Podcasting...simplified!

Podcasting is like broadcasting for free. It is exciting to think that students can have their own radio type show on th internet! I loved using Audacity to get the podcast cleaned up...I liked seeing the sound wave pictures. It helped me to see how the inflections in our voices made a picture. It was fun to try to figure out what needed to be cut so that our podcast was under 1 minute.

If you have used podcasting before in your classroom, please share with me how it was received by the students. I would also like to know how you put them into groups to create their own podcast.
Thanks!

Podcasting in school

Parents give permission for their child's picture and name to be published at the beginning of the year. For many of the teaching tools that we have discussed, I would have to find out if any of my students have a form that says that they are not allowed to be published. To find out I need to find the list and determine if this effects any of my students. Podcasts are another way that students can reach out to others through the internet. But, if they are on the list, they shouldn't be on the podcast itself, but could still help with the planning and set up. How would you deal with a student who is on the not to be published list?

5,4,3,2,1....

Digital Video requires planning and still editing. In class we have learned that we need to take several steps to plan what we are going to film before we film it. The steps really help us to be ready to film and not waste too much film time. But, since we are dealing with humans, and I am in a group of all guys...and me....perfection is not going to happen the first time around. We will need to film the same scene several times, and we will need to edit to determine the best scene, and make it work for us the best way possible. Our group struggled to get our ideas down, filming should be a breeze in comparison! Let me know what you think is the most important aspect of editing!