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**Discussion Activity**

**Activity Title: Podcasting for Educators**

**Activity Delivery Method** 1. //ELC// //2. Podbean.com // //I think that we need to be aware that Podbean doesn't have recording features in it; it is only a hosting and publishing website. So, if we want people to create a podcast, they will have to download audio recording software and convert it into .mp3 format before they can upload it to Podbean. If we go this road, I think that we need more explicit directions. (Tom) Remember podomatic.com was incredibly easy and free - Tom already created a tutorial (wendy) // //Hi Wendy, after further review, I think podomatic is the easier way go to with the project. (Matthew) //

**Activity Introduction**

????? (We need to add introduction to this assignment) Or, we could use the summary paragraph as the introduction) Matthew I think that the summary paragraph is good enough. I am not sure what we need to tell them other than what they will be doing since the media that we will give them introduces podcasting itself. (Tom)

**Required Readings (with context)**

__1 __. History To Go: Why I Teach with IPods (add hyperlink)

2. [|Build a Better Podcast] ||   || [|3. podcasting-what-when-why-where-how-1204624994589384-2.pdf__] **Directions for Completing the Activity**

<span style="color: black; display: block; font: normal normal normal 12pt/normal Arial,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: center;">**Students will read the following articles,, in order to get a better understanding of how to effectively use and create a podcast. After reading the require articles, answer the following questions by Friday:**


 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">detail your experience with creating a podcast?
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">what did you find most interesting about podcasting?
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">how do you see yourself using podcasts in your classes?

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">**Facilitation Plan**

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">**Intended outcomes for the discussion activity**


 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">how to create a podcast - an [|__About.com__] and a [|__Youtube video__] links


 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">why/how podcasting is beneficial in the classroom and perhaps why podcasting over other media types


 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">what ways to use podcasts
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">student created
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">teacher created

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 12pt;">**Roles each team member will play**

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 12pt;">Team Roles (defined for discussion activity week): what should each role do?

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 12pt;">I based the team roles for the assignment based as if there were a week 11 rotation. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 12pt;">I think that whatever week we present should dictate the team roles. So, if we present in week 8, we should just follow the week 8 team roles as defined on the home page. (Tom) Thanks for the input Tom we can stick with the Team Roles outline in our initial plans. The draft we submit on Monday certainly can be changed. (Matthew)


 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">facilitator - posts & starts the conversation with discussion questions and segues from discussion 1 to discussion 2 (Marelyn)
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">coach - keeps energy going, adds to/responds to our classmates' discussion threads in two shifts Tues - Fri and Fri - Mon (Tom & Matthew)
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">resource manager - uploads and links the multimedia needed; invites people to Podbean; designs Podbean site (Ola)
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Ola, thanks for exploring the podbean site, but podomatic is little bit more user friendly for this activity. (Matthew)
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">reporter - summarizes discussions (Wendy)

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 12pt;">**Follow-up Discussion Questions / Key Points**

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 12pt;">**Questions for Friday-Monday**

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 12pt;">Answer the following questions by creating a podcast. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 12pt;">By logging onto the podbean website using the TeamBemore login in code & password.
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Do you see the use of podcasts an emerging trend?
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">What influences do you see on student learning if students are designing and producing their own podcasts?
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Do you see the use of podcasts as an emerging trend? a lasting trend? or only a fad?

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">**Facilitation Strategies**

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">**(We need to add some faciliation stratgies to this document.) (Matthew)** I think that we are okay with this because of the roles that we have defined. From Donna - " Actually, depending upon how you list your roles, that may include your facilitation strategies. Who is going to start the discussion? Who is going to participate in the discussion, asking questions, providing clarifying comments? Is someone from the team going to summarize the discussion activity? Depending upon the activity, are you going to ask teams to provide a summary of any team activity and if so, who will provide feedback to the teams? Combined with the roles, these would be facilitation strategies." (Tom) Thanks for clarifying this section for me. The team roles help us to facilate strategies for this activity. (Matthew)