I have been using Audacity to create book reviews in my class. I give my 5th grade students the following criteria for reviewing books:
For your podcast be sure to include the following features. You may place them in any order but be sure you include them all in your review. Remember, no more than three [...]
Students love to podcast, no doubt about it. For students, it’s like learning without the pain. It’s a great learning activity. But what will the students learn?
As an educator, we must ask ourselves what we want students to learn before assigning a podcast. Here are some typical questions one should ask before assigning and design [...]
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 [...]
Tip #115 – Three Must-Know Podcasting Microphone Tips (Adapted from Andy Williams Affleck, author of Take Control of Podcasting on the Mac)
Many podcasts suffer from poor quality in the audio. The proper use of a microphone can greatly enhance your podcasts. Here are three top tips for maximizing the effectiveness of any microphone:
1. Don’t put [...]
