Podcasting

=Podcasting=
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Podcasts //begin// with an audio recording made by a student or group of students. However what really makes them a podcast is the broadcasting of this audio file to a larger audience, either through an RSS Feed (an internet signal which tells people that you have posted content) or by posting the file on a website or blog.

There are many instructional advantages to making podcasts with your students, including:
 * Students should research, plan and script their podcast prior to recording. This touches on many steps in the writing process.
 * Students need to consider their audience and write their script for that audience.
 * Regular classroom podcasting gives students the additional ability to edit their work, learn form their mistakes, and develop public speaking skills.
 * Classroom news broadcasts can teach students basic journalism / interviewing skills.
 * Combined with blogging, posted podcasts can recieve feedback from all over the world - the encouragement this give students cannot be overstated.

//• [|100% Kids]// done by 2nd graders. It's kind of like an audio newsletter. • //[|ColeyCasts]// Created by 5th graders about what they are learning in school. • //[|First Grade Online]// Created by 1st graders in MInnesota • //[|Mr. Jaffe's 6th grade]// A monthly podcast planned and recorded by students at Mill Creek Elementary School in Pennsylvania. • //[|Radio WillowWeb]// These are podcasts created at Willowdale Elementary in Omaha, NE. Each show is created by a different class, yet they all follow a similar format. A great example of student created podcasts. //• [|Room 208]// by Bob Sprankle's class (scroll to bottom of the page) These are a few years old, but they are good examples of class podcasts and good for ideas for your own class podcast.
 * Podcasts by Kids:**

The iTunes Store (open iTunes and find 'iTunes Store' in the left hand menu) has many educational podcast from //The Discovery Channel//, //National Geographic//, and //How Stuff Works//.
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