Podcasting

=Podcast Project (Grades 3-5)= Recertification points: 3

Watch this video on podcasting. Why do you think students would be engaged by a podcasting project?

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The assignment
Students will work with the classroom teacher on a SOL based topic that it would make an interesting oral report. Think of podcasting in the same manner as you would a radio broadcast. What music and/or sound effects could be used that would add interest. The classroom teacher and student will then work with the ITRT to turn the oral report into a podcast. You may read more about this project from this organizer:

Well produced podcasts will be posted with parental permission. All podcasts will be saved on the server for teachers to use in lessons. [|Click here] for the rubric that will be used to judge the postcast.

Materials Needed:
microphone computer movie maker [|audacity] [|lame] downloaded music (see music resources) script prepared from research report Your ITRT will assist you in setting up your classroom computer(s) or school lab for this project.

Ideas
Below is a graphic from http://chatt.hdsb.ca/~magps/boylit/Podcasting%20in%20Education that shows a few of the possibilities of creating a podcasting report.



iTunes, http://www.apple.com/itunes/store/ Freeplay Music, http://freeplaymusic.com/ Podsafe Music Network, http://music.podshow.com/ PodSafe Audio, http://www.podsafeaudio.com/ Garage Band, http://www.garageband.com/ CCMixer, http://www.ccmixter.org/

Additional Resources
This is a power point that I used in a TTI workshop. This is a handout created by Ferri Lockhart. [|Podcast Alley] is a podcast search engine. [|ITRT Podcasting] [|Podcasting Primer] Great Podcasting Resources and Others [|Jill Baedke's Audacity Site] [|Ray Cairnes' Site] [|Creating Podcasts] [|Blue Grind] This is a site that will turn text into a podcast. Could be a great tool to assist students with poor fluency to complete this project.