Episode 5: The Power of Podcasting

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Top 5 Websites for Supporting ELA 

1. Newsela: same article, different levels
2. ​Visuwords: visualizes word relationships
3. InstaGrok: research tool that shares mulitmedia resources
4. Rewordify: simplifies text
5. ActivelyLearn: makes text interactive in a variety of ways

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Podcasting in the Classroom

What is Podcasting?
​Wikipiedia says: 'a form of digital media that consists of an episodic series subscribed to and downloaded through web syndication or streamed online to a device.'

​How to Record a Podcast

• iPad/iPhone/iPod Touch: Opinion Podcast, Voice Recorder Pro     
• Mac: QuickTime, Garageband     
• Mac/Windows: Audacity     

• Windows: Voice Recorder App (Windows 10), Sound Recorder (Windows 7,8)

Our Tips

• Quiet spot   
• Microphone     
• Plan ahead     
• Decide what makes an engaging podcast
• Model or have students listen to other podcasts

Classroom Podcast Examples

• Cougar Cast (5th grade)
• Room 108 Oklahoma City ColeyCast (5th grade)

• 5th Grade Fever

Why Have My Students Podcast?   

• Speaking and listening standards   
• Engaged in planning process: researching, writing, collaborating     
• Consider your audience and how to engage them     
• Open up the classroom to the parents    
• Gives student a new format to share their voice

Editing Podcasts

• Mac: Garageband
• Mac/Windows: Audacity, Adobe Audition
• iOS -  Ferrite Recording Studio

• ​Free audio websites: Makerbook

Distribute to Listeners   

• ​Soundcloud     
• Audioboom     
• Drive (share folder)     
• Embed in Website     
• YouTube

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Tech Nuggets

Jonathan shares how to blur student faces on YouTube!

Mindy found clean Minecraft videos and a feel good story about Mitchell Brown (12) and Scott Vrablik (13).

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