Podcasting

Podcasting is: developing theme, point of view, explanation, exploration. It reaches all state standards of reading, writing, listening, and speaking. It employs the 6 traits of writing and the writing process.
 * Why Podcast? Hear it from the teachers themselves.

Don't overlook the importance of audience. In this era of social networking, audience is all.

Podcasting for PCs - Photostory if you want to add pictures Audacity if you only want audio

Vidcasting sometimes called vodcasting - small compress videos Teaching history? Work with primary sources. Nothing says primary sources have to text. View some of vidcasts from the LIbrary of Congress collection of Veteran's Stories ||  || [|Publishing -podcasting rubric.pdf] [|RadioWillowWeb.pdf]

From the Virginia Department of Education, 3 Countries You Ought to Know About

Finding Podcasts
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 * There are variety of good search engines for podcasts. Try one or more of these:
 * [|Education Podcast Network] Podcasts for teachers by teachers. Search by content, hear student projects by grade level.
 * [|Find Podcast] A directory where you can search in categories much like the site above, but a nice addition is "kids and teens." Check out new podcasts, rated podcasts, or popular podcasts, too.
 * [|FireAnt] Discover, watch and subscribe to podcasts and vodcasts (video podcasts).
 * [|iTunes] Free software for Mac and Windows. The interface will be familiar to most K-12 students from music downloads. Search for podcasts of interest to you.
 * [|Learn Out Loud] Some for sale, some free.
 * [|Podcast Alley] Pick a podcast genre, and you'll receive a list of podcasts to take a listen to. Genres include, but aren't limited to: business, cultural/political, environment, movies/films, sports, technology, comedy, travel.
 * [|Podcast Pickle] Search by tag, topic, category or see and hear the top-rated podcasts
 * [|Podanza] Search by category, see featured podcasts in each category, or search by content and keyword