KidCast: Learning and Teaching with Podcasting

- Announcing the Kidcast Forums at intelligenic.com/forum- Podsafe music from Geoff Smith - Not on the Radio!- The potential for professional development in podcasting- AAC vs MP3 discussion- All for one or one for all?Don't forget the Podcasting in the Classroom - Podcast Skit contest for this month. This month we are focusing in on podcast dramas.   Think back to the golden age of radio and the theatre of sound that was used to transport listeners into stories.   We would like you and your students to create your own podcast dramas or skits and share them with us. Here's how: Write an original skit that contains at least 2 characters.   Try to teach the listeners something new within the storyline. Keep it short (Entries should be no longer than 3-4 minutes) Record and edit the skit. Add sounds effects and music. Export it as a compressed file (MP3 or AAC) Post it on your school's webserver. Send us the link. We'll be selecting examples from the entries to play on our show.     We're also giving away some great prizes including; include an iPod Shuffle, a $100 gift certificate to FTC Publishing, and 5 copies of "KidCast: Podcasting in the Classroom". Tips and Rules: Deadline Updated! - The deadline for entry is March 31, 2006.   Entries must be received by March 31 to be considered for the contest.   To enter, upload a recording of your skit to a web server and then complete the entry form on our website. Use only original work .   You may not adapt or use copyrighted material for your skit. Enter as a team.    Writing a podcast drama is easier and much more fun when you make it a team effort.   Be creative with sound.   Try to use music and sound effects to help set the scene and move the story along.   Perform your script expressively. Use character voices and expressive reading to make the script come to life. Teach us something.   Use your story to teach the listeners something about science, history, language, math, or another subject in which you are interested.

Welcome back! This week's show is jammed full of great examples from our Podcasting in the Classroom contest. Tune in to hear (and take away!) ideas for integrating podcasting into your curriculum. We also have some fun podsafe music dedicated to my faithful chihuahua Jamal. Be sure to check out Jamal's website at www.jamaldog.com. You still have a few weeks to pull together a podcast skit to enter this month's Podcasting in the Classroom Contest! Check out an example we call, The Podship Huskerprise! Look on the website for a copy of the script on the website!

This week on KidCast: Podcasting in the Classroom... Oprah has my book! Podsafe Music - Beatrice Ericson - Reach Out More discussion on managing podcasting within a school setting Tips for getting to the bottom of a slow loading podcast Coming Soon: The KidCast Forums- Tips- Connections- Show Announcements- Studio Configurations- Script Sharing A new term... PodRot Example Podcasts - MathGrad Podcast and GROW Podcast. The Podcast Skit Contest!!!

This week we'll cover some heavy issues, have a little fun and introduce ourselves to some great educational podcasts. PodSafe Music from Steve Robinson called "How the Mighty Have Fallen" from the PodSafe Music Network (music.podshow.com) from his album Away For The Day. It's available on iTunes, so look him up. We have a great excerpt from the Radio Gateway podcast from Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan that features one very entertaining administrator.We'll also discuss the issue of how to manage and monitor podcasting within a class, a school and a district. Email me with your stories and question about managing the appropriate use of podcasts in a classroom, a school, and a district.I have a couple great examples to share - Podictionary and MicrobeWorld Radio - both examples show how a short podcast can be used as a curriculum supplement and as a tool for differentiating the curriculum. The Podcasting in the Classroom contest is changing this month!!! Take a few minutes and write up a short skit that teaches a concept. Record it with your students, upload it and send us the link. You could win an iPod Shuffle, a $100 gift certificate or a copy of my book - Kidcast: Podcasting in the Classroom!

This weeks we've got a great line up of good advice, winning ideas and great examples to get you and your students started with podcasting.

Finally! Another new show! This week I'm fresh off of a week on the road doing podcasting training with teachers and students. I'll share some podsafe music, tips for using the podsafe music network with kids, a couple of great ideas submitted by listeners, some advice for doing RSS feeds, and give you a hot tip on a new piece of software!

This week's show features some winning examples of podcast integration ideas from last month's contest. Be sure to visit www.intelligenic.com/kidcast to enter into next months chance to win an iPod Shuffle, $100 gift certificate to FTC publishing, or one of 5 copies of my book "Kidcast: Podcasting in the Classroom". We'll also have some music from Monte Selby (www.monteselby.com) called "My Dad is a Superintendent". Very funny stuff. :) Then we'll shift into a creative dramatic mode and explore how radio plays might help forward curriculum goals. We'll listen to a sample of a recent episode of "the Radio Adventures of Dr. Floyd" and then start thinking about how to build our own. I challenge you to try this with some creative kids at your school. Send me the URL for your poddrama! Remember you can reach me at dschmit@intelligenic.com or on our listener line at 831 303 2994.

Welcome back! These weeks the show features some GREAT music from Monte Selby of monteselby.com. He's a singer/songwriter with a lot of experience in schools and teaching and his music reflects that. Check out his website for information on how to purchase his music.We also have a guest commentary this week from Shaun Else, a Gr 5 Teacher in Oakville Ontario Canada, who will be speaking about curriculum and podcasting. I'll also highlight a podcast on history from actual historians. The Talking History podcast gives in depth perspectives that can act as a resource for your curriculum.Don't forget to enter into the next round of the KidCast: Podcasting in the Classroom contest at www.intelligenic.com/kidcast.

KidCast for January 10, 2006Big Announcements today! I am celebrating!Here's some podsafe music from CruiseBox off the Podsafe Music Network...here's "On a Podcast" (clean remix!)Macworld was today and there are some great things on the horizon for podcasters who use Macintosh computers. I've had two of my windows friends call me today and ask me about the announcements. They may do the switch just for ease of use on the podcasting front. iLife '06 GarageBand with Podcast Studio - --record iChats right into Garageband with each member of the conversation routed to their own tracks. --iPhoto with Photocast support Google Earth! - Out for Mac and Windows now!!!This week I received a note from my friend Mike from Sidney NY. He and his cohorts produce the Geek Podsquad podcast and the PSUcast. They ran into a problem this week and shared it with me. I, in turn want to share it with you.So when you are choosing your name....come original, folks. Warning... When you have students working on podcasts...you need to monitor what they are saying! I'm not really big into the whole censor thing...and that isn't what i'm suggesting. However, you have to remember that students will benefit from an editorial process.

KidCast:1. Happy New Year!Start the new year off as a winner! Enter the Podcasting in the Classroom Contest from KidCast and FTC Publishing. You can find the entry form on our website at intelligenic.com/kidcast. Each month for the next 5 months we'll be giving away 5 free copies of my book, a $100 gift cert and an iPod shuffle!Our first winners from Dec along with some of the ideas we've heard will be announced on next week's show.2. Featured Podcast - Radio Sandaig - from Sandaig Primary School in Glasgow Scotland - http://www.sandaigprimary.co.uk/radio_sandaig/index.php3. PodSafe Music - New Year's Resolution by Bill deRome from the PodSafe Music Network!http://music.podshow.com4. Some Podcasting Resolutions for the new Year- committ some time to listening to podcasts each week- sample something new- be a part of a podcast as a contributor...even if it isn't your own. (invite people to do segments)- spread the word...find 5 people who have never heard of podcasting and engage them in a conversation about it...offer to help them

KidCast: Epsode 9 - My podversary, Another podcaster resource, Creating a Promo, Story Nory,

This weeks show includes some discussion about student safety while podcasting, an example of podcasting as reflective research, and some international greetings from listeners in Australia.

We've had a great response to our Podcasting in the Classroom Contest! Ideas about how to pull podcasting into the classroom are coming in strong and we'll be able to start sharing them with you next week. And some of our listeners are going to walk away with some pretty cool stuff. My publisher, FTC Publishing is sponsoring this contest and will be giving away an iPod Shuffle™, 5 KidCast Books, and a $100 gift certificate to FTC Publishing every month for the next 6 months! Tune in to get all the details! Get your entry in before the first deadline on December 10th! This weeks show will highlight a wonderful podcast, The Coulle Kids Podcast coming from Longfellow Middle School in La Crosse, Wisconsin.I'll also give you some ideas about how to how to pull in feedback from your listeners that you can use on your show. Here's a link to j2.com where you can sign up for a free phone number and voice mailbox that can be emailed to you.We also answer a question from a listener about MP3 compression options that can reduce the size of your files.

KidCast: Epsode 6 - New Contest, Cool tools, and some great examples!

Next week we'll have a big announcement about a new contest at the Kidcast. Tune in and get your email clients ready. This week we'll introduce a new idea - the sign cast as a vehicle for hearing impaired students to podcast. Let me know what you think at dschmit@intelligenic.com. We'll also tune into the OLMS Cast from Orchard Lake Middle School in West Bloomfield, MI