This document discusses podcasts and wikis and their benefits for education. Podcasts allow students, teachers, and library staff to share information anytime through audio files. They do not require expensive equipment or technical expertise to create. Wikis allow collaborative editing of website content. Examples are provided of wikis that incorporate podcasts to communicate about history, science, and other subjects.

1. Maria Petropulos
District library Coordinator
Fowler Unified School District
mpetropulos@fowler.k12.ca.us

2. What is a Podcast?
• The word podcast is a play on the word
broadcast combined with the word iPod

3. What is a Wiki?
A wiki is a type of
website that
allows users to
easily add,
remove, share,
and edit content.

4. Benefit’s of using Wiki’s and Podcasts
in Education
Helps students collaborate and communicate
Motivates students
Provides opportunities for reading and writing
Postings can be created by students
anytime and anyplace

6. Podcast Power in Libraries
Podcasts enable students, teachers and library staff to
share information with anyone anytime.
• Library Tours
• Book Talks
• Information Literacy and Research Help (check out the many
already in iTunes, etc.)
• Library updates and library news
• Library events (like Science Fair help, Literacy nights, author
readings)
• Archiving class lectures
• Audio book collections
• international pen pal letters (podcast pals!)

7. Podcasting Myths
You do not have to have an iPod to listen or create
a podcast.
You need to buy a lot of expensive
equipment.
You have to be a technology genius
to create a podcast.

8. What makes podcasts so special?
• What sets podcasts apart is that they can be
automatically downloaded to your computer
and synced to your MP3 player without you
lifting a finger.

9. Podcast Feed?

10. My favorite aggregator (podcatcher)
• Google
Reader

11. My other favorite…
iTunes

13. What do you need for
podcasting?
•Microphone
•Digital recorder or computer
•Audio-editing software
•Royal-free music or sounds

14. Steps in creating your podcast the
old fashion way….
A computer
1. Record your podcast in an audio editor
A Microphone – Start cheap!
Recording Softwaremp3 files or Garage Band
3. Save files as (Audacity
Server space and a file transfer client
http://ourmedia.org/

15. Podcasting Made simple!

26. Podcasting, the easy way…
• Podomatic Audio
• Clickcaster
recording,
• Odeo
server space
• Gcast
and RSS
• Slapcast
feed
• Evoca

27. Favorite Wiki Sites
• Wikispaces for Educators
• Pbwiki for Educators

28. Examples of Podcasts and Wiki’s
Together
• http://fowler-history.wikispaces.com
• http://mrscallans.wikispaces.com/Podcasts
• http://rbowens831.wikispaces.com/Podcasts
• http://personal-learning-environments.wikispaces.com/Podcasts
• http://usd261techtalk.wikispaces.com/PodCasts
• http://khemistryteacher.wikispaces.com/Podcasts
• http://wmssmartboard.wikispaces.com/Podcasts
• http://mrkenesky.wikispaces.com/PodCasts
• http://fpriddick.wikispaces.com/Podcasts
• http://eng506.wikispaces.com/Podcasts

29. Slide Share
http://www.slideshare.net/