The Teachers’ Podcast -Dr. Kathy King & Mark Gura

By popular request via email, from our classes, and when we provide professional development and keynotes on podcasting or new media… here are some resources to assist in the “How To” aspects of Podcasting

Of course the complete reference is our popular Podcasting for Teaching book which explains and demonstrates educational applications to podcasting from concept, planning and delivery…

However, here is the “skinny” on selected up-to-date resources to help you in the details that you might face as you navigate your continuing work in this area!

Additional recommendations are of course welcome, and will be reviewed prior to their addition.

Recording Software

• Audacity (free Windows, Mac, Linux)
  • Free video on how to install Audacity and the Lame encoder (to make MP3 files)
  • http://www.teachertube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=ccc0b7577fcc340bb99f
• Adobe Audition (free 30 day trial and educators price available)
• Adobe Soundbooth (free 30 day trial and educators price available)
• Sony Soundforge (trials and demos and educator pricing available)
• Garageband
• Roxio ($79 or You might have this free on your computer from CD/DVD or other device- check!)
  
• Wavepad (free Windows, Mac, Linux)
• many more..

Audacity Tutorials, help files and resources

The manuals at the Audacity website itself
* Audacity 1.2 Tutorials from the official Audacity user’s manual.

( Just a note the set of resources listed in this section are from a compilation at http://audacityteam.org/wiki/index.php?title=Tutorials)

* Creative Commons logo Audacity Presentation for High School Level
-PowerPoint file, (PDF version)

* Using Audacity 1.3.4 with the JAWS screen reader for Windows - includes useful tips for the visually impaired (and others) who want to use Audacity without a mouse.

* “Audacity 101 slides” - PDF tutorial on all aspects of Audacity (1.2.4), including illustrations about setting up system sound on Windows and Linux.

* How to Record and Edit Audio with Audacity Includes information on microphones and configuring Audacity on Windows.

* Create your own podcast - a fine general tutorial on all stages from recording and editing to publishing on the web

* “60 Second Shakespeare” - bbc.co.uk video tutorials about using Audacity to edit the audio for short video or audio interpretations of Shakespeare.

* Reworking voice records

* How to Create BGM Loops with Audacity - mixing two loops together in Audacity for background music in games

* Noise Removal in Audacity 1.2.x: Illustrated tutorial and Flash Video (13 minutes)

* A detailed illustrated tutorial for Mac users on transferring cassettes to CD using Audacity

* YouTube has a good selection of Audacity video tutorials including how to remove center-panned vocals , create binuaral beats and adjust for recording latency in Audacity Beta .

* Audacity 1.2 Tutorial by Dan Eliot - learn how to open and edit a WAV file, and save the result as an MP3.

* How to mix a multi-track project by Daniel James, including sample sound files.

* “Master your MP3s with Audacity” - CNET article about editing MP3 files for use in Web publishing, ringtones and podcasts.

More resources

Be cautious where you get “free” mp3 files from- they can be loaded with spyware, viruses and adware… I know these sources are reliable though…  (KPK)

 Copyright Issues and Guidance

• “Teaching Copyright” website:  http://www.teachingcopyright.org/
• Teaching Copyright provides lessons and ideas for opening your classroom up to discussion, letting your students express their ideas and concerns, and then guiding your students toward an understanding of the boundaries of copyright law.

 PODsafe Music (from independent artists)  Ioda Promonet

• You cannot just download and use the latest Celine Dion song!
• http://iodapromonet.com/login.php

 Good source for Free sound effects (podsafe and virus free)

• Freesounds http://www.freesound.org/
• Maybe also Sound Dogs : http://www.sounddogs.com/

Legal Guide to Podcasting

• From Creative Commons
• Podcasting Legal Guide from Creative Commons: Rules for the Revolution!

Contact Us

• You can contact Mark and Kathy by
• leaving a comment here on the blog/site
• emailing us at teacherspodcast@gmail.com
• posting to the discussion in the Teacher’s Podcast Group in facebook
• phoning us at (201) 693-4935

(C) Transformation Education LLC, King & Gura, 2008.

www.transformationed.com