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Podcasts and

Screencasts

Mariana Recinos

IMPORTANT!

• It is important to expose students to real language used in context because that motivates them. • Studies show that students who listen to

authentic oral materials exhibit greater listening comprehension

• Students are now available to learn and manipulate language through the creation of their own podcasts and screencast projects.

PODCASTS

• It is a digital file that is created and posted on the internet and can be played back on a mobile device or on a personal computer at a time convenient.

• Pod: play on demand• http://www.podcastdirectory.com/episodes/how

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• Users can subscribe to a podcast and the subscriber will receive new content once it has been added and uploaded by the author. Users can listen to the program when, where and how they want.

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7V-CBgpsmI

• The most popular way to subscribe to podcasts is to use iTunes. It is a free software in which users have hundreds of podcasts available.

• http://www.apple.com/itunes/podcasts/

Web-based podcasts• www.podcastalley.com/• www.podcastpickle.com/• www.podcastdirectory.com

Examples in class

• You can listen to a podcast about something specific and ask your students to write down words. (challenging, funny, interesting, etc) then, students can make their glossary with words used in context.

• You can use podcasts to listen to poems.

Be careful!• When choosing a podcast, make sure it

contains meaningful language, and real-world communication.

• There are many people out there who create podcast which are not ok for teaching.

vodcasts

• They are similar to podcasts but they have video, too.

• Vod: video on demand• Vodcasts are also posted on the internet and

they can be played on a mobile device or on a personal computer.

• Students can connect visuals to the audio.

Screencasts

• They are digital recording of computer screen output, also known as a video screen capture, often containing audio narration.

• The term compares with the related term screenshot. Screenshots generate a single picture of a computer screen so the screencast is a movie of the these pictures enhanced with narration.

Why screencasts?

• Improve student learning• Available all the time• Students control the pace,

start/stop/replay• Focus on one topic

Free programs

• www.screenr.com • www.camstudio.com• http://www.techsmith.com/download/jing/• http://www.screencast-o-matic.com/• http://screencast.com/

Genres

• Tutorials• How-to • Demo• Featured story

• When doing screencasts, do not add unnecesary things or images.

• Whatever that does not help to tell the story is just baggage. Dump it and focus on the story.

• Do not make either of them too long to keep your students attention.