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Lauren Pressley | pressllm@wfu.edu | 19 March 2009
PODCASTING IN EDUCATION

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AGENDA
• Types of podcasts
• Podcasting in Education
• Examples
• Design
• Making a Podcast

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TYPES OF PODCASTS

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Recordings
Audio and video files,
distributed on websites,
without the use of a feed.

5.
RSS Feeds
RSS Feeds allow users
to subscribe to your
content. They can do so
using a reader or iTunes.

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Audio
Some podcasts are
series of audio
recordings only. These
vary in quality and
production value.

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Enhanced
Enhanced podcasts
incorporate slides with
text or images to
reinforce the spoken
component.

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Video
Video podcasts make
use of the multimedia
capabilities of many of
today’s computers and
networks.

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Other Trends
New ways of adding
media to websites are
emerging such as
Ustream and 12seconds.

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PODCASTING IN EDUCATION

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THREE TYPES:
THOSE YOU FIND,
THOSE YOU MAKE,
& THOSE YOU ASSIGN

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• Out-of-class listening
• Supplement course materials
• Provide expert voices
Those you find

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• Specific Sites (ex. NPR)
• iTunes directory
• Podcast Pickle
• Podcast Alley
Those you find

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• Out-of-class listening
• Review material
• Supplementary content
Those you make

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• Develop communication
competencies
• Research project: finding and
evaluating information, developing
ideas, and sharing information
• Scaffold assignments: one student’s
project could be another’s review
material
Those you assign

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• “Whenever I hear myself on a podcast, I want to get
better for the next time.”—Alex
• “Podcasting is very motivating because people from
all over the world are listening to you. We are
competing with all the other student podcasts to be
the very best.”—Zach
• “Podcasting is motivating because it is just plain fun.
It doesn’t matter what the subject is, podcasting
makes all subjects enjoyable to learn.”—Kim
• “Podcasting motivates me to do better with my
sentence fluency and my speech.”—David
Student responses
Quotes from
students at
Longfellow Middle
School
http://www.thejournal.com/articles/17607/

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EXAMPLES

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Podcast Libraries
There are a lot of
educational podcasts on
the web, you can often
browse directories to find
good ones.
oculture.com/2007/06/podcast_library.html

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Professional Websites
The BBC produced a
video podcast, with
footage from France, to
help readers learn
French.
bbc.co.uk/languages/french/mafrance

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Study Cast
Audio segments created
by a teacher for students
to review.
http://www.mrcoley.com/studycast/

21.
Cody’s Cuentos
Spanish fairytales
designed to help
learners with an
unfamiliar language
through familiar stories.
http://codyscuentos.com/

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ColeyCast
Recorded by students,
each broadcast
highlights some of the
things they’re learning in
the classroom.
http://www.mrcoley.com/coleycast/

23.
WillowWeb
WillowWeb is produced
by students and
teachers at Willowdale
Elementary School.
http://www.mpsomaha.org/willow/radio/listen.html

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Coulee Kids
Coulee Kids is produced by a seventh
grade writing class at Longfellow Middle
School in La Crosse, Wisconsin.
http://wiki.sdlax.k12.wi.us/groups/couleekids/blog/

25.
The Road She Traveled
This localized project evolved from the
Coulee Kids Podcast.
http://wiki.sdlax.k12.wi.us/groups/theroadshetraveled/

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DESIGN

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• Who is your audience?
• What is the purpose of the podcast?
• What role will it play in the course?
• In student evaluation?
Things to Consider

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• Audacity (audio)
• PowerPoint (slides)
• http://flickrcc.bluemountains.net/
(photos)
• Point-and-shoot camera (photos and
video)
• Windows Movie Maker (to pull
together an enhanced or video
podcast)
Tools

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• CD or DVD
• Course Management System
• Website/Blog
• Hosted site (odeo.com, blip.tv, etc.)
• iTunes (anyone can add a podcast to
their directory!)
Places

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QUESTIONS?