Authentic and Practical Podcasting in the Classroom

Authentic and Practical Podcasting in the

Classroom

Sarah Clark

Angela Johnston

Bellevue School 2010

Download Audacityhttp://audacity.sourceforge.net/

Download Lamehttp://audacity.sourceforge.net/help/faq?s=install&item=lame-mp3

IMPORTANT – Please take note of where you put the Lame encoder as you will need to put it into Audacity later)

Introductions

Start Downloading Audacity

What is Podcasting

Authentic and Practical Podcasting Examples

Planning and Brainstorming

Demonstration

Practise voice recording

Use Audacity

Publish podcasts online

Reflection

Agenda

Definition – Utube

Podcasting is online audio content that is delivered via an RSS feed.

Authentic Audience

Oral, written, reading

Communication Skills

Key Competencies

Digital Literacies

Critical Thinking

Decision Making

Meta-cognitive Strategies

What is podcasting

Why Podcast?

Angela’s Podcasts

Sarah’s Podcasts

Pt England School

Examples

1. State your learning intention: We are learning to…

2. Then: What ICT tool can I use?

Your Task

Look at the needs of your children

Write a learning intention and success criteria to meet their needs

Think of a task within an authentic context

What skills will they need to complete the task?

Planning

Brainstorming

Bubbl.us

Username: learning@schools

Password:las2010

1 What other ways could you use podcasting in your classroom?

2 What learning intention are the children trying to achieve?

3 What other skills do they need to order to meet the learning intention?

Jing Instructions

• Go to My Podcasts and create an account

My Podcast

Podcasting Demonstration

Jing Instructions

1. Choose a learning intention, context and activity. Write a script for your podcast or find a text to present a poem or play.

2. Record an audio file in Audacity, or record onto the digital microphones, save it and open it in Audacity.

3. Edit your recording.

4. Add music to your recording.

5. Export your audio file as an MP3.

6. Upload MP3 version into your podcasting channel.

Your Turn

Reflection

Pros, Cons, Questions