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Welcome to Podcasting!. Colin McAuley and Katina Papulkas ICT, e-Learning and Computer Studies. http://www.masternewmedia.org/images/podcasting_globe_with_headset_id108564_size420.jpg. Objectives. Gain knowledge and understanding about Podcasts through definitions and examples
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Welcome to Podcasting! Colin McAuley and Katina Papulkas ICT, e-Learning and Computer Studies http://www.masternewmedia.org/images/podcasting_globe_with_headset_id108564_size420.jpg
Objectives • Gain knowledge and understanding about Podcasts through definitions and examples • Create an MP3 file that can be turned into a podcast • Integrate podcasts and audio files into the research process and performance tasks
Agenda • Introduction to Podcasting • The Software – Audacity • Lunch • Resources • Podcasting within the Research Process • Evaluation • Prizes!
What is Podcasting? iPod + Broadcasting
What is Podcasting? • The process of capturing an audio or video event, song, speech, video or mix of these media and then posting that digital object to a Web site Wikipedia
Radio Willoweb http://www.mpsomaha.org/willow/radio/listen.html http://www.mpsomaha.org/willow/radio/
Podcasts from the Portables http://www.mpsomaha.org/willow/radio/listen.html
Willow Park P.S. Grade 3 http://www.mpsomaha.org/willow/radio/listen.html http://schools.tdsb.on.ca/willowparkjps/mackintosh.htm
Oakridge P.S. Grade 6 http://www.mpsomaha.org/willow/radio/listen.html http://www.power4bones.com/gallery/
Woburn Jr. P.S. www.accessola.com
Connections to Curriculum • - Reader’s Theatre -News Bulletins • - Documentaries - Book Talks • - P. S. A.’s -Talk Shows • - Commercials - Science Logs • - Speech Arts - Art Critiques • - Radio Shows - Audio Walking Tours • Poetry - Historical Audio Diaries • Oral Histories - Interviews
Extra Help for At-Risk Students • Record lessons for absent students, or those who might need to hear it again • Narrate a book for students with learning difficulties • Record lessons for ESL or FSL students
Connections to Literacy Expectations • 1. demonstrate an understanding of a variety of media texts; • 2. identify some media forms and explain how the conventions and techniques associated with them are used to create meaning; • 3. create a variety of media texts for different purposes and audiences, using appropriate forms, conventions, and techniques; • 4. reflect on and identify their strengths as media interpreters and creators, areas for improvement, and the strategies they found most helpful in understanding and creating media texts.
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ • Audio Recorder/editor/mixer • Cross Platform • Free • Installation through Help Desk
Time To Try it Out! • Record a poem, (Jack and Jill), into Audacity and try some of the different effects!
Sharing Podcasts • Classroom Gallery Walk • CD-ROM (700 MB) • Advantage: cheap, portable and is not reliant on bandwidth. • Disadvantage: cannot be updated . Any changes require the creation and distribution of a new CD. • Blog http://www. wordpress.com - $20.00 per year • TEL 8.3 • School website • Podomatic or other Podcasts host sites on the Internet
First Word - Last Word • Read the article and in groups, use the strategy First Word - Last Word to discuss and share your thoughts
Steps to the ICT site • TDSBWeb • Services drop menu>>Program, Teaching, & Learning • Library Information Communication Technology Resources • Information Communication Technologies – ICT • ICT Workshops for Teachers
Enjoy the Rest of the Summer! Colin McAuley@tel.tdsb.on.ca Katina.Papulkas@tel.tdsb.on.ca