1. Podcasting Information Night 13 th September, 2006

2. So what is it? Word is coined from iPod and broadcast A web based broadcast Can download automatically (subscribe to) Can be played on iPods or other MP3 players (or portable media layers)

3. How popular is it? 2005 Oxford Dictionary Word of the year! 2004: 820 000 listeners 2005: 48 000 000 listeners 32 Millions iPods sold this year!

4. Podcast Vs Radio You can listen to a podcast: WHEN you want, WHAT you want, WHERE you want and often… It’s free!

5. Who is podcasting? Nova 93.7 Triple J SBS President George W. Bush www.podkids.com.au and over 50,000 others

6. An example

7. Stats!

8. Podcasting in Education Professional Development for teachers Growing number of classrooms podcasting Proving to be highly successful Only a few well developed in Australia

9. But Why??? A real audience:purposeful and engaging Improve literacy skills Promote our school: to parents, community and world-wide listeners Kids want to publish on the Net (older generation happy to consume) Lots of fun!

10. Topics Regular features: up and coming events Topics from class Interviews with elders and community members

11. What can you do? Listen to your child’s script (and help edit) Support club Listen to the podcasts!

12. But how do we listen? On a computer with Internet Access iPod/MP3 player Borrow CD from school

13. Direct download Demo Podcatchers “Subscribe” to podcasts using a podcatcher iTunes most popular – free to download

14. iTunes Download from www.apple.comwww.apple.com (or google “iTunes) Use the “RSS Feed” to subscribe Instruction sheet available

15. Organisation of club Core group of students with positions (come very single Friday) Other students can do a podcast on a special topic for a few weeks. Options if too many students!

16. Questions?