First Enhanced Podcast

We have been working in Garageband using it as a tool for podcasts. The first podcast project in class was a poetry podcast. Students created a short scrip with a sonnet or poem that they would read. The show would have all the parts of a podcasts and include a section for the student to explain or reflect or the self-written poem or the poem chosen. The next project for podcasting was a group podcast. Students chose a topic important to them. They would write a script, gather pictures, and record and share the final product. The students chose some interesting topics which included: salmonella, Super Bowl 43, why the sky is blue, and drugs. The podcast show was to be a minimum of 4 minutes, longer than the previous project, but no longer than 7 or 8 minutes. Students began their research and writing of the project with great enthusiasm. The project moved along smoothly and in four days, the students exported their final enhanced podcasts to the network folders for the class to listen to. The end product for all of the groups was well done. Each of the podcasts had detailed content and an excellent selection of pictures. I have included an example of one of the podcast below.