M1+Podcasts+Investigate

toc =** What is a podcast **= media type="file" key="Jeeyeoun's podcast number one 300.m4a" width="300" height="300" media type="file" key="/Podcasts/M1 2013/Jeeyeoun's second podcast.m4a" width="300" height="300" media type="file" key="/Podcasts/M1 2013/Jeeyeoun‘s Third Podcast" width="300" height="300"media type="file" key="/Podcasts/M1 2013/Jeeyeoun‘s Last Podcast.m4a" width="300" height="300" =** Introduction: **= This website has an introduction to podcasting, it explains how to podcast, where to find podcasts and how to share your podcasts with others. Here is an introduction video to audacity, one program you can use to create podcasts. Podbean is a site that hosts podcasts, you can find lots of examples to listen to and this is the BBC podcasts page, and the itunes podcasts page there are lots of podcasts on these sites. Creative Commons search Use this to find media that is free to use.

=** Podcasts – what have we learnt **= media type="custom" key="24526956"

=** Podcasts – when are the used? **= List your ideas here for podcasts you have seen or used, add URLs if you have them so others can look at your examples. media type="custom" key="24519366"

=** Podcast Software Research **= There are many different pieces of software you could use to make podcasts such as Audacity or GarageBand. Try these and another of your choice, evaluate them and decide which is the best one for you to use for your project. See here for more choices of audio editing tools.

=** Podcast Topic planning **= Work in pairs (but make a copy each) and produce mind maps to explore possible topics for your podcasts. Put yourself in the centre and then your ideas around the outside, drawing lines to join the different topics if they relate (link) to each other. You could use publisher or an online mind map like popplet or bubbl.

=** Podcast Research **= Once you have decided on the subject(s) of your podcasts, think of the information you need to find out to make the podcast. Perhaps you need to find information from people, books or the internet. Do you know how to add sound effects (some examples here) and edit the audio? Here are some videos that could help you: media type="file" key="How to make a podcast in GarageBand.mp4" width="798" height="798" Taken from: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqAwTcH_EAE

As you complete your research, make sure you record your sources correctly.
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=** Explaining the Challenge **= Complete the ‘posing the problem’ form. You need to explain why podcasts are a relevant challenge, who are the stakeholders.

=** Design Specification **= Once you have completed your research, use what you have found and the information from the context and challenge or write your design specification. media type="custom" key="24605386"

=** Assessment Criteria **= Here are the assessment criteria for this unit.