Grade 8 Podcast Begins
Well I have finally done it. Today I got the Grade 8 Podcast off my computer and online. I guess it has only been in development since early last week, and it is now online... it has taken me twice as long to get this blog off the ground - but this is the first post so cross off one more thing from the to do list.
The plan is that now I have gotten the first episode online, the students will take over and with only a little direction from me, they will run the show. I am hoping that they will produce about 4 shows over the remainder of the term, fingers crossed.
The software that helped get this idea of the ground was Itunes and Audacity. ITunes allowed me to convert audio files from acc format to wav and then to mp3 all with the right click of the mouse. A wonderful secret of what I initially thought was only a media player. With the audio in wav format I used Audacity to edit the kids voice recordings.
Biggest disappointment with the first podcast is the noise in the background of the kids. This is because there was too much noise in the room where we recorded them, and that we only used the built in mic of the USB voice recorder. The intro part that I did was much clearer and that was a cheap stand mic plugged straight into the computer - a much better result and the setup the students will use for the second show.
Final step is to get the RSS syndication available - mainly because I want to know how to do it. I found an excellent example of how to do it at podcasts.yahoo so it is all my fault to i can't do it. A few more trys and I will get it.
Check out the Grade 8 Podcast, Youth Alive here.
The plan is that now I have gotten the first episode online, the students will take over and with only a little direction from me, they will run the show. I am hoping that they will produce about 4 shows over the remainder of the term, fingers crossed.
The software that helped get this idea of the ground was Itunes and Audacity. ITunes allowed me to convert audio files from acc format to wav and then to mp3 all with the right click of the mouse. A wonderful secret of what I initially thought was only a media player. With the audio in wav format I used Audacity to edit the kids voice recordings.
Biggest disappointment with the first podcast is the noise in the background of the kids. This is because there was too much noise in the room where we recorded them, and that we only used the built in mic of the USB voice recorder. The intro part that I did was much clearer and that was a cheap stand mic plugged straight into the computer - a much better result and the setup the students will use for the second show.
Final step is to get the RSS syndication available - mainly because I want to know how to do it. I found an excellent example of how to do it at podcasts.yahoo so it is all my fault to i can't do it. A few more trys and I will get it.
Check out the Grade 8 Podcast, Youth Alive here.
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