Podcasting

• Purposes for Teachers:
• Recorded lectures and tutorials
• Supplementary teaching notes and commentaries 
• Field reports recorded in situ 
• Interviews with subject matter experts 
• Answers to frequently asked questions
• Purposes for Students
• Demonstration of learning
• Motivation / novelty = emotional engagement

• Resources (search for additional resources)
• A Podcast on Podcasting 
• Podcasting - Learning in Hand
• Creating Podcasts - Gary S. Stager 

Podcasts come in three types:

• Regular podcast - audio MP3 file
• Enhanced podcast - audio with still images in the form of a WAV or QuickTime file
• Video podcast or vidcast - audio with video, i.e. a movie in the form of a WAV or QuickTime file

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Podcast Review Assignment: Locate and listen / subscribe to a series of educational podcasts. Examples of podcasts include:

• Apple iTunes
• Accessing Additional Podcasts 
•  Additional Podcast Options
• The Educational Podcast Network 
• Podbean.com 
• Podcast.com 
• Podmatic.com 
• Kid-Cast.com 

Next, write a review of the podcast series which evaluates its content in terms of quality and usefulness. Be sure to include:

• the podcast's name, author(s) and sponsoring organization
• a brief description of the podcast's content, intended audience and purpose
• your assessment of the podcast's quality (backed up with specific details / examples)
• your assessment of the podcast's usefulness to you as a resource and/or as an instructional tool (include specific examples as appropriate)

Due next week.

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Educational Podcast Assignment: Create an educational podcast. This may be done individually or in a group of up to three classmates. The podcast may teach any content you wish. It may represent a resource you would provide to students. Or it may represent an example of what you would expect students to create as part of an assignment.

Use the Podcast Evaluation Checklist to support earnig all possible points.

When creating an audio podcast:

For PC's, use Audacity, a free download, to record and save the file as an MP3. As a UNM student, you have access to an amazing site, Lynda.com, which offers online tutorials on just about any software imaginable. Once you've signed on to Lynda.com using your UNM NET ID, search for Audacity. You'll find a tutorial called Up and Running with Audacity that will tell you more than you need to know about using the program. View the segments needed to create a basic recording suitable for this assignment. However, if you're inspired, explore the many features of the software and incorporate what you learn into your podcast.

Saving the Audacity file as an MP3 requires installing a plugin due to copyright issues. The PC's in the TEC have the plugin installed so you can save your file as an MP3 directly. Other options are to:

• install Audacity and the plugin on your home computer, then record and save your file as an MP3.
• install Audacity on your home computer. Record your audio file and save it as an Audacity file. Bring the Audacity file to the TEC, open it in Audacity, and resave it as an MP3.


For Macs, use GarageBand (you can also use Audacity if you like as it's cross platform). If you've never used the program, search for GarageBand on the Lynda.com site and pick the tutorial for the version of GarageBand you have. 

For the same copyright issues, GarageBand can't directly save files as MP3's. To save as an MP3, after recording:

• go to the menu bar
• go to Share
• go to Export Song to Disk
• go to Compress Using and change the default to MP3 Encoder
• click Export and enter a destination for the MP3 file


Due on or before the fourth class session.