1. WHAT’S THE BUZZ?
POWER OF PODCASTING
Grace Poli
Supervisor of Technology
Union City School District
Union City, New Jersey

2. WHAT IS PODCASTING?
A way for people to be able to selectively subscribe to audio or
video content over the Internet
Allows people to listen when they want and where they want

3. PODCASTING IN PLAIN ENGLISH
TeacherTube

4. TYPES OF PODCAST
Currently, there are three types of podcasts:
1. A basic podcast contains only audio and is the easiest to
create and listen to.
2. An enhanced podcast has audio, images, slides (narrated
PowerPoint presentation or Keynote), embedded URLS, and
chapters
3. A vodcast (or video podcast) contains video, audio,
embedded URLS, and chapters

5. MADE SIMPLE

6. iTunes Store (Free)
http://apple.com/itunes/store/
Podcast
The iTunes Store offers over 100,000
podcast episodes (audio & video)
iTunes U
Explore 75,000 educational audio and
video files from top universities,
museums, PBS station, Liberty Science
Center, Smithsonian, and much more

7. INTRODUCTION TO ITUNES U
YouTube

8. WHERE DO I START?

9. SOFTWARE
iLife ’09 (Mac)
http://www.apple.com/ilife/
Garageband and iMovie for recording audio, enhanced and video
podcasts, and iWeb for distributing podcasts on MobileMe or your own
web server. Free with every new Mac.
Garageband iMovie iWeb

10. SOFTWARE
Audacity - http://audacity.sourceforge.net
Garageband - Part of the iLife ’09 Suite
iMovie - Part of the iLife ’09 Suite
Camtasia Studio Screen Recording and
Presentation
Gcast - http://gcast.com
Profcast - http://profcast.com/public/
index.php

11. SOFTWARE
Audacity - http://audacity.sourceforge.net
Garageband - Part of the iLife ’09 Suite
iMovie - Part of the iLife ’09 Suite
Camtasia Studio Screen Recording and
Presentation
Gcast - http://gcast.com
Profcast - http://profcast.com/public/
index.php

12. WHAT DO I NEED?

13. BENEFITS OF PODCASTING
Enables teachers to reach students through different mediums
Students are better able to visualize a specific topic
Engages and motivates students to learn
Reaching a vast audience
Student-created podcasts can be subscribed to and viewed
by parents and the community
Podcasts can be viewed on any computer, an iPod or a television

14. SAMPLE LESSON IDEAS
1. Write an outline, script or storyboard
2. Create a list of 5 researchable questions on your topic
3. Cite and analyze information about your topic using various
resources. Select three different sources from the list below
and cite using MLA style format
✴ Encyclopedias
✴ Periodicals (Magazines / newspapers)
✴ Books
✴ Web sites

15. PODCASTING TEMPLATE
Text to read (script) Image Sound Effect
insert reference link
insert reference link

17. Rubric: Podcasting Project
Introduces who is Needs to mention
Needs to add an
Introduction speaking and the both introduction
introduction
scenario 5 and scenario 3 1
Script/ Sources researched Provided script, but No script or
Resources and correctly cited no citation citation
5 3 1
Is factual and Needs to be more Is not factual or
Information relevant relevant and factual relevant
5 3 1
Artwork relevant and Artwork needs
Needs to add artwork
Artwork synchronized to resizing and/or
synced to audio
audio 5 timing adjusted 3 1
Speech is clear and Re-record audio or Audio distracted by
Audio/Music music appropriate adjust sound background noises
5 3 1
Effective use of Text and visuals are Lacks creative use
Creativity audio, text and too simplistic or of audio, text or
visuals 5 busy 3 visuals 1

18. EXAMPLES

19. STUDENT PODCAST
Amelia Earhart

20. STUDENT PODCAST
Amelia Earhart

21. WHY PODCASTING?
iTunes U
Union City Board of Education
Lesson Plan
Podcast of Instructions
Student Handouts

22. WHY PODCASTING?
iTunes U
Union City Board of Education
Lesson Plan
Podcast of Instructions
Student Handouts

23. LET’S CREATE OUR
OWN PODCAST
Garageband Demo

24. Thanks!
Grace Poli
To obtain a copy of this presentation visit
http://slideshare.net/gpoli
Handouts - http://idisk.mac.com/gpoli41-Public
Email - gpoli@union-city.k12.nj.us
Website - http://teachwithgrace.com