podcasting

In this workshop, participants will be introduced to podcasting and will brainstorm ways the application can be used in and out of the classroom. Participants will script and record a podcast.

**What is a podcast? **  [|Wikipedia] defines a [|podcast] as a series of digital audio or video files distributed over the Internet and downloaded to portable media players. The distinguishing mark of a podcast is that it may be subscribed to, and the user can receive automatic downloads of new content.

===For a quick overview, you might like to read [|7 Things You Should Know About Podcasting]. ===

Lee LeFever and Common Craft provide an overview of podcasting with the video: Podcasting in Plain English. media type="youtube" key="vMgemQahuFM?rel=0" height="390" width="480"

Check out how Brent Coley, a teacher in Murrieta, California, uses podcasts in his 5th grade classroom: [|Listening to Themselves: Podcasting Takes Lessons Beyond the Classroom]. You can find his students' podcasts posted on his website and listed in iTunes as [|ColeyCasts].


 * How Can Podcasts Be Used in the Educational Environment? **

Teaching With Podcast-ReadWriteThinkA strategy guide for incorporating podcasts into your classroom Science Podcasts Extend Learning Beyond Class Examples of how a Michigan and Colorado district are using podcasts to promote learning [|engage-transforming teaching and learning through technology]-information on podcasting: what it is, how to use it in teaching and learning, samples and how to create and deliver podcasts [|PodcastingCurric] a listing of ways to use podcasting in the classroom (Carr, "Try Podcasting to Broaden Your Reach," //[|eSchool News Online] //) Watch a slidecast, [|Podcasting Theory & Practice], by Dr. Alisa Cooper, South Mountain Community College. [|Learning in Hand: Podcasting] [|Podcasting and Education] <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">[|Edutopia]-search for articles on podcasting <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Dan Schmit, author of KidCast:Podcasting in the Classroom, hosts a blog that has ideas and links related to podcasting in education. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">One Hundred Ways to Use Your iPod to Learn and Study Bettercheck this out for podcasts, audio books and other downloadable learning devices

**<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">How Can I Locate Podcasts? ** <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">iTunes U <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Free lectures, audiobooks, lesson plans, and more; ideal resource for educators who want to gain insight into curriculum being taught worldwide, get access to primary resources, and find inspiration for enhancing teaching and learning with technology <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Education Podcast Network <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Podcast Alley <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">iTunes <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Podcast Pickle <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Learn Out Loud <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Discovery Channel Radio

Check out podcasts on the Alabama Learning Exchange
<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">ALEX’s podcast treasury is available on iTunes U for teachers and students. **ALEX's Gallery360-** Find resources for creating your own podcasts.

Some Things to Think About
As you consider using podcasting in your classroom, think about these questions:
 * 1) What is your purpose for using podcasts in your classroom?
 * 2) How will the podcasts connect to your curriculum?
 * 3) What are the fundamentals that make podcasting useful to teachers and students?
 * 4) What are the logistical and technical challenges of podcasting within the classroom?
 * 5) Where will you and your students use podcasts in the instructional cycle?

**<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Applications for Creating Podcasts ** <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"> [|Audacity®] is free, open source software for recording and editing sounds. It is available for Microsoft Windows, as well as Mac and Linux. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Audacity help can be located at [|Audacity:Documentation] and the [|Audacity Wiki]. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Dan Eliot offers a tutorial on Audacity at [|Audacity 1.2 Tutorial.] The screen shots and short videos offer additional support. <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Audacity Tutorials for Podcasters <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Jason Van Orden, author of //Promoting Your Podcast//," provides free video tutorials on Audacity. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"> [|Tech-Ease] has video tutorials on recording with Audacity. You will need QuickTime Player to see the videos. <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">HearWho <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">HearWho.com is an online web application that will work with your internet browser. There is no software to download. you simply type or paste your text into the text area, then click "MAKE MP3 FILE." <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> Cinchcast Cinch is a free and easy way to create and share audio, text and photo updates using your phone or computer. Using a simple interface, you can make and broadcast your content creations through Facebook, Twitter, CinchCast.com and more.

**<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Locating Sounds and Music **
<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Use the Search feature at [|Creative Commons] to locate music that is podsafe. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Create your own music or modify a creation at Aviary <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">[|The Free Sound Project] focuses on sounds, not songs <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">[|incompetech] offers royalty-free music. Be sure to read the FAQ. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">See [|Podcast Alley Sofware & Links] for podsafe music and loops. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Check the [|Internet Archive: Audio Archive] that has "free digital recordings ranging from alternative news programming, to Grateful Dead concerts, to Old Time Radio shows, to book and poetry readings, to original music uploaded by our users. Many of these audios and MP3s are available for free download." <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">For a list of sites to locate sounds, check out uatim:sound sites collected by Robert Mayben.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">**Selected Podcast Examples:** techinmotionauburn.wikispaces.com