recordings either to desktop or iTunes and rename immediately • Compress recording in iTunes • Set iTunes to convert to MP3

4. Early Grades • Learn the letter sounds • Students practice making sounds of letters • Teacher recorders lesson to make words • Students listen to lesson and make words using Lively Letter Cards • Students can then record the words made • Record speech and language for assessment • More accurate indicator • Can be saved iTunes, on computer, or CD • Keep sample as record of progress • Analyze to ascertain new speech and language goals

5. Learning Modern Languages • Immigration activity • Learning past tense • Narrate story extemporaneously for 2 mins. using iPod during class • Graded on grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation. • Vacation activity • To perfect pronunciation • Take iPod home to record paragraph • Graded on pronunciation • Odes • Write ode • Create digital poster • Take iPod home to Record ode • Convert to MP3 and link from web page • http://www.germantownacademy.org/academics/us/ModLang/Spanish/odeelementales/index.html

6. Learning Modern Language • Digital storytelling • Engages a palette of technical tools • Weave personal tale using images, graphics, music and author’s own voice • Write script • Recorded script using inflection, correct pronunciation, rerecord until perfect • Racontez une histoire • http://www.germantownacademy.org/academics/us/ModLang/french/recontre/index.html • Cuentos Digitales • http://www.germantownacademy.org/academics/ms/8th/centosdigital/index.html

7. Learning Modern Language • Oral Exam • Use iPod to administer more efficiently • Record questions • Download to iTunes and put on student’s iPod • Using iPod students listen to questions and record answers • Grade on listening and use of grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation

8. History • Oral history project • Family member - Friend • Collect artifacts, images, video (see digitizing slide) • Write interview questions • Storyboard production • Interview using iPod • Techniques - know questions, ad lib, keep eye contact, be interested, allow interviewee to complete thoughts, request specifics and details • Download voice recording to iTunes • Create product - use iMovie/GarageBand Podcast • Import photos, voice -over, music for ambiance, apply transitions and Ken Burn’s for effect • Ken Burns Documentary

9. Science • Digital Science Experiment • Take digital photos step by step • Use iPod to record observations • Import memos into iTunes( playlist) and photos into iPhoto (album) • Create an iMovie project • View experiments for comparison • Absence students can use movie to review missed work

10. Digital Field Trip • Any discipline/age • Create guided tour of zoo, Washington, Jamestown, museum, Chinatown, etc • Divide class into groups - photographer, recorder, director • Write questions to stimulate reflective process • Reflect on visit as person who lived during another era • Present the basics of recording with an iPod • Present basics of taking photos with digital camera • Create product - use iMovie/Gargageband 3.0 Podcast • Import photos, voice -over, music for ambiance, apply transitions and Ken Burn’s for effect • Most of all - incorporate technology in artful ways

11. Digitizing Artifacts • Scan images • Make jpg, landscape 640 X 480 • Take photos as close as possible • Download digital images from camera • Be careful not to crop become pixilated • Download images from web • Only USE 640 X 480 or larger • Use digital video camera with firewire • Record voice over • Use iMovie, GarageBand, Audacity or iPod with recorder • Capture Music • iTunes, GarageBand loops, CD • Use mp3 format • Free music resources

12. Podcasting • Allows for the distribution of audio files through RSS feed • RSS - real simple syndication • Audio file in MP3, Enhanced M4a format or Video files • You can listen to podcast on Internet using Quick Time • Using an aggregator iTunes you can subscribe to the podcast and listen later • New episode automatically added through feed to aggregator • Transfer podcast to iPod for portable listening

13. Podcast in the Classroom • Music students • Listen to, memorize and critique classical music • Share original musical works • Foreign language • Listen to native music • Exposure to native speakers • Listen to native newspapers to receive another view point of world events • Learn a Foreign language • E-mail key pals can become pod pals • Create their own content • History and English • Listen to historical speeches • Listen to interviews with experts • Share period music

14. Finding Podcast • Educational Podcast for Teaching and Learning from UK • http://recap.ltd.uk/podcasting/ • The educational Podcast Network • http://epnweb.org/ • Podcast Alley - site features monthly ranking with a top ten list • http://www.podcastalley.com/ • iTunes • New version iTunes 7.0 or later has a built in Podcast directory. • Launch iTunes • Click the Podcasts icon in the Source panel. • Categories are listed on the bottom-left of the screen. • Perform a search.

15. Creating a Podcast • Make an MP3 or Enhanced MP4 file • Preproduction - write script, find music, assign roles, etc • Production using audio editing app to record Audacity, Garageband, mic, etc • Upload the MP3 or M4a to web server • Create web page or use free weblog -Word press, Blogger • Link to URL of MP3 or MP4 on web page to listen • Create XML file RSS2.0 feed with enclosures- (Feedburner online or Feeder $29.99) • Link to URL of XML file on web page • Submit podcast to directories • Visitors subscribe through iTunes, • Create enhanced Podcast using GarageBand 3.0 • http://www.germantownacademy.org/curtech/radioga/

16. Podcasting Resources • Learning in Hand • http://www.learninginhand.com/podcasting/index.html • Enhanced Podcast Creation with GarageBand • http://creativemac.digitalmedianet.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=37839-0 • Creating Podcast with .Mac and Feeder • http://boinx.com/articles/podcasting/ • Podcasting Basics • http://recap.ltd.uk/moodle/course/view.php?id=2 • Using Garageband and iChat for Podcasting • http://webcast.broadcastnewsroom.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=37930

17. Sound Resources • History Channel Great Speeches • http://www.historychannel.com/broadband/home/index.jsp • The Classical Music Archives • http://www.classicalarchives.com/ • Dance Music MPeg and Video Clips from Library of Congress • http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/dihtml/divideos.html • Royalty Free Music.com • http://www.royaltyfreemusic.com/free-music-clips.html • Free Music Play sample clips royalty free • http://www.freemusicplay.com/ • Clipart.com - Sound effects and short music clips, (subscription required) • http://www.Clipart.com

18. Image Resources • Library of Congress • http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ • ClipArt.ComThe Clipart.com a collection of more than 6 million royalty-free clipart images, photos, illustrations, and fonts. (Subscription Based) • http://www.clipart.com/ • Classroom Clipart • http://classroomclipart.com/ • Pics4Learning • http://www.pics4learning.com/ • Stock Photography • http://www.stockphotography.com/index.html • Barry’s ClipArt • http://www.barrysclipart.com/