Podcasting101 Clarice Smith Teacher Inst

Nancy Proctor [email protected] 4 August 2009

Podcasting 101

For the Clarice Smith National Teacher InstituteSmithsonian American Art Museum August 3-7, 2009

http://claricesmithamericanarted.ning.com/

Podcasting 101

Why Audio?

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Podcasting 101

Heard not herd


Podcasting 101

Why Podcast?

• Subscription – ‘push’ – content

• Portable

• Personal

• WWW=whatever, whenever, wherever

• Multisensory


Podcasting 101

Content approaches & types

1. Scripted – like blogs written for the ear

2. Interviews: with experts or ‘vox pops’

3. Conversations

Types

1. Soundtracks: ambulatory

2. Soundbites: ‘stops’


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Start with the questionsWhat makes folk art, 'art'? How is folk art different from fine art? Why is it in museums?

Who makes folk art? What were the people who made it like?

What do the symbols mean?

Where does all this stuff come from?

What is it made of?

Why are fishing lures considered art?

What is up with the penguins?

Where did all these fish come from? One person or lots of people?

More information about the "memory" idea about the ceramics that have the stones and other objects. Could you give an example from one of these pieces? Nuestra Señora La Reina Del Cielo (Our Lady Queen of Heaven)

1991, Horacio Valdez

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Download & SearchSoundtracks & Soundbites

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The Soundtrack

• Provides a linear narrative and contextual information: tools for understanding the key principles of the displays, both in the gallery and beyond.

• ‘Downloaded’ for audiences on-site and beyond.• Is a story or a conversation that the visitor can join.• Immersive, but may be divided into a number of

connected segments.• Like a good album, book or catalogue, should be

possible to enjoy over & over again…


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Soundtrack Sample


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Soundbites

• Are ‘atoms’ of information.• That facilitate going deeper on a particular

object/subject.• Are commonly called ‘stops’ – or ‘starts’!• Can be a tool for information gathering by the visitor

e.g. via bookmarking;• Can be reused across the museum’s analog & digital

platforms as well as those of third parties.


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Soundbite Sample


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Soundtracks & Soundbites Combined

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The Power of the Dialectic


Podcasting 101

Empowering Student Voices

Sophie Hunter Colston, 1896

William R. Leigh

Born: Falling Waters, West Virginia 1866

Died: New York, New York 1955

oil on canvas 72 3/8 x 40 7/8 in. (183.8 x 103.9 cm.)

2nd Floor, East Wing

Podcast by Holton Arms HS student, Pamela S.


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5 Top Tips

1. Start by asking yourself – or your students – what questions the artwork or collection provokes, and structure your podcast to answer those questions

2. Use dialogue to empower your listener to have an opinion and join the conversation

3. Multiple voices and approaches add variety and interest

4. Take into account the context in which your audience will be listening: in the classroom? On the bus? At home? And design for that experience.

5. DON’T JUST READ A TEXT THAT WAS DESIGNED FOR READING!


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Resources

• Smarthistory.org• MuseumMobile.info podcasts & wiki• Museum Podcasts:

http://museummobile.info/archives/136• Gallery overviews & soundtracks:

http://museummobile.info/archives/190• YouTube: how to podcast

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-MSL42NV3c


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Your Assignment

• Work in pairs or small groups

• Each person makes a unique piece of audio around a similar/same theme/artwork/question

• Recording today

• Editing on Thursday


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