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PODCASTING
put your ear to the world and
reach out to your digitally
enhanced students
Carolyn McCarthy, SRESD with thanks to
Anne Meadows and
West Virginia Department of Education
What is it?
• What is podcasting? Vodcasting?
• What are the requirements for listening to and
creating podcasts?
• How are podcasts used in education?
• Questions…
• Do it!!!
What is a podcast?
• Audio content that can be subscribed
to via the Internet through a
subscription (RSS feed) process
– typically in an audio or video mp3 or m4a
format
– subscriber automatically receives new
episodes (or content) through podcatching
software (aggregator) like iTunes and Juice
Compare the last content to
this!
• http://gruntmedia.com/podgrunt_001_vie
w.html
Educational podcasting
(podagogy)
…provide students with course materials
they can use anytime, any place, even
when they are not connected to a
computer.
• …deliver course content in audio, video,
and/or graphic formats.
• http://engage.doit.wisc.edu/podcasting/
Educational podcast
examples please maestro…
- RFI
Hyperbole
Kristin Korte
K Brandes
LSAT Logic
Princeton Review
Enhanced Podcasts
• The Grammar Girl
Kids – Art Smart Podcast
Vodcast Examples
Cochran’s Science
Art History in Just
A Minute - EwART
So…
• course audio files, e.g. bird calls or
heart sounds
• mini lessons with audio and visuals, eg.,
glossaries with sound and images, slides
with voice-over explanations
• audio or video case studies containing
interview with experts or other speakers
• multimedia presentations created by
students
5 Characteristics of a good
educational podcasts
2. Informal Tone & High
Energy
 information/media that
connects with them.
 friendly, informal tone
 high energy that keeps
them engaged
 tutor or individual
instruction rather than a
lecture.
 part of something rather
than the recipients
3. Strategic:
What’s coming
Context/Review
Content
Review
4. DI – addressing different
learning style preferences
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Audio
Video
Transcripts
Reviewed online
Downloaded and listened to conveniently
5. Flexible Delivery
 Subscribe
 iTunes
 Juice
 Odeo
 Download
 iPod
 iRiver…..
QUIZ
 In partners –
 Person on left
 name 3 effective practices for a good
podcast
 Person on the right
 name 2 more effective practices
 Plus explain what a podcast is
Required to listen?
Any of the following:
Computer
Mp3 player (iPod, iRiver,…..)
Cell phone
Other handheld devices
***Need Internet Access***
Creating your own
Stages
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5.
Plan
Develop
Record
Edit
Promote
What is your goal?
Then….
Motivate and Prepare
listener
Overview
Share information
Review content
Close with credits
Assignment: Podcast
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http://www.bteducation.org/img/lib/dialogi
cs/AssignmentPodcast/index.html
http://teachers.ocps.net/lienj/pod
casting/index.htm
Creating your own Step 2
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Software:
Audacity and LAME - FREE
 GarageBand on the Mac
 Adobe Audition….. And others…
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Recording device with mic
Computer with microphone
 iPod with mic
 Digital voice recorder
 Cell phone
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Creating your own – last step
 Hosting
sites http://www.gcast.com/
 Blogging
sites edublogs.org
 Web server with RSS script
 Process
 Upload
 Call
it in – cell phone direct
Use in Education
• Limited only by your imagination
How many ways
can I use
Educational
Podcasts?
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How are podcasts used in
education?
Introducing new content
Review
Self-directed study
Foreign language practice
Band concerts
Field trip guides
Digital storytelling
Project-based learning
Parent communiqués
News/announcements
The podcast of a
boring and
unengaging lecture
will be just as
boring and
unengaging as the
original lecture and,
once the initial
novelty of the
delivery method
wears off, it will be
no more effective.
Questions?
• OK – let’s do it!
More Information
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History
Terminology
Subscription
Requirements
Podcast Directories and software
Tips
Podcasting Tools
History
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developed in 2004
former MTV video jockey Adam Curry
software developer Dave Winer.
Curry wrote a program, called iPodder,
that enabled him to automatically
download Internet radio broadcasts to his
iPod.
• Wikipedia collision
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Important Terms
mp3 is a compression scheme for reducing
the size of audio files without adversely
affecting their quality
3-minute = 32 MB of storage
=3 MB as an mp3
reducing the download time
by a factor of 10!
Important Terms
Content is then downloaded to clients
automatically through RSS feeds
RSS (Really Simple
Synchronization) is a
method of automatically
distributing links to
content on a web site to
subscribers
New and updated content is
uploaded to the web server
Important Terms
Aggregator – application that schedules
visits to websites and automatically
downloads subscribed content
Free
aggregators
include iTunes
and Juice
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NEW PODCAST
(NO NEW CONTENT)
Aggregators
• This software collects, or catches, or
organizes… the podcasts you subscribe to
• iTunes is a Podcatching aggregator
– http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/
• Juice is a free podcatching software
– http://juicereceiver.sourceforge.net/index.php
Why Subscribe
• Your technology device can automatically
download, update and replace old
podcasts with new ones
• So you don’t miss a broadcast
• Convenience if you’re away from the
Internet and want to listen
• Get the daily weather updates…
• Get latest information…
Subscribing
• Subscription model is what makes it a
podcast versus a stand alone audio/video file
– http://coverpage.pcs.k12.mi.us/podcasting.html
• Podcast subscriptions - You can subscribe to
a podcast directly through iTunes. Just click
"Subscribe to Podcast" and type the podcast's
URL in the dialog box that pops up. You'll
automatically receive all new podcasts from that
broadcaster.
• http://www.bsideradio.org/podcasting.htm
• http://www.c-span.org/podcast/
What are the requirements
for podcasting?
• To listen, you will need…
– a computer and/or a handheld wireless
device such as a cell phone (to locate
podcasts)
– an aggregator (software to “collect” new
podcast episodes)
– a mobile device (to listen on the go – strictly
optional)
What are the requirements
to make one?
• To record, you will need…
– a digital recording device (computer or mobile
device for reporting “from the field”)
– a microphone
– some audio editing software (Audacity /
Garageband)
– music/sound effects (Free or make your own)
– a text editor (to create the RSS feed)
– an application (to upload RSS feed and mp3 files to
a web server such as FTP)
Podcast directories
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Podcastalley.com
Techpodcasts.com
Podcast.net
Podcastbunker.com
iTunes
EPN
Podcatching software
• iTunes
• Juice
Podcasting Pointers
• Design with the audience in mind
A podcast for parents or members of the board of education should
sound completely different that one created for middle school
students
• Plan from “Hello” to “Goodbye”
What is the purpose of the podcast? How long will it be? Will you
record voice only, or will music and sound effects be added? How
frequently will episodes be published?
• Practice Makes…Well, Fewer
Mistakes
After you get over the initial shock of hearing your own voice in a
recording, you’ll be amazed at how many “umm”s you say. A script
is essential.
Apple’s recipe
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Intro music jingle (30 sec)
Freeplaymusic.com $25 per year TV themes
Topic 1: 5 minutes
Topic 2: 5 minutes
Interlude music 30 sec.
Topic 3: 5 minutes
Topic 4: 5 minutes
Closing remarks – hype next show 2 min
Closing music jingle: 2 minutes
Tips from the pros
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PLAN – Script it out as needed
Figure out –Why am I doing this?
What topics can I talk authoritatively about?
Pick something you are passionate about
Is this something others will want to listen to?
Narrow down your scope
Select a very specific topic
How often will you produce your show?
Be consistent!!!
More tips – the show
• All podcasts are linear with a beginning, middle
and end.
• Start strong
• End strong
• Do a script so you stay on task
• Have a welcome and ending
• Use music that builds and closes
• Watch copyright!!! Not even 10 secs. of a
commercial song without permission
Podfadding
• What you are called after you do 10
podcasts and then stop
And remember…there’s a time and a place
for everything!
A few more tips
Microphones
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Buy one specifically for podcasting if you can
It is the MOST important piece of equipment
Don’t use built in or webcam mics
USB headset from plantronics under $100 has
noise cancellation
• Dynamic mics (vs. condenser) – more durable
and rugged
• Condenser mics are best for office or home –
great range and more responsive
Blogger.com
• Create a free account
• 3 steps
• Create your first post by describing your
blog
• Then type in the following:
• <a href=“http://URL of audio podcast></a>
• Click on publish post to complete your
blog
References
How Podcasting Works
(http://computer.howstuffworks.com/podcasting.htm)
Podcasting 101 -- How Educators Can Use This New Technology
(http://techlearning.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=189500866)
Absolute Beginner’s Guide to Podcasting, George Columbo and
Curtis Franklin, Que Publishing (2006)
“There’s Something in the Air: Podcasting in Education”,
EDUCAUSE, November/December 2005
Education Podcast Network (http://epnweb.org/)
http://del.icio.us/cmccarthy/Podcasting
Credits
• Located in the speaker notes below this
slide when you escape from the show.
These are too long to put here.
Webliography
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• iPod, iTunes picture from iTunes program
• Other Pictures from Clip Art