The JADE Dragons TeacherWeb Podcasting Tutorial

Podcasting - delivering audio content to iPods

and other portable media players on demand,

so that it can be listened to at the listeners convenience.

What fundamentals make podcasting a valid activity?

• Promotes good writing, speaking, and communicating

• Good form of assessment

• Multisensory

• Another media to communicate with

• Students are using language

• Authentic activity going beyond the walls of the classroom

• Good motivator

• Application of technology (Warlick)

Listen to audio stories.
Listen to PDF's of stories that can be downloaded.
Listen to a book talk or book report.
Create songs, reader's theater, radio drama, or play/skit scripts.
Interview another student on a topic.
Interview and expert.
Create audio commercials.
Create and oral hisotry about a relative and/or a time period.
Create a conversation in a foreign language that is being studied.
Listen to directions for a science experiment or any other classroom assignment.
Create round table discussions about curriculum topics.
Create an audio tour of a zoo, landmark, etc.
Create a digital field trip report.
Create study guides for tests, units, etc.
Reflect on learning.
Create an orientation tour.
Record literature circle discussions.
Broadcast concerts or oral reports.
Create historical reenactments.
Record the school newspaper articles.
Create notes for a class or topic.
Create a recording to "tell" what learning has taken place.
Podcast poetry cafes.
Create directions for an assignment.
Create study guides or test review information.
Create lectures/notes lesson plans for review or for absent students.
Inform parents about what students are learning and how they are learning.
Use podcasts as forms of assessment.
Create announcements for parents and students about special events and assignments.
Create directions for substitute teachers.
Vocabulary introduction or review.

Apple Ideas and Lesson Plan Exchange: Although many of these lessons use iPod as the recording device, a microphone and Audacity will do the same thing. A variety of subject areas are represented.

From Lab

Mac

1. Check to make sure Audacity* is loaded on the computer.

2. Go to MyPodcast.

3. Click

4. Follow the instructions!

5. After setting up your podcast site, you will need to record your first podcast. Open Audacity.

6. Audacity runs like a regular recorder. If you need a tutorial, click the links below:

Audacity Video Tutorial (requires Flash)

Audacity Tutorial

Audacity Tutorial with Simpson's File

Guides and Tutorials

7. When you are done editing and recording in Audacity, click File - Export as MP3. Name the file something simple and place it on your desktop.

8. Uploading to MyPodcast - Login - Create New File. Then just follow the instructions on the page!

1. Download Audacity -or- use preloaded GarageBand.

AUDACITY:

A free, open source program that allows you to record and edit audio, add effects, and export to an MP3 file.

Troubleshooting!

LAME:

Some computers require LAME to be downloaded before an MP3 can be exported from Audacity. If you receive an error message or encounter difficulties exporting and MP3, then download LAME MP3 Encoder.

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