PODCASTING

101

With Sean

By the end of this session you will have:Learned what a podcast is (and what it is

not)Learned what an RSS feed isLearned about the benefits to youCreated a digital recordingTurned that into an MP3Created an account online to host your

podcastLearned how to submit that channel to

iTunes

BJECTIVES

A podcast is a digital recording that is broadcast over the internet for an audience.

A podcast can be audio or it can be enhanced Enhanced means that it has video or pictures to

go along with the audio. Screencasts – Recordings of what you do on a computer Vodcasts – Video recordings

There are screencasts of this information on the R: Drive in the “Podcast” folder.

SO…WHAT IS A PODCAST?

WHY PODCAST? Aligns with the new Colorado Model Content

Standards in Reading, Writing, and CommunicationShows up as low as third grade

Provides for multiple intelligences Aligns with the ISTE NETS.S Standards Most major universities and businesses are

beginning to use podcasts – Check out iTunesU

AND YOUR STUDENTS ARE ALREADY USING THEIR iPods for enormous chunks of the day.

OH…BUT THAT’S JUST RESEARCH BASED. WHY SHOULD YOU USE IT? Well…

Time Efficiency and bringing anytime anywhere learning

to your students.

How much more could you get accomplished if you could say…

SO NOW I HAVE CONVINCED YOU(AND IF I HAVEN’T DON’T HURT MY FEELINGS BY TELLING ME).

So what do you need?

A MicrophoneA computerAudacityAn internet connection

And an understanding of RSS feeds

OH YEAH…ABOUT THAT COPYRIGHT You can violate copyright multiple times

in a podcastTextAudioMusicVideo

So stay in the public domain, creative commons, royalty free, or original

HOW COULD YOU USE THIS?

Here are some ideas:

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