Podcasting

Podcasts in the Classroom Craig Nansen NECC 2008 Camilla Gagliolo Arlington Public Schools Podcasting series in Learning and Leading Podcasts in Mathematics: Future article by this pair of educators http://tinyurl.com/6s5szn

In the iTunesU at South Florida Great project: Lit2Go: Audio Files for K-12
===A free collection of stories and poems in mp3 (audiobook) format. Visit the "Lit2G0 on the Web" Link http://etc.usf.edu/lit2go/ to download printable versions of each passage along with reading activties for students.===

Raps: Egyptian Farmer Rap, Elements rap What is a podcast

Traditional audio recording like you hear on the radio Can listen whenever you want to Examples: Radio and Tv shows, NPR CNN, Experts, Interviews, Recordings of lectures and speeches Conference Connection Podcasts of NECC presentations

Published to the Internet Updated on a regular basis Can be located using programs like iTunes

Podcasts to Explore: CNN Shout Out

Why use podcasts? Lesson Ideas My Famous American – students know enough about their famous American to answer questions in an interview

Advantages of Podcast You don’t need an Pod but they are nice to have Allows you to listen on your own time Can listen to them on your computer Burn to CD-ROMs

Large audience so students understand they are presenting to large, global audience

Use in Classroom Differentiated learning One on one tutor Station work Demonstration- full class or small group Review in class or at home Homework

Examples of good educational podcaasts: Use iTunes as your search engine for podcasts 1-2-3 Listen to mMe Science Channel I Didn’t Know That National Geographic Grammar Girl’s Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing Use this as a sample for students and have students make their own grammar podcast Miss Petry’s 4th Graders Students read their own stories 60 Second Science KidCast: Learning and Teaching with by Schmit

In iTunes: Link to Educational Podcasts, Favorite Podcasts, Environmental Podcasts Use Power Search in iTunes: At the home screen go to Power Search, scoross under All Results and choose podcasts, then you can specify education You can also put in other parameters like Science or specify the topic as podcasting, under Education. Rumors are that there will be a K-12 category in iTunes for teachers to post lectures and lessons

iTunes U Professors putting up content

Apple Learning Interchange find or post lesson ideas

Other useful applications: Skype – over Internet long distance interviews

Famous Americans Podcast

iPod/United Streaming
hall_Davidson@discovery.com LibriVox: free download of books Workshop handout and Powerpoint slide show available at DENBlogs.com

Check out DENBlogs.com/Digital_Storytelling The remote from the MacBook works as a remote for the iPod but you need the infared cradle for the ipod.

[|www.podguides.net] Has pod guides to cities around the world

Design a tour of your school to learn directions, shapes, etc. Elementary… colors/shapes or letters and sounds. and they find a prize/candy/flag at the end. “Go out of the classroom and turn right. Walk down the hall to the picture of the letter that says “K”

iPod plugs right into a projector or TV. Use the video cables that come with a video camera but Apple changed the red with the yellow. You can also get one at the Apple Store with a long cable on it. You can also use S Video with a cradle and other devices. Push tv/vtr or input until it goes to the correct input source. You have to tell the iPod where to send the video. go to
 * 1) Videos
 * 2) Video Settings
 * 3) TV Out….. On Leave this Off to watch on your iPod screen.

Why use an iPod and video? Kids self select media and they often have iPods…. they can easily share their projects via their iPods

Organize play lists of videos too.


 * 1) Convert to QuickTime and import into iTunes.
 * 2) 2. Use iTunes to convert video downloads for iPods The video must be compressed. Go to Advanced or Control Click and choose Convert Selection for iPod
 * 3) You will then have two copies of the video: one large quicktime, one smaller for iPod

Search for Spiders on Drugs online to see his movie

Handout: go to Den Blog and by Hall Davidson has Media Matters Blog iPod handout

Media for an iPod Address book: Export Vcards (You could put historical figures, chemical elements, etc.) You have to check off Enable Disk Use under Summary… Options. When you do that you will see Calendars, Contacts, Notes, Photos, Desktop Folder, and Recordings. Drag the vCards file into contacts folder. Videos PowerPoint Software Output Flash Music Photos Animated Gifs Tours, scavenger hunts Curriculum data, quizzes Send PowerPoint to iPods: Two Methods:

File… Make Movie or


 * 1) Use file… save as JPEGS – save all and they are all saved into a folder. You may have to renumeber the slides to it doesn’t go 1, 11, instead of 1,2,…
 * 2) Then import into iMovie, add sound or narration. Then send or Import all pictures into iPhoto. Connect the ipod and go to Photos, sync photos from my libaray and choose selected folders and click on the folder all of the PowerPoint photos.
 * 3) If the power point has an imbedded video…

Podcasting Presentation at Apple Booth
NECC 2007 Podcasting: apple.com/education/podcasting Sources/Examples iTunes U place for the universities to place podcasts USF University of South Florida: Matt Fuller: Recorded his voice (microphone/iPod) and then used the Keynote slides as the visual Gold Rush Podast lesson Apple at NECC 2007

Bloom’s Taxoonomy create evaluate analyze apply Understand Remember

You get beyond then Report process with research on to the ability to Construct

Three types of podcasting: 1. Audio MP3, M4A, AAC 2. Video M4V Use iMovie to create the video, export/share to GarageBand and then export/share to iTunes 3. Enhanced Can skip along in chapters AAC.m4a

Student Projects Teaching ratios and angles in a hair salon Personification of the planets: They say: “I am the most beautiful planet in the solar system, Saturn. Introduction of immigrated students

GarageBand:

Open GarageBand first then plug in the headset. Just start recording and then bring your script in another rpogram to the foreground. Then cut out anything you don’t want.