Podcasting


 * Podcasting in Education**

This is the presentation I gave at the 2009 Laptop Leaders' Academy.

[|**LaptopAcademyPodcasting In Education03.ppt**]

This is the first year we did podcasting in my computer classes. "Purple Pride Radio" is the name of our podcasting "radio station". Click this link to hear some of the podcasts we created. [|**Purple Pride Radio**]

These are some of the steps we took to plan our podcasts. [|4th Grade Podcast Planning Sheet] [|2nd Grade Script]

[|Radio Willow Web]-guide to making podcasts [|Click here to go to the Radio Willow Web website.]

** Recording Software ** [|Audacity] [|Download LAME MP3 Encoder] Remember where you save the lame file because the first time you use Audacity to export an MP3 file, it will ask you to locate the lame_enc.dll file. You will only have to do this once and then it will remember where it is saved after that. **Podcasting Ideas** [|Book Talks] [|Animal Riddles] [|Lessons that could be adapted for podcasting] [|Our City]--[|script] [|Learning in Hand] Document a field trip Classroom news Record a class discussion Review curricular content Anything Musical, Instrumental Interviews with Authors, Local Celebrity 

**A Mini Series is something to consider if you don’t want to commit to long term podcasting. Here are some ideas for a mini series.** 

1. Life Cycles - How do animals grow and change throughout their lives? Are there similarities between different animal life cycles?

2. Animal adaptation - How does an environment affect animal appearance or the way they behave?

3. The Census - Why is the census important to our government? What can we learn about the past and future by looking at census data?  4. Creative writing - telling a story as a series

5. Pillars of Character  6. Community Institutions 

7. Biographies

**Other Uses for Audacity** Record "Voice of Democracy" speeches or other speeches Record soloists Record piano accompaniments for students to practice at home Record students reading Readers Theater

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 * Podsafe Music**

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 * Images**

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 * Sound**

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 * RSS Feeds

Podcast Directories (Podcatchers)

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