1. The Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School Miramonte High School

2. Podcasting - reaching out to students Educate –The Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School –Miramonte High School, Orinda California Innovate –PA Cyber supplements online curriculum with audio and video Podcasts –Miramonte uses Blackboard as a venue for student news and radio shows Everywhere –Students receive curriculum on the go –Students learn communication and civic literacy skills

3. About PA Cyber Your Child, Your Choice, Your School PA Cyber is an independent, tuition-free, public charter school where students and families build their own school out of choices, not bricks. 4,450 Students 400 Employees (full and part time)

4. About PA Cyber Your Child, Your Choice, Your School 102 Asynchronous Courses –Lincoln Interactive Curriculum –Grades 7 through 12 –Currently used by 14 schools across the USA 53 Synchronous Courses –Live Interaction –Grades 3 through 12 –2,200 Students Enrolled

5. Why We Need Podcasts Diverse Student Population –Students Who Travel –Professional Athletes –Performers –Accelerated/Gifted Students –Young Mothers or Fathers –Students Needing Extra Help

6. What We Are Doing Audio (MP3) files of each lesson in English, Science, and Social Studies. Video supplements in Math. Future – All synchronous courses recorded and converted to podcasts.

7. Sample Podcasts Audio Podcast

8. Sample Podcasts Video Podcast

9. Sample Podcasts Textbook Video Presentation

10. How We Are Doing It Audio files are recorded using Easy Hi-Q Recorder and inserted directly into the Blackboard course. Video files are converted to MP4 format using QuickTime. Currently reviewing the best technology to record and convert synchronous courses.

11. Podcasting Challenges Cost of providing an iPod to every student. Conversion to iPod audio/video format. Transfer from Blackboard to student iPod. Amount of server storage space required.

12. Benefits of Podcasting Increased Mobility Learning Reinforcement Differentiated Learning

13. Educate - Miramonte High School

14. Educate The innovators - Advanced Communication Media Class

15. Educate Focus on literacy and communications arts

16. Innovate Blackboard provides student produced broadcast news

17. Innovate Embracing new technologies

18. Innovate The assignment

19. Innovate Pre-production - research

20. Innovate Pre-production - write questions

21. Innovate Pre-production - create music

22. Innovate Production - the interview

23. Innovate Post-production - edit and upload

24. Innovate The technology - computers with sound cards

25. Innovate The technology - software

26. Innovate The technology - recorders

27. Innovate The technology - downloading

28. Innovate The technology - headphones

29. Everywhere Other classroom applications

30. Everywhere Adding to the Blackboard Learning System

31. Everywhere Display media within the page

32. Everywhere Create a link to the file

33. Everywhere Promoting civic literacy

34. Everywhere RSS feed converter from Podcast sites to Blackboard http://jade.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/feed/

35. Everywhere Autofeed of Podcasts shows to Blackboard site

36. Everywhere Results

37. Everywhere

38. Jaime M. Klein Senior Instructional Technology Specialist The Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School 900 Midland Avenue, Midland PA, 15059 Phone: 888-PACYBER x 1172 Cheryl Davis Teacher / Technology Coordinator Miramonte High School 750 Moraga Way, Orinda CA, 94563 Phone: (925) 280-3930