Podcasting+&+Audacity

= Recording Audio with Audacity and other Idea = = = To use Audacity to record sound, you will need a microphone and headphone. Audacity software (free!) to make and edit most podcasts. Download Audacity (and the LAME converter needed to turn Audacity work files into mp3 files) here. Download instructions for using Audacity here. Audacity is installed on all Olympia computers.
 * =Click below for directions on how to set up audacity.=

[|Take-the-plunge-into-podcasting: tutorial]
[|Take the Plunge: Ideas: A photostory about photostory]

Ideas for Podcasts:
 * 1) Create audio tours of the City
 * 2) Create audio tours of community attractions and historical sites
 * 3) Create news programs and announcements
 * 4) Create an interview with an author.
 * 5) [|Record Book Reviews]
 * 6) Provide book talks
 * 7) Give patrons a way to record and hear book reviews by peers
 * 8) Provide reading practice for older readers by recording stories and chapters for younger readers
 * 9) Create audio versions of handouts and information online in text format
 * 10) Locate tutorials and presentations for patrons who need extra help
 * 11) Provide extra learning on "hot topics"
 * 12) audio editing
 * 13) have patrons produce audio recordings on a topic or for a report
 * 14) Record patront's reading for review by self and parents
 * 15) Communicate with community
 * 16) Showcase patrons work
 * 17) Create "radio" shows on current events, sports, special school events, etc.
 * 18) Create commercials and/or audio "trailers"
 * 19) Record audio directions for slow readers and auditory learners
 * 20) Translate instruction and directions into other languages
 * 21) Model standard English usage
 * 22) Model different kinds of speeches: motivational, argumentative, etc.
 * 23) Record community history, folklore
 * 24) [|Creation, Myths & Tall Tales:] This lesson suggests the use of garageband, but it could easily be adapted for Photostory or Podcasting!
 * 25) Creating a Travel guide: Have patrons or staff create travelguides for different areas of the country of world. End product could be a video, a photostory, a powerpoint, or a podcast.
 * 26) [|Show Us Your World: Collect, Collaborate, and Create!] Students will explore their environment including wildlife, natural resources, landscape and terrain, plant life, history, events, culture and any other elements that makes their environment unique with their end product being a video, a podcast, or a photostory.
 * 27) Creat Radio Plays
 * 28) write and record original poetry.
 * 29) interview each other about a book you are reading
 * 30) create a radio program about a certain time in history
 * 31) [|ABC of Alliteration:] The students will generate short forms of alliteration. The generated pieces will be recorded with audacity.

[|In January 2010, students in 6th through 8th grade at Pittsburgh Manchester Pre-K-8 took time to reflect on the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.]

Create news cast ~ =Example of News cast=
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 * "I know of at least one library that created a podcasting booth out of an old refridgerator box. Cool. It was very popular. Kids and teens just sat inside and recorded their reviews of books, DVD's, websites, etc. I've seen some libraries have old reel to reel tape listening boothes that would work too!" from Stephen's Lighthouse.
 * The crew at Mashable put together another list called entitled [|Podcasting Toolbox: 70+ Podcasting Tools and Resources].
 * [|Read the Words] would be an excellent way to guide a webquest for students, create a reader to steer students through each activity in the webquest. If you have mp3 players available for checkout, create a reader for guided reading. These can be used in class during silent reading time or checked out for home use so that the student learning day can be extended. The readers would be excellent for history or science reading where vocabulary can be challenging. [|Read the Words] is perfect for your auditory learners and because you can have text that is already in your lesson read, the differentiation for these students is short and sweet. [|Read the Words] would also be great for English language learners or for English speakers learning Spanish or French.

1. Plan  2. Produce  3. Publish Podcasting is powerful because it can do what can't be done with broadcasting. Podcasting is great for reaching small, focused and underserved topics of interest (niches).  **What is a podcast?**  A podcast is an audio recording that is posted to the web. If you like what you hear here, you can save it to your desktop and listen to it there. Once it is saved to your computer, you can use iTunes or other software to upload it to your iPod or mp3 player, or you can just listen from your computer.
 * How to Podcast: **

 Click Here for directions on how to Podcast. 

Finding Podcasts
There are variety of good search engines for podcasts. Try one or more of these:
 * [|Education Podcast Network] Podcasts for teachers by teachers. Search by content, hear student projects by grade level.
 * [|EdTechTalk] Several great podcasts can be found on this site. [|WOW2 (Women of Web 2.0)] focuses on using new web tools in teaching and learning and is broadcast live every Tuesday night and archived for you to listen to anytime. [|Show #65] featured Doug Johnson and Joyce Valenza discussion school libraries that work and the future of school library media centers
 * [|Find Podcast] A directory where you can search in categories much like the site above, but a nice addition is "kids and teens." Check out new podcasts, rated podcasts, or popular podcasts, too.
 * [|FireAnt] Discover, watch and subscribe to podcasts and vodcasts (video podcasts).
 * [|iTunes] Using free iTunes software, you can find and subscribe to podcasts on any topic. iTunesU is used by universities and K-12 schools to publish (and locate) educational podcasts including many podcasts on podcasting! There are over 15,000 different podcasts here!
 * [|HornBook Podcast] Conversations with writers, illustrators, and editors, chats about current trends, and insider takes on reviewing and publishing.
 * [|Karen's Mashups] Excerpts from popular educational podcasts combined into a new "mashup." "Most shows will have a theme, such as math, science, student productions, professional development, museum productions, or technology news. Some shows will be focused on podcasts for administrators and teachers, while other shows will highlight podcasts for students or parents." [|Show 10] samples professional development podcasts; [|show 15] features audio books; [|show 12] has podcasts for parents; [|show 3] is about podcasts for libraries.
 * [|Learn Out Loud] Some for sale, some free.
 * [|Lit2Go] free online collection of stories and poems in Mp3. Search by title or author or search the database. Print the text to read along! Listen or download. Subscribe through iTunes, too.
 * [|Podcast Alley] Pick a podcast genre, and you'll receive a list of podcasts to take a listen to. Genres include, but aren't limited to: business, cultural/political, environment, movies/films, sports, technology, comedy, travel.
 * [|Podcast Pickle] Search by tag, topic, category or see and hear the top-rated podcasts
 * [|Podanza] Search by category, see featured podcasts in each category, or search by content and keyword

=More to Explore= = = =Other Ideas:=
 * [|20 iTunes Feeds for the 2.0 Teacher] A list of great free podcasts for teachers and library media specialists.
 * [|Audible Kids] Listen to stories, rate them, see what others are listening to, download them (fee based)
 * [|Just One More Book] Podcasts featuring children's books and authors.
 * [|Library of Congress Podcasts] including podcasts with authors and poets from the Nationa Book Festival
 * [|MyBabyMonsters] Original stories become podcasts for kids
 * [|NPR Classics for Kids] Introducing students to classical music
 * [|Open Culture: Audio & Podcast Collections]
 * [|PortablePD] A site created by two classroom teachers to share, support and celebrate the use of blogs, podcasts and other technologies in the classroom.
 * [|Portable Radio] Podcasts created by Grade 5/6 students in Ottawa, Canada
 * [|SLJ Podcasts] Items of interest to school library media specialists.
 * [|StoryNory] Free podcasts for kids
 * [|TourCaster] Audio tours of cities

=Music and Sound Effects:= Looking for music for your video? We've made arrangements with artists and record labels so that you can add their songs to your YouTube videos. You get a cool soundtrack, the artists get attribution on your video, and everyone wins! =Rubric's for evaluating Audio ||= **Note**: **//[|Rubistar]//** is an excellent web-based source of rubrics for any project or topic. Search by the specific type of rubric you want, or make your own! Another good source of ready-made rubrics is **//[|iRubric]//**. If you can't find what you want, you can create your own or modify an existing one. iRubrics can be embedded in webpages or wikis, too. You might also want to explore [|Project Based Learning Checklists] from 4Teachers.org. To make a project checklist for your students, choose the grade level for the type of project you want your students to do. You can choose from writing, presentation, multimedia or science projects. Then choose from a list of project guidelines and add your own if you'd like,
 * Photoface Add audio to a face--from a photo, a webcam, or select one of those already online. See [|Gizmoz] and [|Voki], too.
 * [|ACIDplanet]
 * [|Four Bees Free Media]
 * [|FindSounds] searches the web for sounds
 * [|Flash Kit - Sound FX]
 * [|FooBar2008] converts music and audio files into the format you need. (downloadable software)
 * [|The Free Sound Project]
 * [|Jango] internet radio that plays the music you like
 * [|LastFM] a social music site. Type in the name of an artist you like...
 * [|Musopen] online music library of copyright free music (public domain music)
 * [|Mutopia]*
 * [|Pandora] learns to play the music you like and creates stations that play it
 * [|Podcast Bumper Music]
 * [|Podsafe Audio]
 * [|SoundzAbound] Royalty-free music for schools
 * [|SoundSnap] Database of audio sounds; download up to 5 clips per month for free.
 * [|Tony-b Machine] create your own music here.
 * [|Wolfgang's Vault] streaming concerts
 * [|YouTube AudioSwap]
 * [|Audiojungle] Royalty-free music and sound effects.
 * [|A+ Rubric for Podcasts] from UW-Stout. Intended or self-assessment or peer-assessment. 7 performance areas with 4 levels of achievement.
 * [|Analyzing a Podcast Rubric]
 * [|Audio Podcast Rubric]
 * [|Basic Podcasting Rubric]
 * [|Best Practices for Podcasting] (pdf) from Polk County (FL) schools. Rubric on page 4.
 * [|Book or Movie Review Podcast]
 * [|Creating an MP3] (using Audacity)
 * [|Digital Storytelling: Basic Podcasting]
 * [|Group Podcast Planning and Presentation Rubric]
 * [|Podcast] (grades 6-8)
 * [|Podcast I] Useful for any content.
 * [|Podcast Presentation Rubric] Bronze, Silver, Gold and Platinum levels on 5 criteria including research and citations.
 * [|Podcast Rubric] (pdf) Colorful. Developed in Australia by Apple educators. Assesses performance for 8 elements.
 * [|Podcast Rubric] (pdf) Very short. From Scholastic.
 * [|Podcast Rubric for Higher Ed] The Ed-Cast Design and Funcitonalty Rubric for Podcasts
 * [|Podcasts] Amateur, Apprentice, Podcaster, Award Winner levels on thre measures.
 * [|Rubric for Student Voices] (pdf) from the Florida Association for Computers in Education and Florida Digital Educators
 * [|What Makes a Good Podcast?] by Kathy Schrock also available in pdf for printing
 * [|What Makes a Good Podcast?] by Kathy Schrock also available in pdf for printing

Podcasting in Plain English Ask A Ninja - What is Podcasting Grammar Girl Radio Willow Web Just One More Book Podcasting in Education The Wild Classroom The Education Podcast Network Even MORE Podcast Examples FindPodcasts.com Our City Podcasts PoducateMe Even MORE Podcast Examples
 * What is a podcast? **


 * What Not to Do **


 * WHY DO WE LIKE AUDIO FILES? **


 * ESL
 * Theater
 * Speeches
 * Reading Practice
 * With audio only, students can create a unique vision
 * Storytelling
 * Mini Lecture
 * Short Directions
 * Instructor materials/alternate delivery
 * Communication with parents/community
 * 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
 * Cheap
 * Fun


 * SHARING AUDIO FILES **
 * PowerPoint presentation
 * Wiki
 * Blog
 * Website
 * Camtasia
 * Learning Management System, such as Moodle or Blackboard
 * iTunes
 * Social Media (Facebook, Sound Cloud, etc. )
 * What else?

**AUDIO TOOLS AND PODCAST HOSTING** ThePodcastHost Aviary Education (also has video editing tools) Sound Cloud

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