TechSpan August 18, 2009Chavez High School

Houston Independent School District

Creating an

enhanced podcast

Why Teachers Podcast

•individualized lessons to students•revision and homework tasks•self-paced and distance learning•students with learning differences•reinforce content literacy•review content for absence

Why Students Podcast

•deliver assignments•present news and interviews•perform music or tell stories•differentiated learning•add depth to a topic•remediate concepts

Considerations•Copyright•Permissions and Privacy•Where to publish – locally or globally

http://www.smartcopying.edu.au/scw/go/pid/524

Requirements•Presentation software (PowerPoint)

•A computer with Photo Storyfree download @ http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/PhotoStory/default.mspx

•Headphones and mic orheadset

•Idea

Select a topic and Create a

Storyboard or script•Make a map of what you will say during the podcast. Use pictures or words as prompts.

•Make a script with a note or icon of different images.

Storyboard sampleNotesSound/NarrationImage

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pdf storyboard for printing

Create a Power PointMake one slide for each thing you want to talk about in your podcast. Follow your storymap.

Today, we will use this one.http://secondaryedtech.wikispaces.com/Podcasting

Save as JPG files

Save as PowerPoint and then as JPG files

Notice where your folder of images is saved.

Begin with Photo Story

•Close your PowerPoint. Have your script or storyboard ready.

•Open Photo Story.

Start Photo Story•New story

•Import pictures

Add images•Navigate to the PowerPoint images

you saved.•Select all by

clicking on animage thenpressing ctrl+a on the keyboard.

•Click OK

Arrange images1.Save

your project.

2.Arrange your images by dragging.

3.Click Next.

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Add additional text•Add any

additional text.

•Click on each image.Add the text for that image.

•Click Next.

Add narration!1.Plug in your headset.2.Click on the microphone button and

test your mic by following directions on the screen.

Add narration!1.Click record - start talking2.Press the stop button when done3.Preview4.Undo5.Repeat6.Do this

for eachslide.

7.Next =>

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Background Music1.Use create music. Play with the

optionsuntil you are satisfied.

2.Set thevolumelow!

3.Preview4.Next =>

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Save 1.First – Save as a project.2.Next choose [Save for playback on a

portable device]. If you need higher quality choose [Save your story for playback on a computer].

3.Browse to whereyou want it saved.

4.Next =>

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The rest of the story… Photo Story will not save in a format that can be played on an iPod. So if you want toever have it availableas a podcast it must be converted to an mp4file. Soooo…

Convert There are free software programs that will convert your podcast and there are converters online. Use one of the online options.http://media-convert.com/ or http://zamzar.com/ or http://online.movavi.com/ or http://www.mediaconverter.org/

Upload When your mp4 file is created and works, upload to your PodBean account. http://www.podbean.com/

Downloading Podcasts• http://mdaniel.podbean.com/

Click the video link and download.Open iTunes and import file into your library.Drag file within iTunes toyour iPod

Resources•Secondary Ed Tech Wiki•Podbean hosting•100 Free Podcasts from the Best Colleges

•Education Podcasts on iTunes •iTunes University

Resources•Museum Podcasts•History, geography and archaeology

•Podcasting and Education•Apple Guide for Educators on iTunes and iPods