WP1-Podcasting

Developed by TESOL Technology Advisory Committee (TAC)
 * White Paper on Technology**


 * Topic:** **Podcasts**

__URLs:__

 * Links for Teachers:**
 * Teacher Talk:http://www.eslteachertalk.com/
 * The Bob and Rob Show: [|http://www.thebobandrobshow.com/]
 * Internet TESL Journal: http://iteslj.org/links/ESL/Listening/Podcasts/
 * How to Make Podcasts:**
 * Poducate Me:http://www.poducateme.com/guide/
 * Teach Digital: Curriculum by Wes Frye (Podcasting)[|:http://teachdigital.pbwiki.com/podcasting]
 * Where to get Free Music for Podcast:**
 * http://www.freeplaymusic.com/
 * Links to software related to podcasting:**
 * Software to Assist with Listening to Podcasts-Podcatcher:[| http://www.podcatchermatrix.org/]
 * Recording Software-Audacity: [|http://audacity.sourceforge.net/]|]]
 * ODEO: http://odeo.com/
 * Podbean: http://www.podbean.com/
 * Podcasts for Students**
 * ESL Podcast: http://www.eslpod.com/website/show_all.php
 * Quality Time-ESL Podcasts: http://www.qualitytime-esl.com/spip.php?rubrique20
 * Kinder Voice of America (VOA): http://kinda-garden.com/voa/
 * Listen to English: http://www.listen-to-english.com/index.php?id=373

__Why this topic is relevant to ESOL Professionals__
These days ESOL professionals are using Podcasts as listening content for their students, and for their own professional development. http://www.eslteachertalk.com/ There is an excellent article about it at: http://llt.msu.edu/vol9num3/emerging/default.html
 * Voice is more interesting than text
 * Engaging
 * Lots of Podcast topics, so lots of choices
 * It's cheap
 * Great way to do authentic assessment
 * Could be better than video because students are not distracted by images (with audio podcasts)

==__Why you need this information:__ _"Before any college embarks on a campuswide podcasting project, officials will undoubtedly ask a simple question : If we put lecture recordings online, will students bother listening to them ?== There’s reason to think that question might be answered in the affirmative. According to the Associated Press, a growing number of teenagers are now using their MP3 players as study aids. The numbers are still smallish — listening to podcasts and audio texts represents only about 5 percent of what teens do on their iPods, according to a recent study by the Harrison Group — but they’re growing steadily. So by the time students get to college, they may already have had some experience putting their MP3 players to academic use." //Brock Read http://www.profetic.org/spip.php?article8683////////////////////

__Links to example sites:__ __**Here you could give links to a few sites where teachers are already using podcasts in class. (JAM) I have these above. (CWD)**__
Links contributed by Aiden Yeh Mignon Fogarty, host of Grammar Girl, http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/

Learn English with Bob, http://www.podcastalley.com/podcast_details.php?pod_id=4371

ESLPod, http://www.eslpod.com/website/

British Literature Podcast, http://lccccollegeenglish.blogspot.com/

Children's Books podcast, http://childrensbookradio.com/

Intro to Poetry Podcast, http://www.learnoutloud.com/Catalog/Literature/Poetry/Intro-to-Poetry-Podcast/25098//

//__How to get started:__ Here is a very short explanation below, but if you would like to try it, and want more information, check out the links to Poducate Me and Teach Digital above.//
//Podcasts are easy to create. Basically, you download a free program for recording, like Audacity, (make sure to install the Lame library file), write/plan your script, record it, export it as an MP3 file, and then upload it to a server.

The listener goes to your site and subscribes to your podcast. The listener should make sure they have a free Podcatcher program installed (example iTunes). When they open up their Podcatcher, the latest podcast can be automatically downloaded.//

//__Common problems:__ __**Are there any here?** **We might want to complement this with something about using Audacity. Students of mine have had problems learning how to use it (JAM)**__//
Some teachers and students do ned to have a tutorial in how to use [|Audacity]. It is a very powerful program, so a short explanation about how to use the basics of Audacity would be helpful. Here is a link on how to use Audacity [|http://audacity.sourceforge.net/manual-1.2/tutorials.html] to learn more about Audacity. Others in the field prefer to use a program called Audio Hijack Pro which costs $32. Here is a link to the reasons why some prefer [|Audio Hijack Pro]: http://www.poducateme.com/guide/index64.php