Podcasts 
defn:Posting or transmitting an audio file to be downloaded and viewed/heard by other internet users either on a computer or MP3 player
"...podcasts
offer some of the most promising content for today's social studies
classroom. " "..rather than spend his time
confiscating MP3 players from students, he integrates them into
learning by involving students in scripting, recording, editing,
and sharing Podcasts" |
What students can do with a podcast Click Here
Creating your own podcasts
Audacity is free, open source software for recording
and editing sounds. click
here
Licence Free Music click
here
Licence Free Music Loops click here
File to allow audio file to be saved as a MP3 (lame_enc.dll) click here
Searchable sound effects click
here
Using Audacity Video
Links to podcast sites
| Web Site | Description | Example of their podcast |
| Princton Review | One minute podcasts that help build literay skills "Researchers tell us that learning through song is a powerful tool" |
Smart " Why settle for smart when you can be erudite?" |
| Adam Scott C.V.I. Library Wiki | First Chapter Readings of High Interest Low Vocab. fiction to get relutant teenage readers to read. This chapter can be downloaded in an MP3 Player and played while student reads first chapter. | The 1st Chapter Kicked Out by Beth Goobie |
| BBC World Service's "PRI's The World" newscasts | Current and past news storys in 2 to 10 minute clips | |
| Nasa | Sputnik - the beep that changed the world | |