Podcasting 101

An interactive tutorial

Created By Katie Nedved, LMS

Do You Know What a Podcast Is?

YES!

POD WHAT???

WHY CHOOSE PODCASTS?

• ADDS VOICE & PERSONALITY TO WRITING

• INTERACTIVE FORM OF MEDIA

• ACCESS TO IDEAS & INFORMATION

TYPES OF PODCASTS

• NEWCASTS• BOOK TALKS• JOURNALS & DIA

RIES• ENTERTAINMENT• EDUCATIONAL• INTERVIEWS• STORY TELLING• MUCH MORE!!!

CLICK THROUGH Examples and

spend some time listening to

different podcasts

WHAT SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN A PODCAST?

• Welcoming theme song/sound effects

• Introductions and podcast title

• Purpose of podcast• Pre-planned

content• Closing remarks• Repeat theme

song/sound effects

EXAMPLE

NOW IT’S YOUR TURN!• Create a book talk

podcast• Choose an award

winning book you have read this trimester

• Center your podcast around hooking your listeners

• Provide information about the book without giving away the JUICY details

BOOK TALK

HOW TO GET STARTED. . .

Choose your book and get ideas by listening to other book talk podcasts

Write a script that

introduces you and your

topic to the listeners

Practice recording your voice using Audacity or GarageBand

Finalize your podcast by adding royalty free music and sound effects

CONGRATS!YOU PASSED PODCASTING

101!

WORKS CITED

Key, Stuart. Dreaming with Thought Bubbles. Stock Photo. Web. 26 July 2010. <http://www.dreamstime.com/dreaming-with-thought-bubbles-image12810880>.

Hunger Games. GPL Teens. Web. 26 July 2010. <http://gplteensblog.wordpress.com/2009/12/>.

Rannvieg, Inga. Books in Black and White. DPC Prints. Web. 26 July 2010. <http://www.dpcprints.com/print.php?IMAGE_ID=802422>.

Gotta Keep Reading- Ocoee Middle School. You Tube. Web. 26 July 2010. <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6D9jiEYxzs>.