Hobie Alter and Crew Audio and Video Podcasting
Hobie Alter and Crew
Audio and Video Podcasting Made Easy Andy Williams Edmonds Community College Lynnwood, WA andy. williams@edcc. edu http: //faculty. edcc. edu/andy. williams/ Susan Crosson Santa Fe Community College Gainesville, FL Susan. crosson@sfcc. edu http: //inst. sfcc. edu/~scrosson
Who are our students? They learn differently and use technology Multi-task 75% of online teens use Instant Messenger. 51% of online teens download music. 91% of all adults online use email. 73% of all adults online use internet to get news. Source: Pew Internet and American Life Project Surveys
Teaching/Learning Modalities How to make the teach-learn connection: connection I I See…visual learners Hear…aural learners Touch…read/write learners Do…kinetic learners
Traditional Knowledge Process, reaches one type of learner Do Homework, Participate Write Papers, Exams LEARN Activities to Gain Confidence in Knowledge… ASSESS Demonstrate Knowledge Breadth and Depth… Read Book, Come to Class TEACH Deliver content…
A More Engaging Knowledge Process Create Activities LEARN Activities to Gain Confidence in Knowledge. . . Assess Outcomes ASSESS Demonstrate Knowledge Breadth and Depth… Identify Resources TEACH Deliver Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, Attitudes, and Values. . .
Teach More Efficiently Content in students’ comfort zone Course resources on the web available 24/7 Online Teaching/Learning Portfolio Keep the Best, Rethink the Rest! Continuous improvement, not radical change
What’s a Podcast? “Podcasting is the method of distributing multimedia files, such as audio programs or music videos, over the Internet for playback on mobile devices and personal computers. “ “Podcasting's essence is about creating content (audio or video) for an audience that wants to listen or watch when they want, where they want, and how they want. ” Wikipedia
Podcast Strategy • Low (no) cost • Do-it-yourself technology • Quick and easy for me and for students
Podcasts… Consider the possibilities Record and playback classes Chapter overviews—highlight favorite pages or LOs (learning objectives) End-of-chapter coaching of review problem to model problem solving process Explanations of textbook visuals, i. e. , exhibits, figures Podcasts-audio or video broadcasts available on i. Tunes, My. Space, You. Tube I hear, I see…. therefore I learn
Students can see/hear on a computer/i. Pod/mp 3 Player Audiocasts—. mp 3 listed in i. Tunes Music Videocasts--. M 4 V files listed in i. Tunes Movies Professional Camera-Chapter 6 LO 4 SE 6 Webcam and Camtasia- Language of Business (hint: frame rate needs to be 30…not 5) Flip. Videos-ACG 2021 Rules Management Process-Overview Word and Camtasia- Welcome to Accounting Power. Point and Camtasia- Accounting Equation One Note and Camtasia- FA Chapter 1 SE 5. MOV Excel and Snap. Z-Depreciation
http: //inst. sfcc. edu/~scrosson
http: //inst. sfcc. edu/~scrosson/MA%20 Look%20 and%20 Listen/MA%202%20 SE%209. wav
Ed. CC i. Tunes U http: //www. edcc. edu/trc/itunesu/
Ed. CC i. Tunes U - Home Page
Ed. CC i. Tunes U - My Page
Watch in Blackboard!
Vodcast Examples! Made with Jing - Shockwave Files http: //screencast. com/t/Ka. SSAka. P http: //screencast. com/t/Ka. Lam. Hey. DXw Made with Snapz. Pro - Quick Time files http: //faculty. edcc. edu/andy. williams/Teach/202 Intro. mov http: //faculty. edcc. edu/andy. williams/Teach/How 2 workingpapers. mov
u. Tube or You. Tube
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Technology Improves the Teaching/Learning Connection by offering Learning Modality Alternatives I See (Visual) I Hear (Aural) I Touch (Read/Write) I Do (Kinetic) Face-to-Face Classroom Audio practice quizzes Flashcards Class Videos or TV Replay e. Book with highlighter, post-it notes, and embedded videos Online lectures-video, audio, powerpoint Audio Podcasts Never-ending textbook exercises Online Quizzes and Homework Audio or video podcast analyses and writeups Chapter Experts post their notes or podcasts
How to Make an Audio Podcast… • i. Pod-compatible microphone, i. e. , Belkin’s Voice Recorder • i. Tunes…Download free to PC http: //www. apple. com/itunes/download/ • External Media, CD, or Webpage
Transferring Voice Memos to PC 1. Connect your i. Pod to your PC. i. Pod will transfer the voice memos (WAV files) automatically to your i. Tunes Library on your PC. You will see the time and dated Voice Memos in your i. Tunes Source list, i. e. , “ 7/30 3: 15 PM” 2. To organize voice memos in i. Tunes Library, select File>”New Playlist” to create playlist then drag voice memos into it. 3. Rename voice memo files in the playlist to better describe the files, i. e. , “ 7/30 3: 15 PM” renamed “Ch 1 Review” Save as. mp 3 files. 4. Use one of several methods (i. e. , External Media, Burn Data CD) to transfer files from your i. Tunes to other PCs. Note: Voice memos are saved in a Recordings folder on the i. Pod in the WAV file format. Best if convert to mp 3 format.
No i. Pod… no worries, here is what you need… Audacity - Free software from Sound Forge Cross Platform (Mac or Windows) Easy to Use Garage Band (Mac OSX) - with i. Life suite Camtasia- http: //www. techsmith. com/camtasia. asp Web space - a place to upload your audio files Microphone/Speakers on your computer Script or notes!
Audacity… Play Record Pause Stop Mic Level Playback Level Recording Level
How to Make a Video Podcast… • Video capture, editor and rendering program Camtasia http: //www. techsmith. com/camtasia. asp Quick. Time 7 Pro http: //www. apple. com/quicktime/pro/win. html Garage. Band http: //www. apple. com/podcasting Snap. Z Pro http: //www. ambrosiasw. com/utilities/snapzprox/ Jing Project http: //www. jingproject. com/ • Camera (like Flip. Video) or webcam with mic • Computer
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Jing • Create Screen Shots of window with text, arrows, highlights, boxes. • Create SWF video of window and upload to Tech. Smith Server. • Jing copies URL to Clipboard. Copy to your browser to show, or copy link into Bb for student view.
Publishing to the Web page on College server My. Space You. Tube i. Tunes podcast i. Tunes U
i. Tunes Podcast Submissions Technical Specs and FAQs
Podcast Takeaways Quick, easy and low (no) cost Use. mp 3 files (audio) or. m 4 v (video) Short audio and video clips Link to textbook
More Podcast Takeaways Consider attention span and downloading time. Keep it short! 5 minutes of MP 3 file is about 5 MB! Too long----> Students tune out. Too short ----> Not worth it.
Podcasting Resources for Educators & Students http: //www. stager. org/podcasting. html Beginner’s Guide to Podcast Creation http: //www. ilounge. com/index. php/articles/comments/beginners-guide-topodcast-creation/ e-Learning Centre http: //www. e-learningcentre. co. uk/eclipse/Resources/podcasting. htm Educause Resource Center http: //www. educause. edu/ Apple Education Resources – Podcasting in Education http: //www. apple. com/education/solutions/podcasting/ Apple Education Resources – Podcasting Videos http: //www. apple. com/education/resources/podcastingvideos/ Apple i. Tunes http: //www. apple. com/itunes/
Please let us know how you are doing! Susan Crosson Santa Fe Community College Gainesville, FL Susan. crosson@sfcc. edu http: //inst. sfcc. edu/~scrosson Andy Williams Edmonds Community College Lynnwood, WA andy. williams@edcc. edu http: //faculty. edcc. edu/andy. williams/
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