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** Podcast Creator **
||  ||   __**Why Podcasts are GREAT for Educators**__ http://www.podcastforteachers.org/Who'sUsingPodcastingInEducationAndHow.htm__**__**  -review, reinforcement --giving kids another way to present information -valid, worldwide audience --introducing new topics --student motivation --fundraising --students are independent and are driving instruction --open house --can study anywhere --regents labs can be viewed again and again
 * __ **What is a Podcast? **  __ ||   ||
 * (i**POD** broad**CAST**) An audio broadcast that has been converted to an MP3 file or other audio file format for playback in a digital music player or computer. The "pod" in podcast was taken from "iPod," a portable, digital music player, and although podcasts are mostly verbal, they may contain music, dialogue and even pictures.
 * http://www.shawnwheeler.name/workshops/adventuresnpodcastingpresentation/ ||  ||

__**The Process**__ __ __Step #1: Choose a topic that you wish to Podcast about -Brainstorm suitable vocabulary.__ __ Step #2: Obtain lyrics. Begin to write out your narrative, Music, lyrics, __ __Poem or Dialogue.__ __ Step #3: Plan slides/images that match your narrative __Step #4: Get your music!! Freemidi.org offers free files to download and __ __  __save. Then, use__   [|Media-]   __    __Convert.com__ to     change the .midi file format to an .mp3    <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">   format. <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Step #5: Open Audacity and open your new .mp3 file. You can play this music or click on the red dot to record with your music. YOU WILL NEED A MICROPHONE/HEADSET! <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Step #6: Export your finalized Audacity file as an .mp3 file. <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Step #7: Select/Upload images and Audio (.mp3) file into Moviemaker. <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"> <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Step #8: Modify the timing of the images to match the timing in the sound file. <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Step #9: Finish your movie by saving it onto your computer as a .wmv file.

Step #10: For use with an i-pod, access Media-Convert.com to turn the file into an .mp4 or .mov file. Collection of podcast tutorials: how to use audacity, windowsmovie maker, etc... http://ipodeducators.ning.com/group/podcast101 Sample Podcast:


 * = Audacity and/or Lame Encoder ||= Finding Midi Files ||= Finding Lyrics ||= Converting Files ||
 * http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ || [|www.freemidi.org] || [|www.**lyrics**.com], [|www.az**lyrics**.com] || [|Media-Convert.com] ||

Roasting || Learning to Fly || Beverly Hillbillies ||  ||
 * 12 Days || Rudolph || Gilligan || Chestnuts
 * [|12days.mp3] || [|rudolph.mp3] || [|tvgilligansisland.mp3] || [|christmaschestnutsroastingonanopenfire.mp3] || [|learntofly.mp3] || [|tvbeverlyhillbillys.mp3] ||  ||