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Does Podcasting Meet Standards?
Read, Write, Listen, Speak,Think & Publish
This is a hands-on introduction to podcasting with Macintosh Garage Band 3 and Podomatic. You’ll gather tips for getting your students started, incorporating podcasting into your curriculum. Motivate students to read, write, listen, speak, and think critically about their work. Podcasting resources for Windows users will be included although the Mac platform is used.
The purpose of this workshop is to:
- gain technology skills to use software to make a podcast
- learn how writing and publishing podcasts meets a number of English language arts standards for reading, writing, listening, and speaking
- examine an example poetry lesson, Race In Me, that integrates several technology resources that culminates in the creation of a poetry podcast. Click here to view the entire poetry lesson for students.
| Workshop Activities for Teachers |
Activity 1 - Podcast Listening
- Why is podcasting so popular? Think and share
your thoughts with a partner. Listen the the podcast
from Cut To The Core Essential Podcast for Educators,
the episode.
- Use the podcast listening worksheet to keep track of answers to the content questions and write your thoughts.
- Discuss your thoughts and ideas that this podcast generated for you with your partner.
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Activity 2 - Background Ideas About Podcasting
- View this presentation
Click on the pages to navigate forwad.
- Discussion questions:
- What did you learn from this presentation?
- How do you think you might use podcasting in your classroom setting?
Materials
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Podcast
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Activity 3 - Learn How to Use GarageBand
Choose one of these options to learn how to use GarageBand to make a podcast
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Activity 4 - Record Your Script of Yellow Woman
- See and listen to an example of Yellow Woman podcast. Click here to view this example.
- Use the Yellow Woman podcast storyboard to practice reading into GarageBand. Alternatively, use this blank storyboard handout to help you script your own poetry.
- Enhance your podcast with primary source images.
- Publish your podcast at PodOmatic. Print and use this PodOmatic handout as a guide.
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Activity 5 - Final Reflections
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