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Podcasting and Digital Storytelling Course Syllabus
 The purpose of this course is to introduce the concept of podcasting or digital storytelling as a way to increase students’ fluency, creativity, intimacy with audience and subject matter interest. Participants will learn that podcasting is one of the ways to bring global learning to the classroom with minimal effort.
 * DESCRIPTION OF COURSE/OVERVIEW:** Are you tired of the same old, same old PowerPoint presentation? Are you looking for a better way for students to represent their knowledge through language, image, and technology? This course will show you how! Participants will learn what a podcast is, where to find them, how to create one and how to use them in the classroom. The sessions will include a tutorial on how to create a digital audio recording plus learning the ins and outs syncing images along with the audio track. The word “podcast” comes from a combination of “iPod” and “broadcasting” but no iPod is needed to create or listen to one.
 * COURSE OBJECTIVES:**

Handouts, software: Audacity, iTunes, Windows Movie Maker, appropriate websites.
 * SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS:**


 * APPLICATION TO PRACTICE:** The teachers participating will be able to take what they learn each week and apply it to projects they are already doing in the classroom.


 * SESSION BY SESSION TOPICS:**

Session 1:  Overview of course  Session 2: Session 3: Session 4: Session 5: 
 * Intro. To podcasting- what is it, where is it and how to use it.
 * A look at iTunes. It’s not just for music. We’ll learn how to use it without an iPod.
 * Participants will learn how to create a digital audio recording using Audacity.
 * Participants will plan to create a podcast to use in the classroom or a project to do with the students.
 * Participants will begin selecting or creating images for their digital story to go along with the audio track.
 * Participants will become familiar with and learn how to use Microsoft Movie Maker to create a digital story or podcast.
 * Participants will learn the ins and outs of syncing images along with the audio tracks.
 * Instructor will show participants how to “polish” their finished podcast.
 * Participants will explore ways to publish and present student and/or teacher created podcasts and digital stories.
 * ASSIGNMENTS:** Participants will practice what they have learned each week culminating in a final project to share with the class. The project must be something they will use in the classroom with their students.


 * OUTCOMES AND METHODS OF EVALUATION:** Particpants will be evaluated weekly on participation and demonstration of material presented through the hands-on sessions.