it’s iNavis… the teacher technologist

The following are some good tips for practice in designing educational podcasts. Most of these come from practices I use in my weekly podcast to parents … I call it TWiC … This Week in Class.

1. Identify your aims, objectives, and audience.

2. Use more than one voice – monologues can be boring, two make it more exciting.

3. Be Natural – use your normal voice, it’s a lot easier than making one up.

4. Prepare your podcast – create an outline that you wish to follow .

5. Check your sound – record it with the best quality you can.

6. Music - be sure to balance your background music with the voice over. Create your own music to be your signature. Resist breaking copyright laws. Free music for educational podcasts can also be found here.

7. Choose a quiet place to record – watch out for ambient sounds that can be distracting in the background.

8. Practice with your equipment.

9. Record more than once and use the best. Mix and match the recordings if needed.

10. Test your results before publishing – if you want the world to listen, be sure to put your best forward.

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