This presentation can be found on

http://musicatbeaumontschool.blogspot.com/(Search for “podcasting INSET” in the labels)

For more information, please e-mail:

Hanh.Doan@beaumont.herts.sch.uk

To cater for those with a preference for an auditory learning style

Can often support handouts given out in lessons/homework etc

Supporting revision

Students perceive as “different/more fun”

Useful if students have missed lessons

A computer/laptop with some basic recording software, e.g. Audacity or WavePad

Microphone which connects to your machine (some computers may have microphones installed in them already)

Access to a broadband internet connection

You can download some free audio

software from Audacity. You can also

pay for upgrades if you become

addicted!

As well as the software, you need the

LAME mp3 encoder. Instructions for

download are found by clicking here.

Plug in your microphone, open up

Audacity, press the RECORD button and

then start speaking!

You can use the pause button to take a

quick break. Pressing it again will resume

recording.

Press stop when you have finished. Don’t

worry about saying things perfectly or

rehearsing them too much as you can edit

your tracks once you have finished them.

You can tidy you

work by cutting

and pasting your

track and adding

effects – you can

experiment by

just clicking edit

etc.

Ensure you SAVE

your project as

you go along.

Once you have

finished, you need to export your track as

an mp3 – select this

option from the FILE

menu. Make sure you save it

somewhere safe.

You can save your file to your school’s Central Resource area/VLE

You could ask MSc to post the mp3 to your department’s webpage on the school website

Find a free hosting website, egPodcastMachine.com

Use the embed code from this website and put on your blog/website etc

Or create a link to the podcast from your blog

Create an account

Create a new channel and name

it, eg. AS Music

Create an episode

Label it carefully and tag it as well

Upload a logo if

you wish

Update the info

and then upload

your mp3

Podcast

Link

From your channel, go to Build-a-Player

Highlight and copy the html code of your podcast

Embed this into a new post by changing your setting to “Edit Html” – see next slide

Ignore the Html warning and check the box – change the width of your box to 450 if you can

Publish post – don’t be put off by the preview

Embed code

Click here to

change to Html

format

Paste your html code

of your podcast

below your text

Copyright. It is not possible to include

music in your extracts unless you have a

licence. If you would like to include

music, you can create links to Spotify.

Click here to read more about copyright

laws when podcasting

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/help/fa

q?s=install&item=lame-mp3

http://podcastmachine.com/

http://www.blogger.com/

http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Podca

sting_Legal_Guide

French and German:

http://podcastmachine.com/podcasts/4401/

http://podcastmachine.com/podcasts/4732

Music:

http://musicatbeaumontschool.blogspot.c

om/2010/01/year-12-bach-overture-

podcast.html

Geography:

http://beaumontgeoggers.blogspot.com/