Podcasting in the classroom

1. By, Elizabeth Tillery Podcasting in the classroom

2. Online digital media delivery by RSS feed (“a magazine delivered by the regular mail via the mailman” • Broadcasting online • Online magazine subscription • “P”ortable “O”n “D”emandBroad”casting” What is podcasting?

3. Any content lesson (Ex. Language Lesson to teach French) • How-to-instructions • Self-guided tours • Storytelling • Accessibility for students whose reading skills are limited • Your own radio show • Relay important messages to students What can you do with a podcast?

4. iPod • Cell Phones • MP3 Players • Xbox and other gamers • TiVo • Computer Portable media players

5. A recording device • Software to create an MP3 audio or video file (ex. http://audacity.sourceforge.net, Free) • Access to the internet • An application that lets you listen to the podcast, such as iTunes, Juice, feedburner also called podcatchers Hardware & software needed

6. FREE audio playing software such as Audacity.com • FREE RSS feed such as feedburner.com • $-iPod with a Griffin iTalk or any digital recorder • $$-Office Studio with higher-end microphone and computer software • $$$- Professional recording studio Cost

7. 5 minutes if you are good with technology and your content is minimal • Student projects usually take 3-4 weeks to produce • Teachers should possess intermediate computer skills and know the technical aspects of the production process before trying to teach the skills to students Time allocation

8. Advantages Disadvantages • Listen to exactly what, when, and where you want • Another education tool • Family members can stay up to date on classrooms • Study support-repeated listening and review • 24/7 Education • Students learn technical skills • Saves time accessing information • Improves public speaking skills • Audio quality • No 2-way interaction or audience participation • No access to hardware • Some initial training is needed • Lost in a “sea of information” The pros win!!! Yea!!!

9. Audio podcasts • Enhanced podcasts: May include chapter marks, images, and hyperlinks to websites • Video podcasts (also called vodcast) Forms of podcast available

10. Student podcast • http://recap.ltd.uk/podcasting/schools/index.php • http://123listen2me.com/ • Teacher podcast • http://www.podcastingnews.com/forum/link_6.htm • http://epnweb.org Examples of podcasting

11. Choose a topic and create the script Create and edit an audio or video recording (using software such as http://audacity.sourceforge.net ) and save as an MP3 file Create or update your RSS data feed that contains information about your podcast to your hosting provider Save and upload the feed and audio file to your server Produce and Publish using podcatchers such as iTunes, Juice, www.Podbean.com, or radioDoppler Download and listen anywhere How to create your own podcast

12. Really Simple Syndication = Shared Content • A quick and easy way to create and use “syndicated content” • “pull” and “push” information • Ex. Of free software = Cooktop – the free software for windows • www.feedforall.com RSS feed creation tool What is rss?

13. My audio file Invitation to the Pike Road Arts & Crafts show this Saturday!

14. About.com http://radio.about.com/od/podcastin1 • Podcasting Tutorial < http://feedforall.com/podcasting-tutorial.htm> • ICT in Education http://www.1tscotland.org.uk/ictineducation/sitegeneral • Podcasting in the classroom. http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~nshelley • Podcast for educators, schools and colleges http://recap.ltd.uk/podcasting/info/podcasting.html resources

15. No questions, please!! I’m just as confused as you are right now!! The end!!!