Podcasting

Podcasting is posting or transmitting an audio file that can be heard or downloaded by internet users or those with MP3 players such as the iPod. The name “Podcast” is derived from a combination of broadcasting and “iPod”. Audio can be listened to at the user’s convenience. David Weinberger of the Education Podcast Network describes podcasting as a merger between blogging //(regularly posted articles of news, insight, fun, literature, and more)// and radio //(an established broadcasting medium that people have listened to for news and entertainment for generations)//.   Many people think that to listen to or create a podcast, you must have an iPod. This is not true. Podcasts can be listened to on virtually any computer that has internet access and the ability to play standard audio files. In addition, podcasts can be downloaded to iPods or most other MP3 players so that the content is completely portable.  Podcasting is an ideal tool for today’s student to creatively express their knowledge and skills as well as to explore and discover new ideas or concepts. Students using podcasting not only learn content in an engaging and creative way, they learn 21st-century communication skills at the same time.   * Students are highly motivated to learn * Students are encouraged to create, communicate, and share * Use of podcasting encourages students to read, write, and do research * Students direct their own learning * Parents can easily listen in on their child’s learning without leaving their home or office  There are already thousands of educational podcasts available that can be downloaded now for use in your classroom. Do you need an engaging lesson but don’t have time to create your own podcast? Search the internet and chances are you’ll find just what you need is already there! <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">“Students are so drawn to this technology. They are excited by it. They are comfortable with it. It just makes so much sense to use it!” Camilla Gagliolo, Jamestown Elementary, Arlington, VA. <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Podcasting can be used to enhance virtually any subject. Below are some examples of how podcasting could be used in educational settings. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">* <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol">   <span style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">On a field trip, students use an iPod with a voice recorder to take notes and a digital camera to take photos. They then create a guided tour with Movie Maker or Photo Story. <span style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN"> <span style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Using an iPod and a voice recorder, the teacher records each student telling a story and then broadcasts the stories on their websites. <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol">   <span style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Students write a radio drama based on a historical event and record their show (complete with commercials) using an iPod and a voice recorder. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN">   <span style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">The teacher records a lesson onto an iPod using a voice recorder. Students follow the lesson and use an iPod to practice recording and listening to letter sounds. <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol">   <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Create a “living museum” where students research famous people or characters <span style="FONT-SIZE: 22pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol">   <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Create an audio guide for the zoo, a museum, important places in the city or at school <span style="FONT-SIZE: 22pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol">   <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Record spoken language for English Language Learners to hear and practice <span style="FONT-SIZE: 22pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol">   <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Record student book reports, book reviews, or science reports <span style="FONT-SIZE: 22pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol">   <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Use rich language to describe works of art <span style="FONT-SIZE: 22pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol">   <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Create digital portfolios of student work <span style="FONT-SIZE: 22pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol">   <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Broadcast classroom news or skills agendas <span style="FONT-SIZE: 22pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol">   <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Record a mystery reader, either adult or student <span style="FONT-SIZE: 22pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol">   <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Allow emerging and developing readers to learn letters, letter sounds, rhyming patterns <span style="FONT-SIZE: 22pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol">   <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Allow developing and independent readers to practice reading fluently <span style="FONT-SIZE: 22pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol">   <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Provide students with a method of keeping a reflective journal <span style="FONT-SIZE: 22pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol">   <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Summarize and broadcast school events, plays, musicals, etc… <span style="FONT-SIZE: 22pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol">   <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Allow students to interview important people for research or classroom projects <span style="FONT-SIZE: 22pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol">   <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Allow students to capture oral history of their family or community <span style="FONT-SIZE: 22pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol">   <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Record vocabulary words <span style="FONT-SIZE: 22pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol">   <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Record spelling words <span style="FONT-SIZE: 22pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol">   <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Create and record musical compositions <span style="FONT-SIZE: 22pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol">   <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Create “sound-seeing” tours <span style="FONT-SIZE: 22pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol">   <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Post a “weird” fact of the week <span style="FONT-SIZE: 22pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol">   <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Post a “on this day in history” fact <span style="FONT-SIZE: 22pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol">   <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Draft, then perform a script or reader’s theater piece <span style="FONT-SIZE: 22pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol">   <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Orally track the progress of an ongoing classroom project <span style="FONT-SIZE: 22pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol">   <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Invite parents to “virtually” join the class on a field trip or listen to a school concert <span style="FONT-SIZE: 22pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol">   <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Provide parents with parenting tips, helpful homework tips, or reading strategies <span style="FONT-SIZE: 22pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol">   <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Students can create and record songs for learning math facts or science concepts <span style="FONT-SIZE: 22pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol">   <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Administrators can record a “Principal’s Podcast” to provide information to students, parents, and the community about the school, interviews with teachers, updates on testing, etc… <span style="FONT-SIZE: 22pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN">   <span style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">With an iPod and a voice recorder, students interview relatives about their life histories and then combine the audio interview with family photos to create their own family movie. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN">   <span style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Create virtual flashcards <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN">   <span style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Create quizzes with iQuiz - <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN">http://learninginhand.com/ipod/quizzes.html <span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">* Many ideas taken from Tim Wilson of //The Savvy Technologist//. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN"> What tools do I need to Podcast? ** <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">An audio recording device (laptop or a digital recorder) <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Audio recording software such as //Audacity// <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">An audio playing device (any internet connected PC with audio capability, or and iPod or other MP3 player) <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">There are really only three tools required to podcast – a recording device (such as a laptop), recording software, and an audio playing device such as a computer or MP3 player. Most laptops have a built in microphone that allows users to record audio files. <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> Here is a great <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">[|Audacity] <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> tutorial. Audacity [|wiki] <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN">A Google search of “School podcasts” returned more than 10,000,000 results! Below are a few examples of podcasts in education. <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN">http://www.mpsomaha.org/willow/Radio/podcasts.html <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">http://edcommunity.apple.com/ali/story.php?itemID=11850&version=2747&page=2 <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">http://www1.gcs.k12.al.us/~podcast/ What resources can help me Podcast? ** <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Find Podcasts on many different subjects. See how other educators are using Podcasting in their classrooms at
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">What is Podcasting? **<span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Why should I use Podcasting in the classroom? **
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">How can Podcasting be used in education? **
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Where can I find examples of educational Podcasts? **
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">

The Education Podcast Network (EPN) <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">http://www.epnweb.org/index.php?request_id=232&openpod=16 <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Free music and sound clips to enhance podcasts… <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/index.php <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"> <span style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Lesson Plans for Podcasting, tutorials, and lots of iPod and Podcasting ideas <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">http://learninginhand.com/ipod/index.html <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">A list of 70+ tools and resources on podcasting. <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">http://mashable.com/2007/07/04/podcasting-toolbox/

Information provided by Charlene Hallman, Teacher, Paine Primary in Trussville, Alabama