podcasting for teaching, learning and professional development
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Presentation for the 2007 eTech conferenceTRANSCRIPT
Podcasting
For Teaching, Learning and Professional
Development
Lauren Fee, ITSCOeTech 2007
First, An Quick Overview
What is Podcasting?
• Delivering multimedia files (audio or video) over the Internet for playback on mobile device, such as an MP3 player or a computer.
• Like a radio show that you can download and listen to any time.
• Audio, Enhance, Vodcast
How Does it Work?
Creator Consumer
What are the Advantages?
• Simple and easy to use.
• Hundreds of different topics.
• Listen on computer or on the go (MP3 player)
• Listen as many times are you want.
• Most are free
What are the Disadvantages?
• Need a high speed Internet connection.
• Anyone can produce a Podcast - Credibility
• Video Podcasts/Enhanced are more effort
• School Filters
• Place to Post
Ways to Use Podcasts
• Record Class Lectures
• District News
• Homework Hotline
• Share Information with Parents
• Teacher Professional Development
• Student Created Podcasts
For Teaching & LearningElementary
• Radio WillowWeb (K-5 Student Produced)
• Jamestown Elementary (Poetry & Writing)
Middle
• Longfellow Middle School (Coulee Kids)
• Mabry Middle School (Student Projects)
For Teaching & Learning
High School
• Hopkinton High School (Booktalks)
• Great Books - A Chapter a Day (Academic)
District
• Penn Manor (District/Building News)
• Memphis City Schools (Curriculum & Instruction info for Teachers)
Student Academic Benefits
• Improving Organization Skills
• Writing, Reading and Speaking Skills
• Increasing Peer Collaboration
• Vocabulary Development
• Authentic Assessment
• Tone/Voice/Expression/Character
• Supports Differentiation
• Researchers & Creators of Knowledge
Designing your Podcast
• Roles & Responsibilities
• Format
• Length
• Planning
• Scripting
• Assessing
For Professional Development
• Conference Connections
• Podcasts for Teachers
• Photoshop TV
• November Learning
• KidCast
Podcast Directories
• Education Podcast Network
• KidCast
• Podcast.net Directory
• Podcast Directory for Educators
• iTunes
Interactive Podcasting?
• Odeo
• Chinswing
• Innertoob
• Mogopop
• Skypecasting
Questions?
Thanks so much!
Lauren Fee, ITSCO
www.itsco.org
http://www.itscoteam.org/~lauren/podcasting.html