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Co-Hosts: Becky Barrett (@BeckyEdu) | Miguel Guhlin (@mguhlin) https://ly.tcea.org/pod22
Would you like to podcast in your classroom, but don’t know where to start? Join this session to see how you can integrate podcasting into your classroom or campus. You will leave inspired to create podcasts while integrating important TEKS that focus on reading, writing, researching, and speaking.
Would you like to podcast in your classroom, but don’t know where to start? Join this session to see how you can integrate podcasting into your classroom or campus. You will leave inspired to create podcasts while integrating important TEKS that focus on reading, writing, researching, and speaking.
While We Wait To Get Started
While We Wait To Get Started
"What is a show, song, or podcast you can't get enough of right now?" asks Becky, our guest co-host.
"What is a show, song, or podcast you can't get enough of right now?" asks Becky, our guest co-host.
Miguel says, "Read these blog entries for podcast ideas:"
My personal favorite? Futuro Media's In the Thick. Amazing hosts, music, and real life (language warning).
Today's topics
Today's topics
Podcasting can be fun but also a lot of work. It works best when it's used for encouraging critical thinking and making student thinking visible.
Podcasting can be fun but also a lot of work. It works best when it's used for encouraging critical thinking and making student thinking visible.
- Guest Host: Becky Barrett
- Slide deck
- Giveaway!
- Announcements
- Supplemental Resources
- Drink from the Firehose Yourself
- Read Dead People's Mail
- Podcast Creation Steps
- Podcasting Solutions
- Chromebook Audio Editors
- Gotta Put the Audio Somewhere
Guest Co-Host: Becky Barrett
Guest Co-Host: Becky Barrett
Becky Barrett is a former technology integrationist, classroom teacher, and student voice enthusiast from Dallas, TX.
Becky Barrett is a former technology integrationist, classroom teacher, and student voice enthusiast from Dallas, TX.
When designing campus initiatives and classroom projects, Becky seeks to make engaging and student-centered experiences to ignite learning but also have real-world applications that students can take beyond their classroom walls and into their future.
When designing campus initiatives and classroom projects, Becky seeks to make engaging and student-centered experiences to ignite learning but also have real-world applications that students can take beyond their classroom walls and into their future.
When she began integrating Soundtrap for Education into her campus, a passion for podcasting was born in not only her students but also herself!
When she began integrating Soundtrap for Education into her campus, a passion for podcasting was born in not only her students but also herself!
Meet Becky (@BeckyEDU)
Get Becky's slide deck online at
Get Becky's slide deck online at
Drink from the Firehose Yourself
Drink from the Firehose Yourself
Read Dead people's mail
Read Dead people's mail
“That’s what historians do, they read dead people’s mail,” says Professor Joanne Freeman in her 2011 lecture on The American Revolution. Your students and you can join historians, and journalists exploring dead people’s mail through this collection of podcasts that will enlighten and educate you about how society works. (Learn more)
“That’s what historians do, they read dead people’s mail,” says Professor Joanne Freeman in her 2011 lecture on The American Revolution. Your students and you can join historians, and journalists exploring dead people’s mail through this collection of podcasts that will enlighten and educate you about how society works. (Learn more)
Familiar with CER? That is Claim, Evidence, and Reasoning, a critical thinking framework. It “encourages students to analyze evidence and draw conclusions.”
Familiar with CER? That is Claim, Evidence, and Reasoning, a critical thinking framework. It “encourages students to analyze evidence and draw conclusions.”
Check out this quick video about these two approaches:
Check out this quick video about these two approaches:
The CERCA Framework is a scaffolded approach to literacy that helps students develop their critical thinking skills. ThinkCERCA’s expert-designed lessons walk students through the process of analyzing content-rich texts and multimedia to construct cohesive argumentative, informational, or narrative writings.
The CERCA Framework is a scaffolded approach to literacy that helps students develop their critical thinking skills. ThinkCERCA’s expert-designed lessons walk students through the process of analyzing content-rich texts and multimedia to construct cohesive argumentative, informational, or narrative writings.
Podcast Creation Steps
Podcast Creation Steps
- Create/decide on a topic for your class podcast
- Get the equipment and software you need to create the podcast
- Make your podcast known to others
Podcast Guide Documents: Radio WillowWeb | NPR |
Podcasting Solutions
Podcasting Solutions
Voxer.com (Android/iOS/Web): Use this mobile or web-based tool to record "voxercasts" featuring students, staff and community. Easily share links to audio. Here are some examples.
Shadow Puppet EDU (iOS only): Snap pictures of great learning or displays, then combine them with your audio narration, mix in music, then share as videos online.
Hokusai (iOS): This audio editor (try Audacity on Win/Mac laptop or Beautiful Audio Editor on Chromebook) makes it easy to edit sound. In-app purchases extend functionality.
Podcasting with Microsoft Sway or Powerpoint+Office Mix
Podcasting Gear
Podcasting Gear
Need some gear to get you started with Podcasting recording? Read this blog entry!
Podcasting Ideas
Podcasting Ideas
The following come from this article at WeAreTeachers.com:
Current Events Newscasts: Practice nonfiction reading skills by having your students do weekly or monthly podcasts on an interesting current event.
Reading Radio: Have your students make short radio broadcasts summarizing the books they are reading.
Roving Reporters: Send your students out into the “field” (a.k.a. the school) to interview key players in important school events.
Celebrate Culture: Have your students record podcasts about important cultural months like Black History Month or Hispanic Heritage Month and then present them to the school or parents to commemorate the events.
Bring Your Teacher Home: Send a little bit of yourself home with your kids by podcasting important parts of your lessons.
Podcasting Library: Have your students collaborate to create a library of podcasts from which future students can learn.
MusicCasts: Have band or orchestra students create podcasts for each instrument, detailing specific notes, sounds and characteristics of each instrument.
Awesome Audio Tours: Give your students the chance to be tour guides for new students at your school by having them podcast school tours that kids can listen to when they enter.
Podcasting Pen Pals: Record interactive or encouraging podcasts and then send them to another classroom in another state or country.
Reenactments: Have your students reenact important events in history using period language and vocabulary.
Web-based, Chromebook Friendly Audio Editors
Web-based, Chromebook Friendly Audio Editors
When decided on which web-based audio record to use, consider these seven questions.
Will the web-based audio recorder work without Adobe Flash? This is important because it ensures compatibility with a wide range of devices. Since our priority is Chromebooks, this is a key feature.
Can audio files be stored on Google Drive? Again, since we are discussing Chromebooks, it would be best to save any files to Drive.
What format is the recorded audio stored as? The best answer is MP3 audio format. This is because you can insert MP3 audio files into Google Slides now.
Does the audio recorder provide audio editing features? While it is easy to record audio, web-based audio editing (like Audacity) is harder to find.
Can you share the audio file as a recording with an embed code? In other words, can you save the audio file on the recording site and share it? Vocaroo had this as one of its features.
Will you be able to save (get or download) the audio recording as a file on your device? Sometimes, if you can’t save audio to Drive or share it with embed code, downloading is the only option.
Will K-12 students be able to record audio without account creation? Students in primary grades may find it easier to record audio and then share it with others as they may be too young to log in to G Suite EDU or other system.
Where Will you Save Audio?
Where Will you Save Audio?
When podcasting, it can be difficult to find a reliable place to host your audio or video over the long term. Consider one of these locations:
Enhanced podcasts (video)
Enhanced podcasts (video)
YouTube,
Google Drive or
OneDrive
Seesaw Class Blog (vidcasts)
Audio only
Audio only
Google Drive
OneDrive
Seesaw Class Blog (vidcasts)
Anchor.fm
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