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The Promise of PodcastingMENC Music Education Week
June 21, 2009
Presented byElizabeth Fritz and Susan Thomas
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Mandate: • Provide more field experiences earlier in the music education curriculum
• Expose students to diverse settingsChallenges:
• URI is in a geographic location that makes it difficult for students to travel to a variety of settings.
• Dense curriculum• Students’ schedules
Solution:Bring master teachers to the students via podcasts and video podcasts
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Creating Content• Purchased Mini-DV camera made by Panasonic.
• Firewire connection (essential for editing with iMovie)
• External microphone jack• Filmed school classes taught by master teachers (2-3 classes per teacher)• High School Band• High School Orchestra• Middle School Band• Elementary School Chorus• Elementary School General Music• Private Instruction
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Creating Content• Grant provided teacher stipend for participation.
• Parents of students in the classes filmed all signed video release form• One copy of signed form kept by URI Music
Department
• One copy kept by Master Teacher
• Video edited using iMovie• Minimal editing
• Videos not “entertainment”, but an accurate representation of class situation.
• Created journal tasks for URI students
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Disseminating Content• URI has a dedicated server for podcasts
• iTunes University - when students are registered for a course, new podcast episodes are automatically downloaded to their iTunes.• Other options
• Create a Blog through a site such as www.blogger.com• Videos hosted through Google videos
• Upload Videos to www.YouTube.com: viewers can subscribe through RSS (Really Simple Syndication) feed.• Other Video/Blog hosting sites
• www.onetruemedia.com/ Videos hosted through YouTube• www.teachertube.com/
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Other considerations….
• Copyright - a murky area. Always try to get permission from the publisher before posting podcasts of copyrighted music.
• Great resource - The Teacher's Guide to Music, Media, and Copyright Law by Dr. James Frankel• Available through Amazon.com, Hal Leonard, Soundtree, etc.
• Companion website: www.copyrightbook.net.• Teachers can post questions about appropriate use of copyrighted materials.
• Privacy - be cautious when posting student work online.
• Some public sites such as OneTrueMedia and Blogger allow you to password protect your content.
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Disseminating Content
• Podcasts uploaded to URI server on a password protected site• Students given the password to the site in
classes using the podcasts
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Disseminating Content
•Podcasts piloted in MUS 235 - Intro to Music Teaching (sophomore level) and MUS 340 - Instrumental Methods and Materials (junior level)
• Instructors assigned podcast viewing and written assignments
• Instructors evaluated podcast journals
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Sample Podcast Excerpt
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Student Assessment Tasks
• Download password-protected podcast• View podcast and take field notes or “map the rehearsal”
• Write a journal entry that demonstrates thoughtful reflection and understanding of principles of music teaching and learning; answer focus questions included in the podcast
• Submit journal to TrueOutcomes electronic portfolio for instructor assessment
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Instructor Survey Results
Advantages
• Everyone saw the same lesson which made discussing teaching points easier
• Students watched the podcast more than once
• Today’s students are used to getting information in this way
• Convenience - no need to travel, downloadable to be watched anytime
• Written work was impressive
Disadvantages
• Viewers can only see what the camera saw - one cannot see what is going on in other areas of the classroom
• Viewers don’t pick up the room dynamic in the same way - a sense of space is lost
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Student Survey ResultsStudents completed a survey questionnaire.
Advantages• Convenience; repeated viewing; discuss same
observation with peers; skip parts; not have to drive; watch when I want to
• Takes you outside the rehearsal which allows you to see some things you might not have noticed actually there
• You can be more objective and not get lost in the moment as easily
• Student behavior is more genuine, sometimes they act differently with us being there
• Shows the best teachers
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Student Survey Results
Disadvantages
• Size of video file
• Pick up less information; can’t move around the room
• Real time is hands-on: ask teacher Qs personally; establish connections w/ teacher & students; establish relationships
• You’re robbing yourself of the human aspect of life which is occurring way too much in our society
• It is less authentic; you will feel differently when you have real students in front of you
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Student Survey Overall Impressions
• Useful
• Prefer shorter assignments (sometimes we write the same things)
• Important to spend time in actual classroom, but for a few assignments it worked well
• I love them. But I would only use them for observation
• They were a nice change
• They should be integrated with a few real observations
• It’s less distracting because the students aren’t in the room with me
• Both observations are very different and you get different things out of each
• I like being in the classroom & being able to look around and see what is going on
• Enjoyable, but very easy for procrastination if not careful
• Excellent supplement to real-time
• I’m planning on using some of what I saw in my own teaching
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