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Podcasting for Students and Teachers

Podcasting for Students and Teachers. Ben Smith and Jared Mader Red Lion Area School District Sunday, October 5, 2014. National Educational Technology Standards for Students. National Educational Technology Standards for Teachers. A Taxonomy for Integrating Technology into Diverse Classrooms.

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Podcasting for Students and Teachers

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  1. Podcasting for Students and Teachers Ben Smith and Jared Mader Red Lion Area School District Sunday, October 5, 2014

  2. National Educational Technology Standards for Students

  3. National Educational Technology Standards for Teachers

  4. A Taxonomy for Integrating Technology into Diverse Classrooms Increasing Complexity of Technology Skills • Technology choices become autonomous Increasing Levels of Cognition • Curriculum mastery deepens

  5. What’s a Podcast? • Recording of Audio • MP3 Format • Includes Metadata • Author, Title, Album, etc.

  6. How do I get Podcasts? • iTunes • iTunesU • Search online - Google

  7. I found the podcasts, now what? • Subscribe • Advanced..Subscribe to Podcast • Look for feed://……. • Paste into iTunes • Use an Aggregator • Netvibes, iGoogle

  8. Easy or Hard • Easy - Record Podcasts and Save MP3 • Easy - Share Podcasts • Wikis, PowerPoints, Burn to CD • Hard - Allow Students to Subscribe

  9. Podcast Uses • Record Lectures • Homework Help • Lab Reports • Special Projects • Advice on Labs / Projects • Problem Solving • Radio Show • What’s going on in class • Combine with Blogs

  10. Equipment / Media Needed • Applications • Authoring • Audacity (Mac / PC), GarageBand, podOmatic, Switchpod (Blocked) • Alternatives • Blackboard, SchoolCenter, ProfCast, ToolFactory (PC), etc • Subscribing • iTunes/Netvibes • Microphone (Built in or External) • Hard Drive Space • Server Access to host files and FTP client software • Other Media • Burn CDs

  11. Budget • Audacity = $0 (Royalty-Free) • GarageBand = $0 • Microphone - $30 • External Hard Drive = $100 • Server Space - Your district probably has some • Class iPod = $150 – $350 • Look for Mini-Grants for around $500

  12. Ways to Start • Begin simple • Create things that will affect the most students possible

  13. Possible Instructional Design • Students will: • Conduct Activity • Record Observations/Comments Orally • Save as a Podcast • Use Podcast in Another File: • Wiki / Webpage • Powerpoint • Word Document • iWeb • Sample Assignments: • Describe phenomenon to a visually disabled person • Describe activity in foreign language • Provide commentary on video

  14. Capturing Audio • Start Application • Click Start • Click Stop • Export • It won’t Export - Don’t click PAUSE

  15. Decisions / Considerations • Audacity can be used to edit your track • Possible File Formats • WAV, MP3, m4a, m4b • WAV files don’t allow for authoring titles, creator, date, etc. • MP3 will require additional LameLib download however, it will result in the smallest file size • MP3 will be playable by most student audio devices

  16. Editing • Edit out anything not needed • Look for long spans of low amplitude in audio waveform • Add Intro / Music • Save as MP3 (LameLib download) • When the tech staff installs Audacity onto your computer, this file will be in: …Applications…Audacity…LameLib

  17. Enhancing Observation Skills • Students will: • Conduct Experiment / Activity • Record Observations Orally • Save as a Podcast • Use of File: • Powerpoint • Webpage • Word Document • iWeb • Sample Assignment: • Describe phenomenon to a visually disabled person • Describe activity in foreign language • Provide commentary on video

  18. Post Production • RSS feed • Editing the feed.xml file using a text editor • Don’t Use Word! • Subscribing • iTunes • Netvibes

  19. Assignment • Create a podcast that describes how you may use Podcasting Professionally. • Create a podcast that describes how you may use Podcasting with students. • Post an MP3 file to another location (e.g. Wiki, Powerpoint, Word, etc.)

  20. Questions • Email: info@edtechinnovators.com • Website: www.edtechinnovators.com

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