Podcasts

toc "//Podcasting can be used in powerful ways to motivate students to develop their traditional as well as digital literacy skills. It can be done safely, is relatively inexpensive and fairly easy to learn with any Internet-connected computer and a basic microphone.//" ~ [|Wes Fryer - Moving at the Speed of Creativity]

=//**What is podcasting?**//=

Podcasting is basically the democratization of radio. And the good news is you //don't// need an iPod to podcast nor do you need a lot of technical expertise. If you have access to the Internet and a microphone (or a voice recorder or even a cell phone), you're ready to bring podcasting into your curriculum. You'll also need some space on a server, such as a blog and two FREE programs:
 * 1) [|Audacity](http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/), an easy-to-use audio editing program
 * 2) a lame encoder, which allows you to save your Audacity file as an mp3 file. The first time you attempt to export an audio clip from Audacity as an mp3, you will be asked to locate the file lame_enc.dll. So when you download Audacity, be sure to include the [|Lame library download].

That's it! You're ready to start podcasting.

For an overview of podcasting, checkout [|Lee Lefever's Common Craft] video:

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=**Podcast Resources**=

=Podcasting Samples=
 * [|Seven Things You Should Know about Podcasting]
 * [|What Everybody Ought to Know About Podcasting] - Part 1 - Brought to you by [|Sue Waters], The Edublogger
 * Podcasting Booklet - Comprehensive, easy-to-follow 34-page booklet from Tony Vincent (leanringinhand.com)
 * [|Miguel Guhlin's 3 Simple Tools 2 Podcast] (includes tutorials on Audacity, Olympus Voice Recorder & Flip Camera)
 * [|Wes Fryer's Digital Curriculum - Podcasting]
 * [|Literacy with ITC - Podcasting]
 * [|Casting Your Voice to the World]
 * [|The Education Podcast Network]
 * [|Gail's Podcasting for Beginners.ppt]
 * [|Upload your podcast to Edublogs - How to]
 * Podcasting Toolbox - 70+ podcasting tools


 * [|Storycorps] - Use podcasting to tell the many hidden histories of California, such as teacher [|Teresa Cheung's interview with her father], a native of historic Locke, CA
 * YouthRadio - Jim Faires' 6th graders time travel to WW II. To learn about their experiences in becoming podcasters, check out the **//Student Reflection//** below:
 * [|YA! Cast] - Great selection of audio snippets of from YA novels from Robert Rozema's pre-service teachers
 * How about Florida's [|Orange County Library]'s use of podcasts.

=**Student Reflection**=

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=**Audacity Tutorials**=
 * Audacity Basics - Outstanding, extremely comprehension introduction to Audacity. Video creator Mindy McAdams' thoroughness and slow, clear style of talking make this tutorial an good resource for ELLs
 * Super-fast Guide to Audio Editing - Also by Mindy McAdams, this PDF explains Audacity + Lame encoder procedure + basic editing steps. Good handout for workshops.
 * [|University of Southern Florida's Tutorials] - Great video clips!
 * Jill Baedke's Video Tutorials - Very thorough explanations (from Next Vista.org)
 * [|Audacity Tutorial] - The Audacity folks keep adding to their Help resources.
 * Sue Waters' Audacity Tutorial - If you're looking for a very complete tutorial to use as a handout, this is it!
 * Russell Stannard's Tutorial s - Another great set of video tutorials!
 * [|Audacity Tutorial for Podcasters]- Yet one more great set of video tutorials!
 * Thomas Sheppard's Audacity Tutorials - You can never have too many;-)
 * Audacity - Quick Start - Excellent set of tutorials and handouts - including music samples for podcast intro/outro
 * 10 Great Ways to Use Audacity with Your Students - From Keri-Lee Beasley's Tip of the Ice Berg blog.

=Audio Resources=
 * [|Partners in Rhyme] - Royalty-free music and sound effects
 * [|Jamendo] - A rapidly-growing community of free, legal and unlimited music published under Creative Commons licenses
 * [[file:Downloading Music from Jamendo.pdf]]
 * Where to Find Sound Effects - Great resource for royalty-free intro/outro music

=**Taking Podcasts Mobile**=
 * Olympus Voice Recorder - Very good sound quality; very portable. Here's a video tutorial for the Olympus DM-520 model.
 * [|Switch]- MP3 converter to use with Olympus W110 Voice Recorder. Be sure to download the free version.
 * [|GCast Tutorial] - Podcasting via your cell phone...amazing, no?! **//Update//** - RIP GCast:-(
 * iPadio - Now that I've stopped grieving for the loss of GCast, I'm ready to move on the iPadio, a great cell phone podcasting tool!

=Transforming a Podcast to a Vodcast=
 * [|Using Movie Maker 2 to create a video version of a podcast] - Very comprehensive tutorial by a high school science teacher