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S3: E76 Podcasting and Online Sites

Season Three
Episode 76
Podcasting and Online Sites
Technology can be a great tool to use in the classroom.  It can also be a great way to share content and ideas with other educators.  If you’ve ever wanted to use podcasting in the classroom or create your own podcast to publish for others to hear I’m going to share what you’ll need to consider and how to get started.  Like anything in life take it one step at a time. For me it was a lot of learning as I went.  


Before we jump into equipment, hosting sites, and using online websites to support your podcast - let’s talk about podcast details surrounding what you want to say and ideas for creating your show.


Topic
  • Choose a topic - what are you passionate about?  Choose a topic that can expand, but that isn’t overly broad
  • What message are you wanting to communicate to others?
  • Who is your target audience?
  • How long will episodes be?  The ideal episode is no longer than 22 minutes.  
  • How frequently will you put out podcast episodes?  Weekly is typical
Format of the Episode
  • Introduction
  • Topic Sentence - Short explanation about what listeners are going to hear on this particular episode
  • Organized information about whatever you are sharing
  • Scripting your show
Podcast Title
  • Choose a podcast title
Media
  • Picture for podcast:  I use Canva (free online website) - between 1400x1400 and up to 3000x3000 pixels - in JPG or PNG form, under 500 kb in size  
  • Music:  Will you need music for intros/outros/segments - 
    Royalty free music:
Podcasting
Recording Platform
  • Audacity:  doesn’t work on chromebooks; does work on ipads and iphones
  • Garage Band:  again, doesn’t work on chromebooks
  • Twisted Wave:  my favorite one!  Must create an account to keep recordings.  Recordings are stored for 30 days on the site.  Can save downloads in Google Drive, Soundcloud, or your disk.  

    More info: (sidenote - this website is NOT really audacity for chromebook, but more a way to get other platforms that work on the chromebook like audacity) https://audacityguide.com/audacity-for-chromebook
Computer/Device
  • Find the platform that works with whatever device your school is using
  • I’m the most comfortable with Garage Band so that’s what I use
Microphone
  • Basic works well: I use a  
  • Windscreen:  I purchased this one from Amazon -
For Interviews:
  • Ecamm Recorder for Facetime/Skype / Call Recorder for Skype
  • Have also used website called Zoom
  • ZenCastr
Host
  • Libsyn - plans start at $5 a month; easy to use; great analytics
  • Podbean, Buzzsprout, Captivate, Blubrry
  • Free options: 
Buzzsprout - free, but episodes are removed after 90 days and can only download 2 hours of material every month
Podbean - free, offers up to 5 hours of storage
Online Materials
Decide if you want to use a free platform or pay monthly/yearly fees
Google Sites
Blogs - Google Blogger
Websites - Wix, Wordpress

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