Podcasting


 * Educational Podcasts **

What is a podcast?
A podcast is simply a downloadable audio file or video file. Some podcasts allow you to subscribe, which means that any new episodes are automatically downloaded to your computer and can then be put onto a portable media player. Video podcasts are sometimes called 'vodcasts' or 'vidcasts'. Watch this 3-minute movie: [|Podcasting in Plain English].

Here's a good example, a 6 minute podcast interview with Monica Sketcher, a Prep/1 teacher who has her students and parents using wikis!

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· Students record themselves reading and play it back to reflect on their fluency · Students record themselves reflecting on their work in any subject, to embed in their digital portfolios · Hand students a microphone during 'Show and tell' or 'Share Time' to more accurately assess their progression in Speaking & Listening · Record oral presentations to allow revisiting for assessment purposes (teacher assessment, peer-assessment or student self-assessment) · Create listening comprehension activities for students to use over the web or at a listening post (connected to your laptop or an mp3 player) · Record guest speakers who visit the classroom to provide a resource for future reference · Students create ‘Who/What am I?’ tracks, using information about topics they have learnt about (can disguise their voice using ‘Change Pitch’) · <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Use the 'Change Tempo' function to slow down a news piece which might be too fast for students to catch the meaning. <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msofareastlanguage: EN-AU; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Allow students to present their understandings in the form of a song, and record their vocal track over the backing track <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msofareastlanguage: EN-AU; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Remove vocals from songs to create karaoke versions, so that students’ own voices can be heard better in performances. <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msofareastlanguage: EN-AU; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Slow down a song to practice initially, then speed it up once the class are comfortable with the lyrics. <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msofareastlanguage: EN-AU; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Transfer old cassette tape recordings onto CDs, dividing them into individual tracks for convenience. <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msofareastlanguage: EN-AU; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Create podcasts to share with others on the web
 * <span style="font-size: 150%; color: rgb(35,32,136);"> Subscribe to podcasts created by others and use them as digital learning resources, either as a whole-class acivity or direct students to access the podcast individually.
 * Create a podcast to advertise school events, news or information
 * Create a podcast to present your lesson content, to enable your students to:
 * //listen to (or watch) the lesson at their own pace - they can pause, rewind and fast-forward as required//
 * //adjust your voice to suit their needs, eg. volume control for hearing-impaired students or reduced speed for ESL students//
 * //fit study into their schedule by multi-tasking, i.e. listening to your podcast while on the bus to school or going for a walk//
 * //access lesson content if they are absent from class//
 * //revise material on-demand - just-in-time learning, not just-in-case.//
 * //use lesson time more productively - instead of note-taking while the content is delivered in class, students use class time to discuss and question the content presented online//
 * Support students in creating their own podcasts to allow them to:
 * //research and present their understandings on a topic orally//
 * //practice their speaking and listening skills//
 * //reflect on the development of their speaking skills over time//
 * //focus on accuracy of information, knowing they are broadcasting to a potentially worldwide audience//
 * //share their understandings and experiences with friends and family//
 * //create lessons to explain concepts to their peers//
 * //exchange information with students at another school, even one on the other side of the world!//
 * <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">How can I use audio recording software in my classroom? **

Search [|Connect] for a variety of sites and resources - Primary and Secondary resources for students and teachers.

||  || The Education Podcast Network is an effort to bring together into one place, the wide range of podcast programming that may be helpful to teachers looking for content to teach with and about, and to explore issues of teaching and learning in the 21st century. (American) ||
 * [] ||  || iTunes – many educational podcasts sit here ||
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 * [] ||  || Award winning podcasts from students teachers ||
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 * [] ||  ||  For teachers ||
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 * [] ||  ||  Site about using podcasts for teaching ||
 * [] ||  || ESL and LOTE podcasts ||
 * [] ||  || ESL podcasts ||
 * [] ||  || Range of podcasts for primary and secondary schools ||
 * [] ||  || Student created podcasts ||
 * [] ||  || Podcasts for age specific students ||
 * [] ||  || Apples instructions for creating and listening to blogs ||
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To download <span style="font-size: 110%; color: rgb(255,0,0);">Audacity [|http://audacity.sourceforge.net]

How to use [|Audacity for Podcasting] [|Tutorials] <span style="font-family: '-webkit-sans-serif'; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;">including [|digitizing records and tapes], [|splitting recordings into separate tracks] , [|multi-track mixing] , [|podcasting]


 * [[file:Podcasting Tutorial.pdf]] || [[file:Audacity Controls2.pdf]] || [[file:Podcasting Exporting Audio3.pdf]] ||