Podcasting

Podcasting

By: Michael A. Dascoli

Micro-Applications in the Classroom

3/6/08

Professor Vilberg

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An Introduction…

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• Online Lectures

• Posting Students’ Projects

• Band Pieces

• Virtual Instrument Lesson

• Recent Concert Videos

• Using iPods for Education

• Students’ Questions/Comments

• Educational Blogs

• Ear Training Exercises

• Finale

Online LecturesOnline Lectures

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Since Podcasts were Since Podcasts were invented, anybody has the invented, anybody has the opportunity to post a self-opportunity to post a self-made video on the made video on the internet. One way that internet. One way that teachers can take teachers can take advantage of this advantage of this technology is to record a technology is to record a lesson, or a lecture and lesson, or a lecture and post it online. This will post it online. This will give any students the give any students the chance to hear the lesson chance to hear the lesson or lecture despite the fact or lecture despite the fact that they were absent. It that they were absent. It also gives students who also gives students who were in attendance a were in attendance a chance to hear any parts chance to hear any parts that they might not that they might not remember.remember.

Posting Students’ Projects

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This will give students a chance to showcase their projects and achievements through the academic year!

Listening Examples of Band PiecesListening Examples of Band Pieces

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By teachers providing recordings of short By teachers providing recordings of short excerpts or entire pieces, students will be excerpts or entire pieces, students will be able to hear how a piece should sound with able to hear how a piece should sound with regards to style, tempo, harmony, and regards to style, tempo, harmony, and musical texture.musical texture.

Virtual Instrument LessonsVirtual Instrument Lessons

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Teachers will have an opportunity to

Teachers will have an opportunity to

record a lesson for all of the

record a lesson for all of the

instruments. They can update each

instruments. They can update each

lesson weekly. Although this may be

lesson weekly. Although this may be

time-consuming, it will help save time in

time-consuming, it will help save time in

the future with playing in different

the future with playing in different

styles, tempos, harmonies, etc.

styles, tempos, harmonies, etc.

Recent Concert Videos

Recent Concert Videos

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Band Band

Choir Choir

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Using iPods for EducationUsing iPods for Education

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Recently, iPods are being used Recently, iPods are being used more and more for other reasons, more and more for other reasons, besides just storing and playing besides just storing and playing music. In the education field, iPods music. In the education field, iPods are attached to a little microphone are attached to a little microphone that records the teacher’s voice as that records the teacher’s voice as they lecture or teach a lesson. they lecture or teach a lesson. Once a teacher records themselves Once a teacher records themselves on their iPod, they can play back on their iPod, they can play back the recording and take notes on the recording and take notes on their lecture or lesson. This will their lecture or lesson. This will help them make any necessary help them make any necessary changes to the lesson for next time.changes to the lesson for next time.

Students’ Questions/Comments

Students’ Questions/Comments

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By students recording their questions and/or By students recording their questions and/or comments as a Podcast, the teacher can watch or comments as a Podcast, the teacher can watch or just listen to the students opinions about a class or a just listen to the students opinions about a class or a lesson that they were not sure of, or maybe they lesson that they were not sure of, or maybe they found particularly interesting.found particularly interesting.

Educational Blogs

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Teachers can post a Podcast

about a lesson and, to ensure that the students

watch it, they can have the

students write a summary in

an educational blog.

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FIN!Thank you for watching. I hope you

enjoyed learning more about Podcasting. This trend seems to be both the

educational and entertainment tool of the future!

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