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Welcome to the Podcast Workshop! Learn what a podcast is, why and how to use it, and create your own podcast. Find out how to record, edit, and publish your podcast online. Get started now!
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\ • Welcome! • Please find a computer • Or start your own computer • You will need an internet connection and email account open and ready • I am Mary Wiseman & I am here to • help you. Please ask questions.
\ • When you leave this workshop you will: • Know what a podcast is. • Describe why & how to use a podcast. • Communicate the podcast creation process. • Create a simple podcast.
\ • What do we know about podcasts? • What questions do we have about podcasts? • What more would we like to know about • podcasts?
\ What are podcasts? New Oxford American Dictionary definition of a podcast is "a digital recording of a radio broadcast, made available on the Internet for downloading to a personal audio player [iPod, mp3 player, smartphone].” Includes video as well as audio.
\ • Why use podcasts? • Auditory learners • Flexibility • Mobility • Learning beyond the classroom
\ • Podcasts in the classroom: • Introductions, conduct interviews • Record classroom curriculum • Weekly classroom news broadcasts • Document field trips • Record individualized learning plans • Study aids & review content • Book reviews
\ • Podcasts in the classroom: • Nancy Bentley, Wood End School - Reading, MA • Podcasts related to your classroom curriculum can be used whether you teach preschool or high school. They can be played for students in school or your students can download them to their MP3 players and listen to them on their own time. • The itunes store is a great place to get started.
\ Let’s look at some examples of Podcasts
\ • 4 Phases of Podcast Creation: • Preproduction • Recording • Post Production • Publishing
\ • First Phase of Podcast Creation: • Preproduction: • Plan, plan, plan • Audience • Name: Podcasts series & episodes • Be consistent: GothamCast001.mp3 • Distribution methods
\ • Second Phase of Podcast Creation: • Recording: • Recording Software: • Audacity [PC] • Garageband [Mac] • Configure Microphones & Headsets: • sound & audio
\ • Third Phase of Podcast Creation: • Post Production: • As fancy as you’d like • Levilator-levels audio • Soundsnap for music & sounds • Images:Garageband & iTunes-branding
\ • Fourth Phase of Podcast Creation: • Publishing: • mp3, webpage, RSS feeds • A home for your podcast / host • Think distribution methods: • Screencast, iTunes, YouTube [video/podcasts]
\ • Let’s make a podcast!
\ • We need to prepare our podcasting tools • Recorder, Audio & Sound Systems • Refer to the hand outs • How to Install Audacity from Thumb Drive • How to Configure of Audio and Sound PC & Mac
\ • Congratulations! • You are ready to record
\ • Record: • What will you say? Audience & message • Open your recording software. • Follow instructions • Record, rewind and listen & re-record, if necessary • Save as an mp3 file.
\ • Publish: • Your host: holds your podcast so you can link to it • We will use Screencast as a host • Open an Internet browser • Navigate to: www.screencast.com • User: mwiseman@papergems • Password: 97hawley • This is a general account. If you like you may open your own • personal account with Screencast. Instructions included.
\ • Now you have a podcast! • Your podcast is located in the Screencast • folder. • Get the link for your podcast-save link • Email the mp3 file to yourself
\ • Congratulations! • You just made a podcast
\ • Closing Comments & Questions: • Do you know of at least 1 opportunity where • you can use a podcast? • Do you feel comfortable in your ability to • produce a podcast? • Any other questions?
\ • Please contact me with any other questions • you might have about podcasts. • I will email you all the links we worked with and covered. • Mary Wiseman • Phone: X125 • mwiseman@collaborative.org
