Agenda

Goals

• Identify ways to use audio tools in the classroom (ie: podcasting)
• Develop basic skill sets for creating and editing audio
• Create and share an audio podcast

Essential Questions

• What is Audio Podcasting?
• How will Audio Podcasting help me as an educator?
• How do I create an audio podcasts?

NETS for Students

2. Communication and Collaboration

Students use digital media and environments to communicate and work collaboratively, including at a distance, to support individual learning and contribute to the learning of others.

NETS for Teachers

1. Facilitate and Inspire Student Learning and Creativity

2. Design and Develop Digital-Age Learning Experiences and Assessments

3. Model Digital-Age Work and Learning

4. Promote and Model Digital Citizenship and Responsibility

5. Engage in Professional Growth and Leadership

• Introduction

  • Meet the Participants
  • Let's define audio podcasting
  • Why is audio podcasting an educational tool?
  • Share questions, ideas, experiences with audio

  • Overview of Activity

• Getting Ready

  • Quick Start Guide to Audacity http://pvia.pbwiki.com/Audacity
  • Download Software - http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/
  • Link to Lame Encoder - http://audacity.sourceforge.net/help/faq?s=install&item=lame-mp3
  • Additional Podcasting Software (Podcatchers, Aggregators & Recording)

• Planning Your Podcast

  • What is your topic? Who is your audience?

  • How do I plan my podcast?

  • To script or not to script ... should I read verbatim?

• Recording Your Audio

  • Set up your audio preferences in Audacity -  audpref.pdf
  • Recording and editing sounds
    • Reference Guide -  audacityref.pdf
    • Tutorial from Audacity Team - http://audacityteam.org/wiki/index.php?title=Creating_a_simple_voice_and_music_Podcast_with_Audacity 

• Add, Edit and Mix Audio

  • Learning the Audacity Toolbars http://audacity.sourceforge.net/onlinehelp-1.2/reference.html#toolbar_control
  • Adding Sounds
    • Download from Library of Congress American Memory, Podsafe Audio, the Internet Archive, FreePlay Music and KidsClick Sound Search.
    • Use our examples -  examplesounds.zip

• Export to MP3

  • Point the software to LAME Encoder

  • Save your .mp3

  • Upload to Edublogs, Moodle, Blogger or wherever you are sharing it

• Finished Product Showcase

   

  • Denise Contreras Audio Podcast.mp3

  • Victoria Audio Podcast.mp3

  • Rach1 Audio Podcast.wav

Consider Podcasting

• Introduction to Podcasts

  • What are podcasts? - Introduction to Podcasting
  • How do you find and subscribe to podcasts? - Finding & Subscribing to Podcasts
  • How are they being used? - Great Spots to Find Podcasts

• Podcasts in Education

  • How are they being used? - Great Spots to Find Podcasts
  • Classroom Management Ideas

• Planning Your Podcast

  • What is your topic? Who is your audience?
    • Suggested Topic: Your idea for podcasting in education or an aha moment related to podcasting.
    • Add a sound effect or music
  • See how it all comes together - http://reta-podcasting.pbwiki.com/Plan-Your-Podcast
    •  Podcast Planning Worksheet
    •  Podcast Rubric.pdf

• Issues and Concerns with Podcasting

  • What are your issues and concerns re: using podcasts with your students?
  • Security
  • Policies

     

• How can Podcasts be integrated with Moodle

  • RETA Moodle hosted by Moodle Rooms - http://reta.mrooms.org (see example course)

    • Sharing Audio Podcasts through a Forum

    • Using a Moodle Database

    • Through the iPodcast Module

    • Pulling in an RSS feed of a Podcast/Vodcast via RSS Block

Resources

• NETS - Technology Standards for Teachers, Students, Administrators and Tech Leaders from ISTE
  • http://www.iste.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=NETS
• Audacity Resources
  • http://audacity.sourceforge.net/manual-1.2/index.html
• Podcasting with Moodle Resources
  • http://moodle.coleggwent.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=239
• Podcasting Tools -- A Resource for Podcasters
  • http://www.podcasting-tools.com/
• Technology Lesson Planner from NTeQ - Integrating Tedchnology in the Classroom
  • http://www.nteq.com/