Podcasting

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Students can create podcasts (audio programs) and distribute them on the web in MP3 and other audio formats so they can be listened to on portable MP3 players.

General Information

Podcasting "101"
Learn about podcasting and think about how you would use it in your setting.
Link here

Podcasting Legal Guide for Canada
Kathleen Simmons and Andy Kaplan-Myrth, proponents of Creative Commons have written a guide for use of materials according to Canadian law.
http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/2066/125/

Podcasting in Education
This site was put together by an Ontario teacher. It is an excellent resource, gives a rationale for podcasting as well as podcasting ideas. There are short podcasts embedded in the site to help you learn. A Must Visit!
http://chatt.hdsb.ca/~elses/boylit/Podcasting%20in%20Education

Educational Podcasting
Gary Stager has put together this excellent collection of resources. There are links to several tutorials for podcating with different software.
http://www.stager.org/podcasting.html

Learning in Hand - Podcasting
Find links regarding software to create your own podcasts, as well as links to podcasts of interest to educators and students
http://learninginhand.com/podcasting/index.html

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Where to Find Podcasts

iTunes
Once you launch iTunes, click on iTunes store. Then choose podcasts. You can search in the Education section for podcasts of interest to you.
http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/

Educational Podcast Network
David Warlick has set up this network to help educators. "The Education Podcast Network is an effort to bring together into one place, the wide range of podcast programming that may be helpful to teachers looking for content to teach with and about, and to explore issues of teaching and learning in the 21st century."
http://epnweb.org/

Podscope
Podscope searches podcasts for keywords that you enter. Sites are not filtered for child-friendly content.
http://podscope.com/

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Podcasting Software

Audacity
free open source software (Windows/ Mac / Linux)
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/


Garageband
comes installed as part of the iLife suite (Mac only)
http://www.apple.com/support/garageband/

Online Podcasting Software

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Student Podcasts

Listen to some samples of student made podcasts. Explore them to see the different approaches taken by different schools.