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Podcasting for the Social Studies Classroom:
Easy, Cheap, Powerful!
Tom McNeal Mark van ‘t Hooft
Kent State University
Research Center for Educational Technology
Objectives
• Learn about the various uses of podcasting for teaching and learning in social studies.
• Identify what tools you need to create podcasts.
• Learn how to create podcasts.• Tour examples of podcasting resources on
the Internet.
What Is a Podcast?• Can be anything conveyed by an audio or
video file: a recorded lecture, an interview, a multi-media presentation, a digital story….
• "Podcasting is a way of publishing files to a website that allows users to subscribe to the site and receive new files as they are posted. Most podcasts are spoken word audio created by individuals, often on a particular theme such as technology or movies. Because new files are downloaded automatically by subscribers, podcasting allows individuals to have a self-published, syndicated radio show." (Wikipedia)
What Is Podcasting?
• Easy
• Cheap
• Powerful
Various Uses
• Content Delivery
• Content Creation
Social Studies Ideas
• Oral history interviews
• Multi-media travel brochures (e.g. OurCity)
• Re-enactments of actual events
• Interviews from the “past”
• Documentaries
Creating Podcasts: The Process
Before Pre-Production
Pre-Production
Recording
Post-Production
Creating Podcasts: Before Pre-Production
• Get parental permission/check district AUP
• Listen to/view sample podcasts (sound, organization, content, extras…)
• Discuss strengths and weaknesses, dos and don’ts
• Tools: pc, media player, sample podcasts
Creating Podcasts: Pre-Production
• Plan, plan, plan (content, student roles, audio or video?)
• Storyboarding• Do research (use legally
obtained media only!)• Write scripts (writing
process)• Practice, practice, practice
• Tools: graphic organizer (electronic or paper), Internet
Creating Podcasts: Pre-Production
• Remember student safety– No personal info– Accounts through teacher only
• Model appropriate behavior– Fair use– Bias
Creating Podcasts: Recording
• Should be quick if planned and practiced
• Does not have to be done sequentially
• Tools: – digital recording
device (e.g. pc with microphone/headset)
– Software (e.g. Audacity or Garageband
Creating Podcasts: Post-Production
• Edit audio/video, add effects, transitions, etc.
• Convert final product to mp3 or mp4
• Tools: – pc with editing
software
Creating Podcasts: Post-Production: Publishing
• Place the media files on a web server (yours or other, like YouTube)
• Link from a web page or create a blog (optional)
• Tools: webserver or internet video hosting site, web site/blog
Creating Podcasts: Post-Production: Publishing
• Add the RSS feed (if needed)
• Validate your feed• Submit to iTunes,
Educational Podcasting, Podcast Alley, etc. For a more extensive list, see Robin Good’s Mini Guide
• Tools: RSS Tag creator, feed validator, podcast subscription site
Aggregators and Podcast Subscriptions
• Tools for subscribing, watching, and listening to podcasts are
Aggregators and Podcast Subscriptions
• Look for the RSS button…
Podcasting Resources on the Internet
• How to: Learning in Hand: Podcasting• Podcasting tools: @ Podcasting news• Editing tools: Audacity with add’l
mp3 encoder; Acid XPress• Video Hosting Sites: YouTube,
TeacherTube, OurMedia, Blip.tv• Feed aggregators: iTunes, Juice
(iPodder), FeedReader
Podcasting Resources on the Internet: Copyright
• Podcasting legal guide: http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Podcasting_Legal_Guide
• Copyright-safe tools:– Flickr Creative Commons (
http://www.flickr.com/creativecommons)– Wikipedia Commons (http://commons.wikimedia.org)– Public Domain Photos (http://pdphoto.org/)– Incompetech Royalty Free Music (
http://www.incompetech.com/m/c/royalty-free/)– Flashkit (http://www.flashkit.com/loops/)
Social Studies Podcasts
Here are just a few…• Colonial Williamsburg:
http://www.history.org/media/rssfeeds_cw.xml• Education Podcast Network: http://www.epnweb.org/• HistoryOnAir: http://www.historyonair.com/• Mabry Online:
http://mabryonline.org/podcasts/archives/student_podcasts/social_studies/index.html
• National Geographic Podcasts: http://nationalgeographic.com/podcasts
• OurCity Podcasts: http://learninginhand.com/OurCity/index.html• Speaking of History: http://speakingofhistory.blogspot.com/
Here are just a few…• Colonial Williamsburg:
http://www.history.org/media/rssfeeds_cw.xml• Education Podcast Network: http://www.epnweb.org/• HistoryOnAir: http://www.historyonair.com/• Mabry Online:
http://mabryonline.org/podcasts/archives/student_podcasts/social_studies/index.html
• National Geographic Podcasts: http://nationalgeographic.com/podcasts
• OurCity Podcasts: http://learninginhand.com/OurCity/index.html• Speaking of History: http://speakingofhistory.blogspot.com/
http://www.rcet.org
ReferencesGlennw98 (2007). MACE presentation. Available at
http://www.slideshare.net/glennw98/mace-podcast-presentation
Vincent, T. (2007, November 2). Our City podcast: Before Pre-Production. Available at http://learninginhand.com/blog/2007/11/our-city-podcast-before-preproduction.html
Vincent, T., & van ‘t Hooft, M. (2007). For kids, by kids: Our City Podcast. Social Education, 71(3), 125-129.