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Improving Student Learning through Podcasting
Mike TreguboffTechnology Training Specialist
Peoria Unified School District
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Bringing it out of the Clouds
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Why Podcasting• For lectures• To facilitate self-paced learning • For interviews with external resources• To offer advanced and or highly motivated learners extra
content • For distance learning • To allow guest speakers to present once to many classes • To feature guest speakers from remote locations• For helping students with reading and/or other disabilities• To offer a richer learning environment • For multi-lingual education • To capture professional development workshops• For student generated programs• To communicate with your community
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Is There Really a Need?• Poor quality of student note taking skills
– Poor handwriting– Poor listening skills– Inability to differentiate important content
from non-important content
• The FAST talking teacher• Note taking counter productive to
listening… for some students• Assisting English Language Learners
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Memory Retention
20 minutes 47% forgotten
1 day 62% forgotten
2 days 69% forgotten
75 days 75% forgotten
78 days 78% forgotten
*Walter Pauk (Cornel 84)
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Would Students Use it?
• We asked students what they thought of Podcasting… Let’s listen to what they think!
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Administration's Support
Explain the:• Benefits for
children• How it works• How it will be used• Cost to the school• How he/she could
podcast for the community
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IT Concerns & Their Support
• Why are you doing this?
• Mutual understanding of expectations
• Software concerns & support
• Hosting web server– Storage capacity
• Data maintenance IT’s & yours
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How does it work?
• Turn on your recording software or digital recorder
• Speak
• Save as a MP3 file
• Upload to a web server
• Update RSS
• Find something else to do… You are done!
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Tools to get started
• Computer– PC– Mac– Linux
• Audio recording software– Audacity (free –
multi-platform)– Garage Band (Mac)
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Tools to get started cont.
• Microphone– Headset style– Wireless – Personal digital
recorder
• Hosting service• RSS editor• Podcast aggregator
– iTunes (PC, Mac)– Juice (PC, Mac, Linux)
• MP3 player (Optional)
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Podcast Hosting Options
• In-House– Windows Server *– Apple Server
• Free Services– Gcast
(www.gcast.com )– Podomatic
(www.podomatic.com)
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Hosting by Gcast• FREE hosting• FREE podsafe music
• Mix playlists online • Embed your podcast • Record by phone • Upload your own
podcast • RSS Updates• iTunes Subscriptions
• Email alerts
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Hosting by Podomatic• Free hosting• Browser-based Recording
tools • Syndication Wizard • Audience Participation
tools • Promotion tools • Listener Statistics • Blog like look and feel• Templates available
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Podcasting in PUSD
• PUSD News to Community
• District Administration Weekly Updates
• Principal to Staff Updates
• Technical Tips & Tricks
• Classroom Instruction & Remediation
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Let’s Build a Podcast
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Say it again… Improving Student Learning through Podcasting
Additional information is available on the Podcasting in PUSD site.
Search “Podcasting” on the PUSD Portal.
https://www.peoriaud.k12.az.us/technology/Podcasting/