1. Podcasts for Mac Information Technology for Curriculum Design University of Oregon, July 1, 2009 Information Technology for Curriculum Design University of Oregon, July 1, 2009

2. Podcast web-based audio broadcast may include images

3. Podcasting in Plain English follow this link to view a short Common Craft video explaining Podcasting Podcasting in Plain English

4. Find Podcasts The following are sites that have educational podcasts some will be useful for you as a learner and some may be useful in your classroom iTunes U from this link, scroll approximately halfway down the page until you see this and click on the link to watch the video

5. Find Podcasts These are additional sites that have educational podcasts some are better organized and have more applicable content than others so be a critical consumer Apple Learning Interchange look in the box on the right hand side for resources high school student podcasts Education Podcast Network (EPN) Podcast AlleyPodcast Alley - has an education section

6. Why Podcast? Teacher Made Ideas Reinforce difficult concepts Record classroom texts Record instructions to access from home Curriculum review Support struggling readers

7. Why Podcast? Student Made Ideas Student Made Reader’s Theater Reading fluency Interviews and Discussions Poetry, speeches Practice dialogues Alternative to “writing” a report Interview a book character Explain a math or science concept

8. Watch and listen to some student-made podcasts Go to the Apple Learning Interchange (ALI)Apple Learning Interchange in the box on the right, chose the level you’d like to view you don’t need to watch the entire podcast, just enough to get an idea of what students are doing click here for a Eugene elementary school examplehere

9. Preproduction As in writing, there is a process to follow when creating a podcast Be sure to consider the PURPOSE of the podcast is it to teach, review, entertain? Who is the AUDIENCE? Younger, older, experienced, novice? How LONG should it be? generally speaking, unless it’s an entire lecture, 5-10 minutes works well Who will do each piece? you could have the writer/editor, recorder, sound effects have students take turns at the various roles Practice - a lot! The more you practice, the better your product will be.

10. Production When you’re ready to record (after all that practicing!) you have some options. You could use: built-in microphone - many computers have these headsets with microphones - cost about $50 and help to cut down on background noise GarageBand (Mac) or Audacity (PC) - these 2 software applications let you record and share your podcast record short portions at a time - that way, it’s easier to find mistakes and fix them

11. Postproduction At this point, make sure that everything is in order and ready to share edit - check for audio that shouldn’t be included make sure images line up with audio arrange clips so they align correctly – rearrange, by clicking and dragging audio, music and images trim clips - if they’re too long and be sure there are no dead spots add music and sound effects – BUT content comes first! publish or share in some way

12. Publish There are a variety of ways to publish, or share, your product. You could: Save it to a USB drive Send it as an email attachment Burn to a CD or DVD Export (share) to iTunes Export to a school web site, blog or wiki Here’s an example of a classroom website including student podcasts: Awbrey ParkAwbrey Park

13. Create a Podcast Using Garage Band Note: the following screen shots explain the process using a combination of Garage Band ’08 and ’09. The process is similar for both but the screens will look different If you haven’t used Garage Band please watch the Garage Band video tutorials click on Help in the top toolbar and choose Video Tutorials

14. Create a podcast using Garage Band

20. Open the Media browser to find images in iPhoto or copy and paste from the web Drag the photo into the Podcast track Add images

21. Add sound effects Open sound effects Drag the sound effect into the jingles track

22. Add Music Open the media browser and choose Audio Find music in iTunes and drag into Jingles track ***Be very careful when using copyrighted material***

23. Share Your Podcast To share your podcast, click Share in the top toolbar and choose how you want to share your podcast I chose - “Send Song to iTunes you will be prompted to choose the playlist and how to compress the podcast choose MP3 if you have only audio choose AAC if you have audio and images Click

24. Find and Play your Podcast open iTunes find the playlist you sent the podcast to click on the name of the podcast to play to enlarge the view, click on the bottom left corner of your screen

25. Resources These sites have resources for planning and producing podcasts with students Apple Learning Interchange 4J TILT wiki Learning in Hand

26. Discussion Board and Sharing your podcast go to Blackboard respond to the discussion forum for podcasting Optional: also in Blackboard, upload your podcast, under Assignments