Podcasting & ClassPortals
Podcasting
Tutorials & Tips
- Screencast Tutorial on Using Audacity
- Tips on Making your First Podcast
- iTunes Tags Tutorial and another
- Kirk’s Eight Rules For Effective Podcasting
- Examples from Tony Vincent
Getting the software
- Audacity download
- LAME converter download (for saving as mp3)
- Using Garageband (and iTunes FAQ)
- Download iTunes (to access Podcasts cross platforms)
Other Resources
- PodCasting logos
- Demo files from Bright Ideas: logo, intro & sample
- Hotlist of Sample Sites (from dmoz open directory project)
- Google Directory of Sample Sites
- Imagine a Walk on the Wild Side
- The George W. Bush Public Domain Audio Archive
- Bushisms Audio Gallery
Copyright Free Loops for PC Users (Mac’s have Garageband)
- Audio Loops from Looperman (requires registration)
- Free Music Loops (from Partner in Rhyme)
- Glooped (Guitar Loops)
the following is from a post by Miguel Guhlin
- Wikipedia Sounds - Classical Music
- Creative Commons Audio
- Internet Archive’s Open Source Audio
- OpSound: Open Sound Resource Pool
Uploading Podcasts
- Upload to Tom’s Server (address will be: http://tommarch.com/podcasts/upload/yourfile.mp3)
- Consider using FireFTP (Firefox Browser extension)
- Free Site for uploading: BooMP3
Possible Topics
Things you and your students might Podcast:
Primary
- Reading your favourite book for Mother’s Day
- Telling a joke
- Sharing “Your Best Day”
- Singing your favourite song
- ??
Middle
- “A Day I grew Up”
- Recite a famous speech
- “Books on Tape” for the visually impaired
- Radio Program
- ??
Secondary
- Public Service Campaign
- Music Video
- Mashup
- Museum Tour
- ??
Creating your ClassPortal
Consider a Topic for your Class Portal:
Starting your WordPress Blog
- at WordPress.com - tutorial
- or ClassPortals - tutorial
Customise it:
- Log-in to the Dashboard
- Options - Change Blog name? Anyone can Register? Logged in to Comment? 11 GMT = Melbourne
- Presentation - Choose another Theme, “View site” in another browser tab or window
- Links - Delete default links. Add a Link to your School or ?
- Write - Page - Use Filamentality or Google to find a good hotlist on your topic.
- Manage - Posts - Delete default post and Create a new one.