Podcasting
Podcasting 1 - What is a podcast?
The first in a series of films aimed at introducing MFL teachers to the delights of podcasting and highlighting its potential uses in the classroom.
Podcasting 2.1 - Reasons for teachers
Describes four compelling reasons for teachers to use podcasting in the modern foreign language classroom.
Podcasting 2.2 - Reasons for students
This episode looks at the benefits there are in allowing students to create podcasts.
Podcasting 2.3 - Curriculum for Excellence
How preparing a podcast can contribute towards students achieving the four capacities of Curriculum for Excellence.
Podcasting 2.4 - General reasons
Podcasts and blogs breakdown the walls of the classroom and let the world in to have a peek at what is going on.
Podcasting 3 - Ideas and examples
Some ideas for using podcasts in the MFL classroom.
Podcasting 4 - Equipment
A step-by-step guide to recording a podcast using a freely available audio editing platform called Audacity.
Podcasting 4.1 - Downloading Audacity
Information and advice on downloading the software you need to create podcasts.
Podcasting 4.2 - The setup
Information on how to check your set up in Audacity before you begin recording your podcast.
Podcasting 4.3 – Recording and Exporting
Recording. Once you know the set up is fine you need to record. The controls for Audacity are relatively simple.
Podcasting 4.4 – Uploading to Typepad
In this section we explain how to upload your podcast using a Typepad blog.
Podcasting 4.5 – Uploading to Podomatic
Another option to create podcasts using Podomatic. Podomatic will host up to 500mb of audio for free and allows you to create your own pages to promote your podcast.
Podcasting 5 - Audio on the go
In this film you are going discover ways to record podcasts on the go or away from your own computer,
Podcasting 5.1 - Podsafe music and sounds
Four websites where you can obtain music and sounds freely and legally.
Podcasting 5.2 - Voicethread and Voki
An introduction to two websites which use audio quite intensively.