Podcast Alley pg. 2 - Creating Podcasts for the College of Education Students

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Instructions for completing an enhanced podcast for the College of Education using Garageband, an Apple product. These steps are taken directly from the Apple Garageband Support web site.

The purpose of this site is to create an online location where podcasters in the College of Education can locate a simple set of instructions and the COE policy for WMU podcasts. After completing the instructions, student podcaster's will create podcasts with appropriate content for COE undergraduate students. Rubric below.

A list of supportive links, tips, hints and a link to a sample iTunes podcast (coming soon) will in included on this site.

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Plan an outline of your movie.

a. Show intro monologue (who you are, introduce topic) (30 seconds)
b. Choose jingle & repeat for each show so listeners identify the jingle (30 seconds)
c. Outline topic discussion (1-5 minutes)
d. Closing remarks; thank the audience, guests, & lead to WMU web site (1 minute)
e. Choose closing music jingle; same as Intro jingle (30 seconds)

2. Put any pictures you may want into iPhoto; they will open with Garageband.

3. Pick Voice Track, male or female by double clicking on the track.

4. Start Recording & Edit

a. If you connect a microphone to your MAC audio input port, open System Preferences, click the button for Sound preferences, click the Input tab in the Sound pane, select Line In in the sound input list, then drag the Input volume slider to set the input level.

b. Click the Record Button (hit the Spacebar stops the recording)
c . Playback the recording, delete any long pauses or lip-smacks.

5. Add Music
a . Double click the Jingles Track
b. Open the Control drop-down menu from the toolbar. Select “Show Loop Broswer.”
d. Under “Loops” in the lower left corner, click on “stingers” and click on “ethereal accents” and drag and drop it into the beginning of the “Jingles Track.”
e. Move the voice recording over to the right, on the Voice Track, by clicking and moving the purple voice strip to the left so that is starts playing AFTER the “ethereal accents” stinger.
f.. Under “Loops” click on Jingles, and select “urban” and then “stepping out short” and drag and drop the icon into the Jingles Track.

6. Add Pictures

a. Open the Control drop-down menu from the toolbar. Select “Show Media Brower.” Photos stored in iPhoto will pop-up. Grab the “education news” clip art and drag and drop it into the Podcasts Track.

7. Add URL

a. Open the Control drop-down menu from the toolbar. Select “Show Editor.” The photo you put in the Podcast Track will pop-up. Next to your picture, click on the blue URL box and

8. Add jingle & sound effects Edit and mix your final recording.

9. Export to iTunes and then convert to AAC.

10. Publish your audio file as an enclosure on blogging services such as Blogger (for more information, visit http://www.blogger.com).

11. To share your podcast with iTunes users, you must create an RSS (Really Simple Syndication) file from your blog. RSS feed providers, such as FeedBurner, make it easy to create an RSS file from your blog. For more information, visit http://www.feedburner.com. If you choose, you can create your own RSS file. In this case, if you intend to submit your podcast to iTunes, first review the iTunes Extended Podcast RSS specification, which contains useful information on creating your podcast RSS file to work optimally in the iTunes Podcast Directory.

12. Once you've created your RSS file, your podcast is ready to be shared with the rest of the world. To make it easy for people to discover your podcast, we invite you to publish it in the iTunes Store. To publish a podcast, open iTunes and select Store in the Source list. On the iTunes Store home page, click Podcasts, then click Publish Podcast and complete the form.

Apple Online Support:	http://www.apple.com/itunes/store/podcaststechspecs.html http://www.apple.com/support/garageband/podcasts/
Garageband Online Support:	http://manuals.info.apple.com/en/GarageBand_3_Getting_Started.pdf http://www.apple.com/support/garageband/shortcuts/
iTunes & iTunes U
Misc. Online Support:	http://www.atomiclearning.com/garageband http://comtechlab.iupui.edu/tutorialsfolder/garageband.html http://macs.about.com/cs/ilife/a/garageband_link.htm http://movielibrary.lynda.com/html/modPage.asp?ID=106
General Podcasting Tips:	http://engage.doit.wisc.edu/podcasting/teaching/index.html http://www.speedofcreativity.org/podcast-resources/garageband/

Misc. Tools/Logos:

http://www.flashkit.com/loops/

http://engage.doit.wisc.edu/podcasting/teaching/index.html

http://www.timmadden.com.au/podcast-logos.htm

http://www.podcastingnews.com/articles/How-to-Podcast.html

Sample Podcast - Link to iTunes will follow

Sample Podcast idea (link to iTunes to follow)

Advice... from Previous Pre-Interns

Sleep now – you won’t get much of it once the pre-internship begins!

Schedule your hours around your mentor teacher’s planning period.

Keep up with your other schoolwork.

Have a good idea about what you want to get out of the experience.

Get involved in extra-curricular school activities.

Greet students & other school members while in the hallways

Don’t be afraid to use authority.

Don’t expect to just sit in the classroom.

Interact with students in the classroom; learn their names quickly.

Prepare to learn from all experiences.

Be careful of inappropriate questions or comments from students.

Don’t be sensitive about things said to you by students in the classroom.

Learn how and when to call security.

Don’t get in the middle of a fight – call for help and control the crowd.

Practice patience.

Approach the experience with openness.

Feel free to give input.

Talk to your mentor teacher; ask for suggestions.

Prepare for differences between your former high school and your pre-intern school.

Approach your pre-internship with a sense of humor.

Walk with confidence.

Thanks to students in Dr. Cynthia Carver’s ED 302, Winter 2003 section. Taken from Secondary Handbook.

RUBRIC	3	2	1
Introduction	Introduction included reference to W.M.U. the College of Education, topics and guests.	Introduction included most of the important references (W.M.U. the College of Education, topics and guests.)	Introduction included at least one important reference. (W.M.U. the College of Education, topics and guests.)
Audio/Sound	Introduction included reference to W.M.U. the College of Education, topics and guests.	Introduction included most of the important references (W.M.U. the College of Education, topics and guests.)	Introduction included at least one important reference. (W.M.U. the College of Education, topics and guests.)
Content/Topic	Discussion topic was well scripted, conversational in tone, light-hearted, informative.	Discussion topic was somewhat scripted, lacked some conversational tone, somewhat light-hearted, mostly informative.	Discussion topic was poorly scripted, lacked a conversational in tone, wast not light-hearted, or informative.
Hyperlinks/Photos	Included pictures of W.M.U. the College of Education, and guests. All hyperlinks worked.	Included a few pictures of W.M.U. the College of Education, or guests. Most hyperlinks worked.	Included at least one important picture of W.M.U., the College of Education, or guests. Few or none of the hyperlinks worked.
Closing/Thank-you	Closing included reference to W.M.U. the College of Education website, and thanked all guests.	Introduction included no reference to the College of Education website, but guest were thanked, or reference to webstie, but no acknowledgment of guests.	Included neither a reference to the College of Education website, nor thanked guests.

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