Podcasting

=PODCASTING: HYPE OR HELP? =

[|Grammar Girl]
** An Eighth Floor podcast about podcasting **

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 * We Could Ask Ourselves . . .**
 * What do you already know?
 * What do you want to know?
 * What makes it a "cast"? //([|RSS])//
 * Where does POD come from?
 * Plan - Produce - Publish - Promote!

**Why Podcasting?**

 * Instructor materials/alternate delivery
 * Communication with parents/community
 * Value of storytelling and retelling
 * Student publishing/student as guide
 * Allows students to explain their thinking
 * Collaboration and construction of knowledge
 * Expand the classroom
 * Independent learning
 * Audience - not your teacher
 * Cheating
 * It's the way we really work
 * Cheap
 * Fun

**Podcasts from the Classroom**
[|Radio Willow Web] [|Park Forest Elementary] (Phyllis' Grandson!) [|Just One More Book] [|The Wild Classroom] [|Cultivating Digital Literacy with Classroom Podcasting] [|The Education Podcast Network] Even MORE Podcast Examples [|FindPodcasts.com] Our City Podcasts PoducateMe

**Resources for Teachers**
Podcasting in Education - a wiki page of many resources [|Podcasting in the Classroom and more] (a podcast) [|Podcasting in Education] [|Vlog - Using Primary Resouces in the Classroom] [|Teach Digital: Curriculum by Wes Fryer on Podcasting] [|PoducateMe: Practical Solutions for Podcasting in Education] [|Integrating Technology in the Classroom: Tools for Podcasting] [|Introduction to Podcasting in Education] [|Finding and Listening to Education Oriented Podcasts] Storynory Podcasting Smodcasting . . . What's all the Hype?

**Tools for the Classroom**
PodBean.com [|Podomatic.com] [|VoiceThread] [|Podcastpickle.com] [|PodSafeAudio.com] [|Podcasting Toolbox: 70 Podcasting Tools and Resources] [|Audacity] [|Audacity Wiki] [|Podcasting Feed Options] [|Our Media - How to Podcast]

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**Creating your Podcasts: Topics/Format //(Plan-Produce-Publish-Promote)//**

 * What is your passion?
 * What do you know about?
 * How long and often should it be?
 * Will you have guests?
 * Will you have music/theme song
 * Do you have all the tools you will need? (computer, microphone, headphones, speaker, storage)
 * Sample Script [[file:Podcasting Script.doc]]
 * Podomatic starter directions [[file:Podcast Help Starter Guide.docx]]

**// EVEN MORE about PODCASTING! //** http://del.icio.us/lamorris/podcasting Additional Information and Tutorials You Can Print Free Music for Podcasting Podcast Rubric