Podcasting
Across the Curriculum
MANACE
AGM Presentation
Presented
by
John Evans
June 5, 2007
History of Podcasting
from Kathy Schrock
• 2001 Adam Curry, Tristan Louis, Dave Winer
Collaborated using RSS technology
• 2003 Stephen Downes used RSS to aggregate
audio files
• 2004 Articles about podcasts available online
• Over 2 million Google searches on the word
• 2005 Apple creates a podcast directory in
iTunes
• Many podcast aggregator sites and directories
appear
Creating a Podcast
Items you need for podcasting
• Microphone
• Computer or digital recorder
• Audio-editing software
• Podsafe music or sounds
Microphones
Computer or Digital Recorder
Podsafe Music Sources
• CTC Music Mixer
• Magnatune.com
• Jamendo
• Wikimedia
Audio Editing Software (PC and Mac)
• Audacity - http://audacity.sourceforge.net
Steps in Creating a Podcast
• Record your podcast
• Move the audio file into an audio editor
• Add the introduction and endings
• Save file as an MP3 file
• Upload to a Web site*
• Create your podcast newsfeed (blog site)*
• Add your podcast to directories*
Why Use Podcasting
in the K-12 Classroom
Why Podcasting?
•
Promotes good writing, speaking, and
communicating
•
Good form of assessment
•
Multi-sensory
•
Another media to communicate with
•
Students are using language
•
Authentic activity going beyond the walls
•
Good motivator
•
Application of technology (Warlick)
Curriculum Applications of
Podcasting:
• To develop reading fluency
• To develop reading, speaking, writing, and listening
skills
• To acquire information
• To integrate/infuse technology
• To develop technology skills and applications
Curriculum Applications of Podcast
• To learn new ways to communicate knowledge
• To develop positive academic self-concept
• To develop sense of audience and purpose
when reading, writing, and speaking
• To develop a student ownership of language
• To encourage active participation and learnercentered focus
K –12 Podcasting Ideas - Radio Stations
http://chatt.hdsb.ca/~magps/boylit/Podcasting%20in%20Education
Podcasting in the
Literacy with ICT Continuum
Podcatching
in
Education
Many Educational Podcasts can fit into your
existing curricula
• Learn a language – French, Italian
• Listen to a story – Aesop’s Fables, Sherlock
Holmes, StoryNory
• Ed Tech – SmartBoards
• Canadian Events – CBC Podcasts
• Current Events – 60 Minute Podcast, CNN
• Free Professional Development
• Moving at the Speed of Creativity – Wes Fryer
• Connect Learning – David Warlick
• edublogs.com – Ewan McIntosh
The Penny Pincher’s
Podcasting Guide
•
Take a summer ManACE Course to learn how.
•
Purchase low cost interface tools to get started–
microphones, etc.
•
Use free tools from the Internet to create your podcast
such as Audacity
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Use a free site such as Podomatic to host your podcast
•
Spread the word about your podcast using a Blog or
Wiki (both free)
In conclusion…
Podcasting fits in many curricular areas at
many levels.
Podcasting is easy and requires minimum skills
… learning the editing software is the most
difficult part (and there’s a summer ManACE
course to teach you that).
Podcasting is fun, motivating and contagious.
Once the students start they’ll want to do more.
If its worth saying once, it’s worth saying again
with podcasting.