iLearn+Integrating+iPods+Across+the+Curriculum

Brad Velcoff

 * Seven selected schools from the mini-grant will be given one class set of iPods to complete the project. Students and their teachers will learn how to use iPods to create podcasts in any content area. Teachers will attend 2 full days of training followed by 4 sessions of in class support with students. ||  ||   ||
 * * **Objectives:** Students will learn how to integrate technology into their learning by creating podcasts, powerful presentations and short movies to be shared on their iPods.
 * Add Standards
 * Create Agenda( add survey link and your email address)
 * Upload your agenda as a separate document
 * Upload your powerpoint for each.
 * Insert link for your blog or wiki
 * Upload handouts and other resources ||  ||   ||
 * You must identify what is being taught hour by hour.
 * 1 Session Course = 4/5 one hour lessons** ||  ||   ||
 * Podcasting -Hands-On! Engage Your Students (PC)
 * Podcasting -Hands-On! Engage Your Students (PC)

Date Created: 10/1/07 Length: 6 hours

Introductions (15 min.) (8:30-8:45 a.m.)

- Introduce yourself and tell a little about you/your interests. - Ask participants to introduce themselves/share about an interest (Record this into the voice recorder. Facilitator 2 will go around and show how to use the voice recorder, while Facilitator 1 continues the workshop - Facilitator 2 will create a quick podcast to share with the group after the Ice Breaker. - (Background knowledge survey/assessment) - I use a computer at home for basic word processing, email and Internet research - I use technology on a weekly basis with my students - I do not use technology on a weekly basis with my students - I do not use technology as much as I would like to - I know how to use iTunes Norms/Interpersonal: "Let's establish some norms for our time together.” Cell phone breaks Bathroom breaks Internet break Parking Lot

“Are there any others that people want to add to make our learning work the best?”

- Roles: "I will act as the facilitator and a participant. Occasionally I will ask you to volunteer to facilitate a group discussion or activity." Remember that you are in charge of your own learning. - Schedule/Agenda: Today we will look at sample podcasts, discuss their relevance, learn Audacity software and create content specific podcasts and upload them to the Internet for the world to hear. I will also give you some follow-up ideas, activities and resources to take with you so you can feel comfortable taking this back to your classroom."

Icebreaker/grabber (20 min.) (8:45-9:05 a.m.)

- Let’s listen to the first ever recorded podcast. Go to http://www.stager.org/podcasting.html (hear Thomas Edison reproduce his first phonograph recording. This is a 1927 re-enactment by Edison of his first recording from 1877.) - Share the voice recording podcast that Facilitator 2 has created

Modeling/Step-by-step /ITS directed learning (60 minutes) (9:05-10:05 a.m.)

Discuss the benefits of Podcasting and show samples (15 min.)

What is a Podcasts? Brainstorm ideas and then (go to [|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podcasting)] to get definition How can we listen to Podcasts? (Online, download, mp3 player, burned to CD) Samples of Podcasts, educational podcasts from iTunes, (Show one or two good samples. The participants will have an opportunity later in the session to explore published podcasts) http://mabryonline.org/ http://www.epnweb.org/index.php (Social Studies / Aussie Kids podcast http://www.podcasting.region6nycdoe.net/podcastinginregion6/Podcasting/Podcast/Podcast.html http://www.mpsomaha.org/willow/radio/listen.html http://region7blogs.com/communities/nyscate06/default.aspx - Hands on with technology - students now have a greater buy in to the project Reinforce learning. - Allow students to become experts working in a collaborative environment - Opening the work to a new audience on the World Wide Web

ITS Directed Learning and hands-on session (Individual work) (75 minutes)

1. Go to http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/ and have the participants create an account (This site allows users to download audio files that can accompany their podcasts) You can also show participants Freeplaymusic.com and Soundzabound.

2. Have participants search for some sounds once logged in. Have them search for “newcast” and go through the steps of downloading and saving the files to their computer.

3. Open up Audacity and create a new file, named “my_first_podcast”

4. Go through Audacity’s basic interface. Make sure you cover Tracks, Play, Pause, and Record buttons, and Editing Tools.

5. Take the participants through a sample import and recording session using the following tutorial (Use the tutorial from this site as a guide) This guide can also be found at the bottom of this lesson. http://audacityteam.org/wiki/index.php?title=Creating_a_simple_voice_and_music_Podcast_with_Audacity

6. Participants may use this video tutorial to reinforce the steps ([|http://www.how-to-podcast-tutorial.com/17-audacity-tutorial.htm)]

BREAK (15 min.) (10:05-10:20 a.m.)

Group activity and share out (30 min.) (10:20-10:50 a.m.)

Have participants individually go to the Podcasting blog and find educational podcasts to listen to. They can listen to any kind that you want, but they must focus on a student generated podcast and a teacher created podcast. While listening, list 3 things that were effective, 2 things that you would change and 1 thing you would omit. Also go to Teacher Tube and type in “podcasting” Watch a few videos on Podcasting. (20 minutes)

Share your findings with your table group and then have one or two share with whole group (20 minutes)

Follow-up (20 min.) (11:00-11:20 a.m.)

http://tinyurl.com/276us4 Post the url up and let them know that they should complete this at by the end of the class. http://iteachpodcastingforapple.blogspot.com/ (My Blog) Go home and look up content specific podcasts on iTunes or in a web search. Show how to post to the blog Other iTeach course offerings (pass out brochure)

Modeling and Set-up for independent work (25 min.) (11:20-11:45 p.m.)

Working in Groups of five, workshop participants will each create a podcast. Participants can go to iteachpublic.wikispaces.com to brainstorm ideas
 * Participants will brainstorm an idea,
 * Decide on a style of Podcasts
 * Create a script


 * Flex time before lunch: 20 minutes

LUNCH (1 hour) (11:45-12:45)

Independent project/work (60 min.) (12:50-1:50 p.m.)

Working in Groups of five, workshop participants will each create a podcast.
 * Rehearse the script
 * Record their Podcasts
 * Save project
 * Share project

Share out/Reflections (15 min.) (2:00-2:20p.m.)

Have participants go to Powermediaplus.com and create an account. If there isn’t enough time model the procedure • Teach participants how to upload this project • Participants upload the project • View projects online - share out 321 Method

Survey/Evaluation (10 min.) (2:20-2:30p.m.)

http://tinyurl.com/276us4

Standards Addressed ELA Speaking Grades 1-5 Standard 1, 2, 3, 4 Math Standard 3 NETS National Educational Technology Standards for Students Addressed All NETS for Educators ALL

Resources http://iteachpublic.wikispaces.com/Podcastingforpc

Equipment/Supplies to bring: Equipment/Supplies expected to be at site: PC computer with Audacity Software Digital Voice recorders (at least 5) Power strips External Speakers Headphones and microphones for each participant Power Internet Access

Audacity Tutorial

Contents
 * 1 Get your Music into Audacity
 * 2 Create your Voice Track
 * 3 Editing and Effects
 * 4 Export and Publish your MP3

Get your Music into Audacity

First you need to import your backing music into Audacity. This could be an audio file like an MP3 that you already have on your computer: you'd import it by clicking Project > Import Audio

However if you want to import music from a CD into Audacity for your podcast you shouldn't record it as it plays as that is slow and inaccurate. Instead, extract the audio from the CD to a WAV or AIFF audio file and import that audio file into Audacity. CD–EX is a good free Windows program to extract CD audio.

Or you can use Windows Media Player 11 if you are on Windows XP with Service Pack 2 (click Tools > Options > Rip Music and choose WAV), or iTunes (either on OS X or Windows). First set the "conversion format" in iTunes Preferences under Advanced > Importing > Import using AIFF (or WAV) encoder". Click "Audio CD" on the "Source" pane on the left. Select the tracks you want to extract and right-click on them and click the option "convert selection to AIFF".

Create your Voice Track

Then you need to create your voice track which you do by recording it with your microphone on to a new track in your Audacity Project. As the voice recording will be on a different track from the music, it can after recording be edited entirely independently of the music (see "Editing and Effects" below).

To record with your microphone, you set the recording source to microphone in Audacity's mixer toolbar input selector http://audacity.sourceforge.net/onlinehelp-1.2/toolbar_mixer.htm (or, if you are on OS X, you set the microphone as the default recording source in Apple Audio-Midi Setup). Then press the red Record button.

If you want to be really professional, why not do a level test of your voice before you record for real? Click on the downward pointing arrow in the right hand (red) recording level meters http://audacity.sourceforge.net/onlinehelp-1.2/toolbar_meter.htm and click "monitor input". While speaking into your microphone as loud as you would for the loudest part of what you want to record, adjust the recording level slider (by the microphone symbol) on the Mixer Toolbar http://audacity.sourceforge.net/onlinehelp-1.2/toolbar_mixer.htm so the recording meters are almost reaching the far right-hand side (but not far enough to bring the red hold lights on). If the recording level meters are not visible, go to the Preferences and check "Enable Meter Toolbar" on the Interface tab.

Audacity has the handy ability to allow you to record your voice track while listening to your music track, so you can dream up what to say as the mood of the music takes you and have your voice laid down in the same place as the music. To do this, check "Play other tracks while recording new one" in the Audio I/O tab of Audacity Preferences, and press the red Record button. The Preferences are under usually under the Edit Menu, but on OS X are under the Audacity menu. Note: obviously you must use tight fitting headphones to record while listening to a music track, to avoid your microphone picking up the music playback in your voice recording.

After you have finished recording, just press "play" in Audacity to hear the result – the music track and your voice track will be mixed together just as they will when you come to "export" the recording as a computer audio file.

Editing and Effects

Now can use the commands on the Edit menu to do things like cutting pieces out of the music where you don’t want it, and on the Effect menu to do things like fade the music in and out, and so on.

Note: you have to select your track before you can apply edits and effects, and you cannot apply these whilst you are playing, recording or pausing the track. You can select all of a track by clicking on its Track Panel (where the mute/solo buttons are). You can select part of a track by clicking in the track and dragging to left or right with your mouse, or with the left or right arrow keys.

Another useful tool is the Time Shift Tool <–-> top left of the Audacity screen (hit F5 to select it). With this you can move your music and vocal tracks back and forth so you get the music in the right place underneath your words.

Very likely as your last edit you will want to make the tracks as loud as they can be without distorting. To do this hit Edit > Select > All and Effect > Amplify and click OK. Then go the Track Panel of each track and slide the -...+ gain slider on each track to left by the same amount to reduce their volume. This is necessary because you have amplified both tracks so when played together they will otherwise distort. Now hit the green Play button to play the music and voice track together and watch the green playback VU meter next to the red recording meter. If the red hold lights at the right come on, move both gain sliders further back by the same amount.

Export and Publish your MP3

Once you have edited your recording in Audacity, you need to export it as an MP3 which is a universal compressed audio format that will play on iPods and other portable devices (and will also be suitable for others who may just want to listen to it on their computer) and which will also be small enough to distribute via the web.

To export your Project to an MP3, you need to add the Lame MP3 encoder to Audacity which is an "optional extra". Follow the instructions at Lame Installation to download and install Lame.

Then you click File > Export as MP3 which will mix your voice and music tracks to an MP3 file. When you do this, a dialogue will pop up asking you to edit the ID3 tags. These are tags which most audio players can read which give information such as the Title and Genre of the track. There is a short podcast tutorial here explaining about tagging MP3s in Audacity: http://www.creativecow.net/articles/mcmahon_frank/pod1/pod1.html.

When you have your MP3 exported to your hard drive, you upload it to your website and create a link for it.

If you instruct your user to right-click the link, this will always enable them to download the file to their drive.

Many podcasts are distributed with what are known as RSS feeds, instead of (or as well as) offering downloading or streaming of the podcast content. When read with a feed reader program, these feeds offer a summary link to (or direct downloads of) recently updated podcast content.

If you do not have your own server or access to a website, there are other ways to put your podcast on the internet. Online services like BlogMatrix, AudioBlog, Liberated Syndication, PodBus and Podblaze offer space to upload and store your podcast. Some of these services offer free hosting while others will charge a small fee for different storage limits. Please refer to the different web sites for more information. To use a hosting service, simply sign up for an account and upload your MP3 files.

Finally, don't forget to promote your podcast on the major podcast directories and search engines, such as iTunes and Podcast Alley. || Facilitator Agenda ||  || This sign-in sheet is to be filed in the Workshop binder at St. Marks, along with the flyer, agenda, survey, report and a copy of your timesheet if per session is being paid. ===Participants to sign T&L sign-in sheet below electronically.=== Add a worksheet for each course given and rename each worksheet for each course given. This T & L sign-in sheet is to be emailed to Valrie & Julet each Friday.[|Template - PD Participant Sign-In Sheet.xls]Add link for survey to agenda, blog and wiki. Results from question 10 on the survey is to be used to populate the summary sheet below.[|Survey Template Generic](you must be signed into www.surveymonkey.com)UN: Lisa's email PW: Welcome
 * ===Protraxx sign-in sheet to be signed by all participants.===
 * ===Protraxx sign-in sheet to be signed by all participants.===
 * ===Protraxx sign-in sheet to be signed by all participants.===
 * ===Protraxx sign-in sheet to be signed by all participants.===
 * ===Protraxx sign-in sheet to be signed by all participants.===
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 * ===Protraxx sign-in sheet to be signed by all participants.===
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 * ===Protraxx sign-in sheet to be signed by all participants.===
 * ===Protraxx sign-in sheet to be signed by all participants.===
 * ===Protraxx sign-in sheet to be signed by all participants.===
 * ===Protraxx sign-in sheet to be signed by all participants.===
 * ===Protraxx sign-in sheet to be signed by all participants.===
 * ===Protraxx sign-in sheet to be signed by all participants.===
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 * ===Protraxx sign-in sheet to be signed by all participants.===

PD Summary Sheet to be submitted each Friday along with T&L sign-in sheets. [|OIT - PD Summary Sheet.doc] ||  ||   ||   || OIT PD WIKI Site PD Standards ||
 * [[[|http://docs.google.com/PresentationEditor?id=dct7qfh5_51gx8n64#|Visual] Facilitator Guide]] ||  ||   ||   ||
 * [|iTeach/iLearn Website]- reference for course development and design.