How to Make a Podcast Deb Houts West
How to Make a Podcast Deb Houts West Broward High School dhouts. com
Today’s Timeline 8: 00 – 9: 00 Presentation – Background information 9: 00 -10: 00 Gathering Process Break 10: 10 -11: 30 Project Work 11: 30 -12: 00 Lunch – on your own 12: 00 – 1: 30 Complete Project work 1: 30 - 2: 30 Presentations of your work 2
Here’s What You Need! 3
What is Podcasting? A podcast is a collection of individual audio and video episodes recorded and edited on a computer You do not need an i. Pod in order to make or download a podcast Let’s take a look at an example…. 4
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Why Should we use Podcasts? vs. 6
Why Podcast? Different learning styles 24/7 classroom Using medium with which students are familiar Motivation Purpose Speaking skills Listening 7
What software? Powerpoint Keynote i. Movie Windows Movie Maker Garageband Audacity MP 3 Encoder www. audacity. sourceforge. net 8
Why use Podcasting? Class Radio Show Presenting a Speech Making a Movie Community Podcast Classroom Showcase Show Learning Lesson Study Collaboration Projects 9
Other Ideas for the Classroom Virtual Field Trips Interviews Study Guides Student presentations Lab Reports 10
More examples…. 11
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The Podcaster How to! Design & record your audio / video content Several important things to consider Edit your files and save them to MP 3 (audio) or MPEG 4 (video) format Upload the files and publish the feed Someone subscribes to your feed They open their feedreader They can listen to the podcast on their Computer, or download it to an MP 3 player or i. Pod 14
Practice Time! 15
Here’s the plan… You are going to create your own podcast. The purpose is ◦ 1. to tell us a little bit about yourself and ◦ 2. to prepare a mini lesson 16
Let’s take a look at the process Step One: Identify your focus • Tell us something interesting about you • and prepare a mini lesson on your favorite topic. Step 2: Write your Script • open Sticky Notes Select Note… Floating Window and Translucent Window • type your script (i. e Hi, my name is _______ I teach __________grade/subject at _________school My favorite lesson is _______________ ) Step 3: Take a Picture (Use Photo Booth to take pictures) Click on red camera Button to Snap a photo of yourself You can experiment with the effects…just don’t spend too much time there! Take 2 or 3 photos, for your project. Photo Booth will count down… 3… 2… 1. SNAP when taking the phot There’s also a video section (click on the film strip icon) Have FUN!!! xx/xx/200 x 17
Step 4 : research and gather lesson information • Use web searches to gather information, images, etc. for your lesson Step 5: Slide show (Keynote or Power. Point) Keynote: Choose …a theme …slide transitions …Builds (different elements on your page) Insert photos and images Send to Garage. Band • Under file on Menu Bar: choose send to … Garage. Band -Fixed timing Slide time = 6 seconds Builds = 4 seconds • Name your Keynote (the computer will export your Keynote using Quicktime to Garage. Band open it in Garage. Band for you) Power. Point: Choose a theme • Under file on Menu Bar: choose Page Setup Set Width to 10 inches and Height to 10 inches Insert photos and images • Under file on Menu Bar: choose send to … i. Photo (the computer will save each slide as a separate image. You can open these images in Garage. Band) More details available on website document “Creating Your Podcast/Video Production” see dhouts. com xx/xx/200 x 18
Practice Time: Software Preparation Garage. Band – audio recording software for Mac ◦ http: //www. apple. com/ilife/garageband/ Keynote – presentation software for Mac ◦ http: //www. apple. com/ilife/keynote/ Power. Point – presentation software for Mac or PC ◦ http: //www. apple. com/ilife/garageband/ i. Photo – organize and search your photos ◦ http: //store. apple. com/downloads/macosx/apple/application_updates/iphoto 712. html i. Movie– create or edit a movie ◦ http: //www. apple. com/ilife/imovie Audacity – cross-platform free audio recording & editing software ◦ http: //audacity. sourceforge. net/ LAME code – converting audio to MP 3 format ◦ http: //www. dll-files. com/dllindex/dll-files. shtml? lame_enc 19
Practice Time: Hardware Preparation You! Computer Microphone Camcorder (optional) 20
Practice Time: Let’s take a closer look at your tools Photo. Booth 21
Garage. Band 22
i. Movie 23
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Questions? Lets GO! 25
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