Maize+Podcasting+Resources

** Podtentials Handout: **




** Sample Podcasts: **
- Griffin's: media type="file" key="504 Maize SS Podcasting Assignment 1 (1).m4a" width="300" height="50"

- Rachel's: media type="file" key="English Podcast.m4a" width="300" height="50"

- Steve's: media type="file" key="Pearl Harbor Attack- Final.m4a" width="300" height="50"

- Mike's: media type="file" key="Science_Podcast.m4a" width="300" height="50"

- Cornhort's: media type="file" key="504 Podcast Demo.m4a" width="300" height="50"

** Helpful Tips for Making Podcasts in Garageband **

 * 1) Open Garageband, and choose either the Voice or Podcast template as a new project.
 * 2) Record your voice in one of the tracks by clicking the red button at the bottom.
 * 3) In the lower right hand corner, click on the button to add media, linking directly to your iTunes.
 * 4) Layer tracks (sound effects, music, voice recording, etc.).
 * 5) Split tracks in the "Edit" menu, or with the keyboard shortcut, Command-T, to shorten and/or trim tracks.
 * 6) Control the volume of each individual track.
 * 7) On the left side of the screen, to the right of the volume dial, click on the drop-down arrow.
 * 8) Manipulate the graph to create fade-out effects.
 * 9) Export your completed podcast to iTunes in the "Share" menu.

Most of these tips can be seen in this tutorial:

** Benefits: **

 * Same content available for all students; no chance of leaving something out for one class
 * Always available to hear online
 * No chance of losing the sheet of directions
 * Limits direction-skimming; in other words, students must hear all instructions of assignments
 * Students listen

** Cautions: **

 * Need a quiet space for recording
 * Technological need may contradict school policy (cell phones in schools)
 * Some may bemoan the lack of written documentation; can’t skim a recording
 * Google Voice does offer transcripts of messages, although the technology does not work well yet.
 * Making podcasts requires additional training/instruction

** Useful Websites/Podcasts: **
          - [|Stager] - Lots of podcasting resources for teachers, how-to's, articles, and more - [|Audacity wikiHow] - Useful how to for Audacity users 

**Cornhort's Podcasting Ideas from Google Voice:**
- Record/listen to math songs to memorize concepts/equations - Math news over Podcast - Listen to math Podcasts: MathGrad.com and mathmutation.blogspot.com are good sources - Create Podcasts answering story problems in words (include strategies for solving, tricky parts, etc)
 * Math: **

- Enhance articles in a journalism class by adding a Podcasting component - Listen to or create audio book reviews - Meet Common Core speech requirement - Distribute assignments in written and Podcast form and ask for homework response in both forms to see how the medium changes the content
 * ELA: **

- Listening activities (for instance, listen to radio/tv shows to get a sense of how fast native speakers speak and to try and pick out phrases)
 * World Languages: **

- Recount process of investigation so that students have to explain how they got their results
 * Science: **

- Record lectures/activities to post online for students/parents to access - Record class debates for analysis afterward - Conduct research and a make Podcast with findings - Summarize a topic/concept on a Podcast which will become a student resource when studying for tests - Students listen to themselves as if they are on the radio and evaluate their speaking skills - Homework hints - Way for home-bound students to participate in class presentations - Record guest speakers for students who are absent - Option for students who are too shy to speak in public but want to get speaking/presentation credit
 * General/Multiple disciplines: **