Sunday, October 19, 2008

Podcasting

What is a podcast? A podcast is an audio or video program that is made available on the Web. Files can be played on a computer or a portable device. Many traditional radio and TV programs are available as podcasts and many new programs are available only as podcasts. You can subscribe to podcasts and they will automatically download to your computer. Apple’s iTunes and the iPod make it really easy to access and listen to podcasts.

Who creates these podcasts? Anyone can! Yup, even students!
Who are podcasts made for? Anyone- even kids! My younger students really enjoy Sesame Street’s Word on the Street!

What You Need to Podcast:
- A computer
- Microphone and USB audio interface
- Software- Mac- GarageBand; PC- use Audacity; Cell phone- use Gcast
- Music-Mac- use jingles and create music in Garage Band; PC- http://music.podshow.com/ or http://music.download.com/

Things to Think About:
- Planning what will be said, shown, etc.
- Student Safety- names and pictures
- Copyright

Here is a podcast I made of my cat that incorporates pictures and audio content.

video

What to learn more?
Check out Tony Vincent’s FREE Podcasting Booklet, for both teachers and students, that you can download

Here are Apple’s Podcasting Resources
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1 comments:

maggie federowicz said...

I never knew that you could have visuals with a podcast. I always thought that it was strictly audio. I have seen GarageBand on my Mac but never knew that you could use that for making Podcasts. I have a student who cannot read and I have made PowerPoint slides with directions I recorded so that he could hear the directions. I am very interested in trying out a Podcast so that I can also show an example of what he should do. This is great!

November 16, 2008 9:38 AM

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