Great Podcasts (search for the name in iTunes)

Radio WillowWeb 

Science Friday Podcast

Grammar Girl Podcast 

Just Vocabulary

NPR: Story of the Day

School Run French

The Princeton Review Vocab Minute

Meet the Author

Lit2Go (can pull it up by grade)

Karen's Mashups

CNN Student News

Electronic Field Trip Webisodes

Beautiful Places in HD

How do I create a podcast?

My instructions for on a PC - Create Your Own Podcast 

Some Ideas for using Podcasting in Education 

• Showcase student and teacher's favorite music in little clips
• Have a school or team "radio show"
• General school news
• What students are doing
• Extracurricular activities
• Lectures
• Check out Education Podcast Nation below for more ideas

Podcasting in Edu 

• In the classroom: Podcasting - http://pwoessner.com/2008/02/12/in-the-classroom-podcasting/
• University of Wisconsin on Podcasting - http://engage.doit.wisc.edu/podcasting/index.html
• Podcasting in Education - http://chatt.hdsb.ca/~magps/boylit/Podcasting%20in%20Education
• The Education Podcast Nation - http://epnweb.org/
• Podcasting - http://shambles.net/pages/learning/ict/podcast/ 

Global Outreach

Here are just a couple other web resources to get you thinking of how we can add to the global community.

• Radio Diaries NPR - http://www.radiodiaries.org/makeyourown.html
• Our City Podcast - upload a podcast about your city - http://learninginhand.com/OurCity/index.html

What will I need to do Podcasting?

1. Microphone that attaches to a computer. You should be able to find a nice basic one for less than $30. Be sure to think about if you will be podcasting one student at a time or multiple students.  Lapel mics are better for one student. Check out Olympus ME-15 Microphone on Amazon.  Desktop microphones are better for a group of students. Check out Logitech Desktop Microphone on Amazon.
2. Audacity. Audacity is a free download here: http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/  Lame Encoder for Audacity. This lets you save your audio files as an MP3. Get it here: http://audacity.sourceforge.net/help/faq?s=install&item=lame-mp3 

Where to get music

Sounds and Audio