About+Podcasting

=What is podcasting?= Please watch this short video created by Lee LeFever. If you do not already have it, you will need Adobe Flash Player to view these videos. [|Click here to download Adobe Flash Player.]

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To view in full screen, go to []

=How to create and publish a podcast (well...one way you can do it!) [|www.EDMODO.com]=

EDMODO.com is a private social platform for teachers and students to share ideas, files, events and assignments. It is considered a "social networking" site. One student recently joked that it was school approved Facebook. It does not have nearly all the features Facebook does, but does offer an EASY and SAFE way for you and your students to share ideas, files, events, and assignments.

To learn specific details and some great tips about EDMODO check out this wiki site: []

Teachers create an account. Students create their own account and password, an email address is not needed. Teachers provide a "group code" for the class to enroll in the course site. That's right- 3 steps and your class is up and running!

To stay within AUP, send out a permission form for students and parents to sign off on. Here is an example. Modify this file to meet your needs.

=**How to create and publish a podcast (another way you can do it!)**= Please watch this short video produced by [|www.tinkernut.com] regarding the steps podcasters take to create and publish their work. A list of resources mentioned in this video is provided below the video and again on the additional resources page.

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 * [|www.mp3tag.de] A program that assists you in creating searchable tags for your podcasts.
 * [|www.podango.com] This program is not currently available
 * [] You will need to create a wordpress account to use this site for hosting your podcasts
 * [|www.easypodcast.com] This site assist podcasters in creating an RSS feed for their podcast.
 * [|www.podcast.com] This site is a comprehensive podcasting site; providing hosting, RSS feeds, and more.
 * [|www.podcast411.com] This site is a podcast search engine.

So you've just watched two videos about podcasting...or shall we say "Vodcasts!" Vodcasts are video podcasts. That's right...you can be creating vodcasts sometime soon, but that will be for another course. We shall focus soli on the art of crafting an audio recording, a podcast. Detailed step-by-step demonstration of Audacity will be provided in our January 13, 2010 In-service training.

=Need more detailed tutorials?= Please check out these highly detailed resources:
 * [] Provides several detailed vodcasts regarding how to get started, edit, and create your own podcast.
 * [] Provides detailed written directions if you prefer to read up on the finer points of Audacity.
 * [|www.atomiclearning.com] Provides detailed vodcasts regarding how to use Audacity effectively. Pocono Mountain School District teachers and students can use a generic log in to use Atomic Learning. Please see your school's librarian or Allison Carpenter for details.

=Do you have any questions at this time?= Please email me any questions you have. acarpenter@pmsd.org or carpenter.allison@gmail.com I will be sure to schedule time that we can get together to answer your questions.