Podcasting

For Teaching, Learning and Professional

Development

Lauren Fee, ITSCOeTech 2007

First, An Quick Overview

What is Podcasting?

• Delivering multimedia files (audio or video) over the Internet for playback on mobile device, such as an MP3 player or a computer.

• Like a radio show that you can download and listen to any time.

• Audio, Enhance, Vodcast

How Does it Work?

Creator Consumer

What are the Advantages?

• Simple and easy to use.

• Hundreds of different topics.

• Listen on computer or on the go (MP3 player)

• Listen as many times are you want.

• Most are free

What are the Disadvantages?

• Need a high speed Internet connection.

• Anyone can produce a Podcast - Credibility

• Video Podcasts/Enhanced are more effort

• School Filters

• Place to Post

Ways to Use Podcasts

• Record Class Lectures

• District News

• Homework Hotline

• Share Information with Parents

• Teacher Professional Development

• Student Created Podcasts

For Teaching & LearningElementary

• Radio WillowWeb (K-5 Student Produced)

• Jamestown Elementary (Poetry & Writing)

Middle

• Longfellow Middle School (Coulee Kids)

• Mabry Middle School (Student Projects)

For Teaching & Learning

High School

• Hopkinton High School (Booktalks)

• Great Books - A Chapter a Day (Academic)

District

• Penn Manor (District/Building News)

• Memphis City Schools (Curriculum & Instruction info for Teachers)

Student Academic Benefits

• Improving Organization Skills

• Writing, Reading and Speaking Skills

• Increasing Peer Collaboration

• Vocabulary Development

• Authentic Assessment

• Tone/Voice/Expression/Character

• Supports Differentiation

• Researchers & Creators of Knowledge

Designing your Podcast

• Roles & Responsibilities

• Format

• Length

• Planning

• Scripting

• Assessing

For Professional Development

• Conference Connections

• Podcasts for Teachers

• Photoshop TV

• November Learning

• KidCast

Podcast Directories

• Education Podcast Network

• KidCast

• Podcast.net Directory

• Podcast Directory for Educators

• iTunes

Interactive Podcasting?

• Odeo

• Chinswing

• Innertoob

• Mogopop

• Skypecasting

Questions?

Thanks so much!

Lauren Fee, ITSCO

lauren@itsco.org

www.itsco.org

http://www.itscoteam.org/~lauren/podcasting.html