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Using Multimedia to Present Information: Podcasts and Slideshows

Using Multimedia to Present Information: Podcasts and Slideshows. Erik S. Snyder e rik.snyder@hcps.org Library Media Specialist Aberdeen High School Harford County Public Schools. Podcast.

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Using Multimedia to Present Information: Podcasts and Slideshows

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  1. Using Multimedia to Present Information: Podcasts and Slideshows Erik S. Snyder erik.snyder@hcps.org Library Media Specialist Aberdeen High School Harford County Public Schools

  2. Podcast a program (as of music or talk) made available in digital format for automatic download over the Internet an audio broadcast that has been converted to an MP3 file or other audio file format for playback in a digital music player “Podcast." Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary. 2009. Merriam-Webster Online. Web. 14 October 2009. “Podcast."PCMAG.COM Encyclopedia. 2009. PCMAG.COM. Web. 14 October 2009

  3. Educational Possibilities • Book talk • How to/ explanation • Speech • Radio show • Commentary • Report • Commercial or advertisement • Lecture • New letter • Parent Information Letter • Thank you letter • Invitation • Interview

  4. Examples • Lance Lothrop Poem- Symphony • Tom Szerensits- Reading Revival Principal’s Message • Brad Spence and Ethan Wallace- Radio 251: Eagles Sports Network • Tynel Jones and Mae Brown- Amniocentesis Project (Radio Show) • Connor Morrison- Spanish Recipe

  5. Find and Subscribe • iTunes http://www.apple.com/itunes/ (search and subscribe) • The Educational Podcast Network http://epnweb.org/index.php (search) • Juice (formally iPodder) http://juicereceiver.sourceforge.net/ (subscribe) • iGooglewww.google.com (search and subscribe) • PodNovahttp://www.podnova.com/ (search and subscribe) • Google for many more • Safari and Fire Fox have built in RSS aggregators (RSS subscribers)

  6. Create your own! • What you need: • Computer • Microphone • Recording Software: Audacity (free open-source), GarageBand (Apple), etc.

  7. Audacity • Free Open-Source recording and editing software download @ http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ • lame.dll allows Audacity to export mp3 http://audacity.sourceforge.net/help/faq?s=install&item=lame-mp3

  8. Recording and editing

  9. Add music (Project>Import Audio) • Free Play Music: www.freeplaymusic.com allows free use of music library for non-broadcast educational classroom and school use • Podsafe Audio: http://podsafeaudio.com/ allows free non-restricted us of music and content • Flashkit: http://podsafeaudio.com/ allows free non-restricted use of soundloops but is avertisement • Free Music Archive: //freemusicarchive.org/ over 5,000 free Creative Commons licensed songs *not all content not guaranteed to be school appropriate, preview first!

  10. Export as mp3 • “saving” keeps file as editable .aup • Must “Export as .mp3” to use outside of Audacity • First time you will have to locate lame.dll file you downloaded • Fill in IE3 tags (album, artist, genre, etc info) • Preview your work

  11. Publishing • Without RSS- burn to CD, save on flash media, or upload to school website • Pro- easy, smaller audience, less tech issues, very low cost • Con- does not allow for subscription or wide audience • With RSS • Save to a website or hosting service • Create a blog (Blogger, Word Press, etc.) • Add an RSS feed (http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/myfeeds) • Detailed directions available at the above address)

  12. PhotoStory 3 • Free download from Microsoft http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/PhotoStory/default.mspx • User friendly slideshow presentation software • Add effects, titles, narration, and music to picture slide shows with ease • Export slide show a a .wmv file for viewing on any PC * PhotoStory 3 is only supported for Windows XP (users have found setting the executables properties to Windows SP2 allows Vista use)

  13. Educational possibilities Class celebration Culture project Demonstration Slideshow Book talk Commercial or advertisement • Biography • Timeline • Documentary • Report • Speech • Lecture

  14. Examples • Marc Snyder- Biography • Spanish recipe • Book Talk- http://drscavanaugh.org/booktalk/pendragon.wmv

  15. Additional resources • Video Podcasting: Microsoft MovieMakerhttp://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/updates/moviemaker2.mspx • Podcasting tutorials: • Jason Van Orden’sHow to Podcast : http://www.how-to-podcast-tutorial.com/ • PhotoStory Tutorial: • Dr. Cathy Cavanaugh’s Making a Video Book Talk 
             with Microsoft Photo Story http://drscavanaugh.org/booktalk/making_a_video_book_talk_PhotoStory.htm

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