PodcastingCommunication Outreach for

SuperintendentsDr. Richard Voltz, Associate Director

Illinois Association of School Administrators

Objectives of Academy

• To become aware of the changing educational technology landscape

• To sharpen your skills about how technology can increase your productivity, communication, leadership and student achievement

• To learn how to use audio podcasting, video podcasting and blogging to communicate to your community

Webpage for technology for administrators is

http://iasa4u.ning.com

Webpage containing tutorial for various technology

functions is

http://iasa.wikispaces.com

Did You Know 4.0

http://iasa.wikispaces.com/

Podcasting in Plain English

Why Podcast?

x

The “Original” Video Podcast

http://www.youtube.com/whitehouse

http://www.youtube.com/kremlin

http://www.theflip.com/products_flip_mino.shtml?gclid=CNiw24rBnJwCFcZM5QodrQ6-ew

http://web.mac.com/rvoltz/Site/Podcast/Podcast.html

Subscribe

RSS

iTunesU

40 hours?

40 minutes?

4 minutes?

Do you have the time?

http://www.barrington220.org/

http://www.barrington220.org/avatar.asp

http://sterlingschools.org/challand/Pictures/pictures.html

http://web.me.com/hhoffenberg/Site_2/Podcast/Entries/2009/2/4_RtI_Podcast.html

http://www.d56.org/VisionForDistrict56/VisionForDistrict56.mov

Use your cell phone to make a Podcast that is recorded on the

Internet and automatically sent to your webpage…

Start an audio Podcast and update regularly

For studentsFor parents

Gcast• Can make audio recording via your

phone

• Set up a Gcast account• Call your own account from cell phone,

record conversation

• Send as a digital file where you want it to go

Now costs $99/yr for cell phone, free if upload

digital file

•Made with iWeb

•Saved on MobileMe

•Link to Gcast (embed)

http://www.gcast.com/

http://www.northgreene.com/mainsite/

http://www.scalesmound.net/schoolwebsite/emergency.html

http://www.nssd112.org/northwood/principal.html

http://audioboo.fm/boos/38967-rich-s-first-audioboo

Should school administrators blog?

Why or Why not?

Would you blog?

Read Blogs

• Look for blogs written by people who share your interest

• Who do these bloggers follow?• Who comments to these blogs?• Comment to the blog yourself

Blogs to Read

Superintendent BloggingMark J. Stock

The School Administrator; August 2009 Number 7, Vol.66

• You can get news out more quickly.• You can respond to traditional media.• Your message can be accessed by

readers on their schedules.• You can increase coverage in the

traditional media.• You can build a sense of community.

http://www.forestparkschools.org/blogs/louis-cavallo

Virtual Book studies

Exercise

Driving

Blog

Discussion group for administrators or teachers

Audacity - (You will have to learn by yourself, this is too hard and the reason I use a Mac)

Record Lecture Using ProfCastSave to GarageBand

Embed in iWebUpload to WebPage

http://web.me.com/rvoltz/EIU/EIU_Podcast/EIU_Podcast.html

http://bit.ly/7fyVVs

To join IASA4U.NING.COM

rvoltz@iasaedu.org