Podcasting 101

If they can do it, YOU can too!

Podcasts are not as hard as they sound! If you can record a voice, and save a file you can create a podcast. What is Podcasting? Podcasting means making digital audio and video files available on the internet in such a way that others can use their computers to automatically download podcast you make available via websites or sites like Itunes. You don't need an I-Pod to listen to podcasts. Podcasts can be listened to from your computer or MP3 player.

Examples of podcast from 6th grade English classroom:

 


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Examples of 6th grade science classroom:

At Mustang Middle School the 6th grade science classes of Leeanne Carder and Tammie Rogers have created science radio shows about cells! The kids were so excited to use science and the digital world that they use every day to create learning! Check out a few examples: Sample Shows

 

 

 

v      Professional development podcast examples
EdTech Talk
Bit by Bit
Connect Learning
Speaking of History

v      Elementary Classroom/School podcast examples
Mrs. Berthiume's 1st Grade Podcast
Mustang News Radio:
  Room208
 Radio WillowWeb - Radio WillowWeb Planning Guide (pdf)
Year 6/7 Blog
 More classroom podcast examples
TechTime with Mr. S 
 Sherry Hatcher's 4th Grade Podcasts from Del City, Oklahoma

v      Secondary Teacher and Classroom Podcasts
 Mr Hardy's French Class podcast (Carrollton-Farmers Branch, Texas) -L’histoire de Bob et de Marie
Talking Science

Ideas for using Podcast in the classroom: (these are just a few)

 

What do you need to recording audio podasting?

 

Questions to ask yourself:   

Resources:

v      Free Royalty-Free Audio Clips
WikiCommons Music
Play It Free 100 Sample Sounds
Partners in Rhyme Royalty Free Sound
Wikipedia Sounds - Classical Music
Creative Commons Audio 
FreePlayMusic
Internet Archive’s Open Source Audio
OpSound: Open Sound Resource Pool
CCMixter: Songs licensed for remixing
The Free Sound Project
Magnatune: Permits use of audio files in podcasts with attribution
Penmachine Podcast: Free MP3 Instrumental Songs

v      General

*          Podcast For Free - How-to guide on steps to podcast

*          Maria Henderson's Podcasting in Education

*          Tony Vincent's podcasting pages

*          Classroom Audio Podcasting is an article providing 10 reasons why teachers should setup and use classroom podcasts to engage learners.

A great resource from The San Antonio ISD "SCRIBE" initiative http://itls.saisd.net/scribe/uploads/Main/SAISDAudiocastersWorkshop.doc

Loudblog is a sleek and easy-to-use Content Management System (CMS) for publishing media content on the web. It automatically generates a skinnable website and an RSS-Feed for Podcasting. Just upload your audio/video files, add some notes and links, and you’re done! Loudblog software is available free on: http://www.loudblog.com/