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We know that students are the leading stars in our show. But Audio, Video, and Screencasts have quickly earned a supporting role in education. Come join us to see how using this communication media can improve learning. Each type of casting will be defined with examples. Stick around to receive tips on planning successful videocast projects including: audio recording with Audacity, using iTunes to find and submit and rss to subscribe to class podcasts, planning for limited use of video cameras, capturing video to computers, XP Movie Maker vs iMovie, using screen capturing software, and using on line Apps: Google Docs and Video.

The Outline of my blog:
Introduction:

* Defining the different types of casts
* The value of using them
* Ways to use already created media on web

Main Focus:
Planning a Videocast project for your students

* Determine the learning objectives of creating the media
* Gathering recommended resources and materials
* Overview of Software
* The Process

Planning student recording times
Setting standards and checkpoints for brainstorming and scripting

* Citing images and copyright
* The Rubric
* The Fun

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Part 1: The first part of my blog is devoted to understanding:

• Podcasting
• iTunes
• Music on the go

Podcasting received its name because the iPod was and is the popular way to listen to portable media and so the “pod” became part of the name of the process of listening to casting media on a portable device.

iPod and other portable media players

iPod converts .mp3s into .aiff and .mp4 files which play in iTunes. iTunes is a popular media player that allows you to import your cds into your computer and then sync the music to your iPod.

Windows Media Player also includes a rip/burn feature to be able to convert your music to .mp3 for use on other brands of .mp3 players and media devices other than iPod.

Nero is a brand of software that will convert your music to .mp3s and also allow to make mix cds for the car:)

Portable music is the big shift in entertainment. Music in your home can be heard and not seen. The trend is now to have small speakers and not have the big huge stereo in the living room. We have taken all of our cds and imported them into our iTunes. My husband and share our iTunes libraries over our home network. Neat huh?

We longer display our cds anymore. They are packed away in boxes. We are currently debating whether to put those boxes in the basement.

Podcasts can be audio or video. I like to call them audio or video casts because you can listen to this type of media on your computer or any .mp3 player.

Instead of calling them podcasts I try to remember to say “Audiocasts” “Videocasts”, or “screencasts” ( a recording of a person’s mouse movements on his or her computer monitor . A webcast is something a broadcast event streaming over the net.

Part 2:

Using already created podcasts in your classroom.

• Who podcasts?
• How do I listen? How do I get podcasts on my computer? transfer to my iPod, .mp3 player?
• How can this be valuable to kids?
• How can I get podcasts to the kids for class?

Podcasts now can be a recording of a television show sold for 99 cents. Anyone can create a podcast. A podcast can be a radio like show, a couple of friends sitting around talking about a topic they are passionate about, a captured business meeting; anything recorded that has the ability have a subscription.

RSS (Really Simple Syndication) is a process that uses XML language to allow folks like us to subscribe for free to podcasts that people or publishing or broadcasting companies create.

We need an aggregator though to subscribe. If you use iTunes you have an aggregrator built in. If you have an iPod you use iTunes to subscribe to the podcasts that you want and transfer the podcast your iPod so that you can listen to it on the go.

If you have an .mp3 player you will need a different aggregator than iTunes. You can see here a list of other aggregators that pull the most recent episode of your favorite podcasts to your computer. Your brand of .mp3 player should tell you what software to transfer your podcasts to your .mp3 player.

Ways to find podcasts for your students;

• Google it!
• iTunes
  • DRM
  • Classroom iTunes
  • Teacher iTunes
• Find the link site from Itunes and bookmark it!

Part 3-Creating podcasts as a method of student learning

• Different methods-Mac or PC?
• Audacity
  • learn the program yourself (just the basics will do)
  • The Basics
  • To record: click the red button
  • Clicking Stop creates a new track next time you recird
  • Use selection tool to select a piece of track>Edit>Cut to cut a piece out
  • Tracks>Add New>Audio track allows you to paste a cut or copied piece into a new rack
  • Hitting Deleteon your keyboard after selecting a piece of your track with your mouse and selection tool deletes the selected piece of audio.
  • Create silence on a track by highlighting the track and click Edit>silence
  • Mute a track while recording a new by clicking on Mute on the actual track.
  • Delete a whole by clicking its “x”.
  • Zoom in and out to see your audio lines in more detail to make a cleaner audio cut with the magnify glass
  • Move tracks left and right by using the Track Shift Tool
  • Use Fade Out Effect to end your audio.
• Tools you will need
• Let’s make one
• Let’s write up a project
  • Introduction
  • Checklist or Rubric

Here are great technical instructions for creating a podcast.
Click here and go to my podcasting project

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