Technology Across the Curriculum

What use Audio in the Classroom?
– rationale
– cross-curricular possibilities

Some overviews of Podcasting:

• Podcasting in Education: http://chatt.hdsb.ca/~magps/boylit/podcasting%20in%20Education
• Teach Digital: http://teachdigital.pbwiki.com/podcasting
• How to Podcast: http://www.how-to-podcast-tutorial.com/22-free-podcast-hosting.htm
• A Sample scoring rubric for podcasts: http://www.uwstout.edu/soe/profdev/podcastrubric.html

What is podcasting? (Why not Ask a Ninja)

Exploring the Web

• Youth Radio: http://youthradio.wordpress.com/
• Long Elementary School: http://long.dearbornschools.org/podcast/Long%20Elementary/HOME.html
• Willow Web: http://www.mpsomaha.org/willow/radio/podcasts.html
• Chatham Middle School: http://chathammiddle.blogspot.com/index.htm
• Read it-Write it-Say it Student Podcasts: http://visitmyclass.com/blogs/rws/default.aspx
• Portable Radio (from Ottawa, Canada): http://portableradio.edublogs.org/

How to get started?

– Day in a Sentence Group Activity: Boil down your day or week into a sentence.

– - Create an individual podcast by answering this question: What inspired you to become a teacher?

A choice in our direction is before us. We can either:

– Use Audacity software on the laptops and make a recording. Audacity is a free software program that is relatively easy to use with any microphone.

OR 

– Create an account with Odeo Studio, an online podcasting site that allows you to record right from your computer and create podcasts.

When you have time:

• Listen to a podcast about podcasting in K12 education by Wesley Fryer
• A WebQuest about Podcasting: http://edweb.sdsu.edu/courses/edtec700/POD/podquest.htm
• Podcasting in Education: http://chatt.hdsb.ca/~magps/boylit/podcasting%20in%20Education
• Podcasting Rubric (University of Wisconsin): http://www.uwstout.edu/soe/profdev/podcastrubric.html
• Create a creative commons license for music and access to music they can use: http://www.podsafeaudio.com/
• Article on podcasting in middle school including project (a bit commercial but includes interesting quotes from the students: ttp://www.thejournal.com/articles/17607
• Cool site from 8th grade English class on a music writing project: http://gmsbuzzwords.libsyn.com/
• Go on a Webquest about podcasting: http://edweb.sdsu.edu/courses/edtec700/POD/podquest.htm

Reflecting on Your Experience

– Use the Reply box down below to reflect on how you might use audio and the web in your classroom.