Podcasts are an incredible way to jumpstart your own self-paced professional learning. There are hundreds of podcasts out there specifically for K-12 education. Some of my favorites are ones that are specifically focused on technology integration strategies for K-12 educators. Eduvue, although on hiatus for the past few months, is a great video and audio podcast recorded by educators right here in Georgia. The hosts all work in metro Atlanta area school districts and bring in weekly guests through Google Hangouts that can be viewed live through Hangouts on Air on Google Plus and on YouTube. Guests are invited to interact in a live backchannel on twitter at the hashtag #EduVue. The above episode features a good friend and colleague, Lindsey Brouillard (@lbrouillard on Twitter), talking about positive elements that the Common Core brings to her high school language arts instruction. Check out this episode and past episodes through their YouTube channel and be sure to follow them on Google Plus and Twitter Another favorite professional podcast in EduAllstars, hosted by Todd Nesloney (@techninjatodd) and Chris Kesler (@iamkesler), 2 phenomenal educators in Texas. They also record their podcast live using Hangouts on Air, but I subscribe to it from iTunes and usually catch it in the car on the way back and forth to work. They have interviewed some of the leading voices on technology integration in K-12 education, including Adam Bellow, Shelly Terrell, Vicki Davis, Tony Vincent, and many more! If you're like me and only have time to listen to a few podcasts each week, this is definitely the one for you. The guests are always inspirational and reflective and help me to define my priorities and go the extra mile each week for teachers and students at my school. I have to admit, making this podcast was a little easier than I had imagined. If you have any experience with video editing, it really carries over when editing audio in Audacity. It was a little challenging to line up the music tracks and spoken tracks & I still haven't quite figured out how to filter out the background noise from my microphone, but that's next on my list. I've always wanted to start a podcast, so this was good motivation for me to give it a trial run. I especially had fun creating the podcast image using Canva, a free and easy-to-use graphic creation site. I hope you enjoy listening to the podcast, and I would love to have your feedback as well! Click on the image below to listen! I also enjoyed this conversation on Twitter after I posted the podcast - now I have an audience!
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10/11/2014 02:15:37 pm
Chris,
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Chris Rogers
10/12/2014 11:10:33 am
Nadia,
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Iliana Lourie
10/11/2014 03:50:58 pm
Chris,
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Chris Rogers
10/12/2014 11:12:50 am
Iliana, thanks so much! I do think that students can easily learn to podcast, given the time and some guidance. We use several tools already at my school that have the ability to add voice, such as Educreations & Explain Everything - I think students would be great at podcasting, but I'm not sure which tool would work the best or exactly how to manage it. I'm going to get some feedback from a couple of teachers this week on how best to incorporate podcasting into their tech integration plans - I'll let you know how it goes!
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Theresa Cojoe Julien
10/12/2014 08:00:38 am
Chris,
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Chris Rogers
10/12/2014 11:17:35 am
Theresa,
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Chris
10/12/2014 09:23:28 am
What I love most about this class is the opportunity to network with other educators. I will have to check out EduAllstars and Eduvue. There are so many great podcasts available but I think I'd find episodes created by Georgia educators most helpful. When completing my M.Ed. I was required to make a podcast and a video podcast. This time around the process was much easier. Filtering out background noise is kind of tricky. I typically highlight the audio, click effect, then select noise removal to get rid of any background noise. Hopefully this suggestion is helpful to you. I've made a couple of podcasts telling Uncle Remus stories that my six year old enjoys. I agree with you in that students could really benefit from making podcasts. Particularly students who have difficulty expressing themselves with other mediums.
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Chris Rogers
10/12/2014 11:20:09 am
Chris,
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