join a revolution: podcasting in the classroom
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JOIN A REVOLUTION:PODCASTING IN THE CLASSROOM
Jason NeifferAssistant Director/Curriculum Director @ MTDA
NCCE Tech-Savvy Teacher-in-Residence
Doctoral Candidate @ University of Montana
@techsavvyteach
Mike AgostinelliInstructional Program Manager @ MTDA
NCCE Tech-Savvy Teacher-in-Residence
@mikegusto
Have you heard of podcasting before?
Have you downloaded a podcast before?
Do you regularly listen to podcasts?
Have you or your students created a podcast before?
Podcasting: Listening & Consuming
Why a revolution?
Requires a specific technology to access
content
Scheduled and available in real time only
Requires expensive technical equipment
to produce
Requires expensive technical equipment
to distribute
Requires permission to distribute
Requires a large audience for economic
viability
Requires a specific technology to access
content
Content is available 24/7, archived to your
device
Low cost equipment required to produce
content
Low cost services required to distribute
content
No permission required to distribute
Audience can be large or small due to low
expense
Requires a specific technology to access
content
Content is available 24/7, either archives
locally or streamed to your device
Smartphone can be used to produce/edit
content
Smartphone can be used to distribute content
Expense is less of a divide due to wide
adoption of cell phones
What has been disrupted in education?
Content availability
Distribution channels
Personal access
Demo
Desktop vs. Mobile Apps
Desktop Apps
•No special equipment required
•Free software
•Easy to manage in the background
Mobile Apps
•Portable
•Viewable/listenable offline
•Archived
Desktop Apps
•iTunes
•Websites
Mobile Apps
•PocketCasts(iOS/Android)
•Downcast (iOS)
•Podcasts (iOS)
•Stitcher (iOS/Android)
Podcasting as Content Library
Traditional Providers
Podcast Networks
Upstarts
Individuals
Lab: Download a Podcast
Integration
Media Diversity
•Video and audio content
•Diversity of voices
Information Orchestration
•Teacher as “information orchestrator”
Personalized Learning
•Free and available content
Podcasting: Producing & Distributing
Three Key Decisions on Publishing Podcasts
What to record?
•Interview?
•Research Presentation?
•News?
•Oral Histories?
How to record?
•Mobile Device?
•Laptop/Desktop?
•Editing?
How to distribute?
•School webpage or blog?
•Podcast service?
•CD/DVD/flash drive?
Desktop Apps
•Audacity (Free, Windows/Mac)
•Adobe Audition (Windows/Mac)
•Garage Band (Free, Widnows/Mac)
Mobile Apps
•Dozens of free MP3 recorders!
•SoundCloud
Hosting
School Website Hosting
Advice for Integration
Limit Production
Time
Decide WHAT You
are Grading
Provide Support to Students
Temper Expectations
THANK YOU!Jason Neiffer
Assistant Director/Curriculum Director @ MTDA
NCCE Tech-Savvy Teacher-in-Residence
Doctoral Candidate @ University of Montana
@techsavvyteach
Mike AgostinelliInstructional Program Manager @ MTDA
NCCE Tech-Savvy Teacher-in-Residence
@mikegusto
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