Podcasts

__Podcasts __

**Podcasting involves the production of a radio type show that is posted to the net. The difference between these and radio is that they can be listened to more than once and at a time that suits the listener rather than the producer. It is not live and so can be recorded and then distributed over the internet.** **You can also subscribe to a podcast using applicatons such as itunes. Therefore** **each time that application is open and connected to the net, it will automatically retrieve and download any new editions of the podcast/ videocasts. It has been associated with iPods as you can stay up-to-date with your latest podcast by downloading it to your iPod to listen to wherever you are.**   **Podcasting in Education:**   The process of putting together an audio recording is valuable and is certainly a cross-curricular experience (Vincent, 2008). During school experience I’ve seen podcasting used for school news reporting, character profiling and the re-telling of stories, which clearly developed children’s speaking and listening skills. The basic advantage of podcasting is the portability and convenience of listening to learning resources anytime and anywhere without requiring extensive technical knowledge (Jobbings 2005). Podcasting can be used as both educationally listening to Podcasts as well as creating their own. Once children have created their podcast they will have the opportunity of sharing this with a huge audience on the internet! **Schools are increasingly using the internet to promote what they do, and to celebrate the achievements of their children, and podcasting is an excellent way of doing this.**

**It benefits children is numerous ways including:**
 * **developing literacy skills**
 * **developing and practising speaking and listening skills**
 * **devloping ICT skills (as it requires children to edit their work and add music etc)**
 * **developing team work**
 * **developing questioning**
 * **can be used interactively whereby the chidlren can give eachother feedback.**

**How to create a Podcast:**

<span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">**-You need a computer with a recording facility (a miscrophone) and also a recording software on the PC for example,audacity.** <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">**- Children can record them then download them to the computer for editing and uploading to the web.**

<span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">**Children can use podcasting in a range of ways, such as school news, sharing their work, recording their own stories, introducing memebers of staff and visitors. They can use it for jokes or reporting on local, national and international news.**

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 160%;">Top Tip: <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">**However, with podcasting there is a big issue with copyright. The podcast will be on a website which means it can be accessed by millions of people around the world. If the chidlren want to add music to their podcasts they will either have to create their own or find copyright free music**

<span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">This is the Podcast I created as part of my presentation in using Podcasts and Geography

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