simple podcasting for educators (version 2.0 handout - 2012)
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Simple Podcasting for Educators, v2.0Simple Podcasting for Educators, v2.0Simple Podcasting for Educators, v2.0Simple Podcasting for Educators, v2.0 v1.0 and v2.0 presentations available at www.slideshare.net/CatFlippen
Have you noticed…
how students obsessively listen to their Smart Phones/iPods/MP3 players?
So, what if…
we utilized that obsession to lure students into studying without the feel of studying?
WHAT YOU WILL NEED
I HAVE A RECORDING!! … NOW WHAT?
Book: Podcasting for Teachers
via Amazon: http://goo.gl/zk92U
Kit: Samson Podcast Package Ex: FlippenCast – On Podbean (flippenarium.podbean.com)
via Amazon: http://goo.gl/7bTGR On Google (sites.google.com/site/flippenarium/podcasts)
RECOMMENDATIONS
How is this relevant to YOU? Here are some of many uses
for podcasting in education:
VOCABULARY REINFORCEMENT
▪ Vocabulary repetition
▪ Vocabulary definitions
READING SUPPORT
▪ Record yourself reading text and
students using your recording
while they read the text at home
PROJECTS
▪ “Newscast” of historical events
▪ Informational podcast a topic
LECTURE RECORDING
▪ For absent students to use as a
review resource
IN-CLASS RECORDING
▪ Recording of dramatic readings of
various text (i.e. Julius Caesar)
IEP COMPLIANCE
▪ For students who need tests read
aloud, record test, allow student
to sit at computer with headphones
and take the test while listening
INFO DISTRIBUTION
▪ Make a class podcast about what
the class is doing and have
students produce the podcast
CLASS/DEPT. NEWS
▪ Monthly dept. podcast on
accomplishments, wins, spotlight
students & interviews
DEFINING PODCASTING
� a term originating and popularized from the iTunes program
� a means of recording yourself or a group of people with the intent to share
the opinions recorded in a public venue
� like a “Talk Show” for your Smart Phone/iPod/MP3 players
A “podcast” involves some complexity, but for educators it can be as simple as
creating audio files and distributing to students in a computer lab during class!
HEADSET WITH MICROPHONE
o As cheap as $8 at Fry’s Electronics
o Buy a set of 35 for your department
COMPUTER WITH MICROPHONE JACK
o Most desktops/laptops have one
OR
SMART PHONE WITH RECORDING APP
o iPad is ideal for rec and editing
AUDIO RECORDING PROGRAM
o Online applications
� Often free, cloud-based
o Free Software (Freeware)
� Use it for free, but don’t sell it,
claim as yours, or steal the design
o Paid Software
� Dependable, more features
WELL-WRITTEN SCRIPT
o Pre-write your material carefully
before you record!
o Otherwise, you will have more
edits and sound disorganized
The Easiest Option:
POST FILE ON THE SHARED DRIVE!
Students can put the audio file on their Smart
Devices, iPods, MP3 players, or thumb drives
to take home, or even burn them onto CDs.
Easy Podcast Making:
▪ podomatic.com
▪ mypodcast.com
▪ Audacity
▪ Garageband
Easy Podcast Hosting:
▪ podbean.com ▪ Wordpress ▪ Google Sites
Catherine Horton Flippen
@CatFlippen About.Me/CatFlippen