Audio Podcasting
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Samples
Reporting Live From Miami: A Bunch Of Fourth-Graders Tell Their Teacher's Story
A Warning About Teens and Social Media (Middle School Challenge winners)
Feel My Skin by Katie Lam
The Best of Both Sides by Hayley W.
What Makes You, You? How Labels Can Affect People's Personalities And Potential
How I Built This - Instagram: Kevin Systrom & Mike Krieger (Q & A podcast format)
Tough Topics - Incarceration;
Challenges
Create a podcast episode - see graphic at the top of the page for ideas
Create a podcast with multiple episodes
Create a podcast with seasons
Create music and sound fx for your podcast
60 Second Biographies - Who was this person? How did they enrich their/our world?
Family History - Who was this person? What stories do they have to share? What lessons about life?
Try a idea prompt
Enter the New York Times Student Podcast Contest (ages 11-19)
Enter the NPR Student Podcast Challenge: a) Tell us a story about your school or community. b) What do you want to change about the world? c) What is a moment in history that everyone should learn about? d) Explain something that you understand and older adults don't. e) Show us both sides of a debate about an issue that's important to you.
Tools
Podcast Checklist
MagicSchool.AI - use the Podcast Outline tool
Recording & Editing Software
GarageBand (Mac or iOS)
Audacity (Mac & Windows)
TwistedWave - basic online audio recording and editing
Microphones
Blue Snowflake
Blue Yeti
USB interface for 2 handheld mics
Publishing Tools/Sites
FlipGrid
Google Slides
Other
Recording Booth
Resources & How-To's
Making a Podcast That Matters: A Guide With Examples From 23 Students (New York Times)
New York Times Student Podcast Contest (ages 11-19)
Recording a Podcast - Everyone Can Create Music: Chapter 1 Recording a Podcast (iBook)
The Students' Podcast - NPR (information about podcasts in general and more specifically for the NPR podcast challenge)
GarageBand for iPad Essential Training - video course - ask Mr. Whitmer for a link
GarageBand for Mac Essential Training - video course - ask Mr. Whitmer for a link
Project Audio: Teaching Students How to Produce Their Own Podcasts (Ignore the contest part which has ended)
Educators' Resources