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Saturday, May 25, 2013
My First Podcast
I love technology, and I'm a self-proclaimed "tech junkie". I'm always looking up the newest trend and begging my husband to let me purchase the newest device! This is probably the main reason I decided to get this masters degree. One thing I never ventured to try was making a podcast. I was happy and nervous when I saw we were going to be making a podcast for our week 4 assignment. I read Chapter 8 in the textbook and tried different software to begin making my podcast. I found that Garageband was the most user friendly and I began putting together my ideas. Making my first podcast went incredibly well! It was FUN and I look forward to using this technology in my classroom. It seems a bit overwhelming at first because I always assume that the students know more about technology than I do, but that sometimes is not the case. According to the textbook, "you do not need a lot of technical expertise to make it work." This is a relief. Now that I've made my own podcast, I will be able to help my students make one of their own.
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I had a blast making my podcast too! I am glad I am not the only one. I was nervous at first too, especially when you open your program and it is all these buttons (not sure what Garageband has but Audacity looks scary.) Once you get going though, it's not that bad.
ReplyDeleteI have to admit, Brenda, I was pretty nervous about recording my podcast. I like technology as much as the next person, but I'm not crazy about recording myself or listening to my own voice. That said, I was pleased overall with the final product. I felt compelled to write out a script, and then to try to sound as conversational as possible while reading through it. I used Audacity. I haven't tried Garageband, but I will have to check it out in the future as I'm not convinced Audacity is the most user-friendy software available.
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