Podcasting as a whole class

activity
John Sutton
ICT Consultant working at
Chorlton Park Primary School
 1. Focus on skills
• Software skills
– How to record, edit, etc... (Hint, pre-record a short piece with
obvious coughs, pauses etc)

• Questioning skills
– Open and closed questions (Each group record one or two examples
and post on blog for peer feedback)

• Script writing skills

– Displaying awareness of audience (Record examples for feedback – do
they work? Is there a difference between writing, and writing to be
read aloud)

• Presenting skills
– It’s not about the silly voice! (How do you make it sound like you are
not reading a script?)

Work on the above, recording in small groups, then loads of peer review
 2. Integrated Task
• In small groups, produce a radio show
with 3 or 4 elements
– Introduction
– Interview
– News item
– Entertainment piece (poem, joke etc)
• Record, edit, publish and peer review
 3. Class Podcast
• Use each radio group to produce a
discrete element of a class podcast
– Work independently
– Use the “Chapters” feature in Podium
– Set up a “recording station” for the group to
work at
– Assign a TA?
– Be realistic – don’t plan a weekly podcast!
 Resources
http://radio.chorltonparkblogs.net Blog used to showcase the project as it develops

http://creativeict.wiki.zoho.com/Year-5-Chorlton-Park-podcast-project.html Wiki used to manage the Y5

podcasting project at Chorlton Park

http://creativeict.typepad.com Presenter’s blog

http://creativeblogs.net Presenter’s blog service for schools – great for publishing podcasts

http://www.magnatune.com Source of music with permission for schools to use in podcasting projects

http://www.podiumpodcasting.com/ Softease’s Podium site – useful blog and loads of info

http://www.soundsnap.com/ Copyright free sound effects

http://www.nch.com.au/switch/ Most digital voice recorders us a WMA file format which needs converting to
mp3 to be uploaded into Podium. This file converter is free

http://www.solidcasts.com/ Cheap/free alternative to Podium’s hosting if you can’t use ftp in your school

http://recap.ltd.uk/podcasting/index.php
Great collection of podcasts and resources
 About John Sutton
I am an independent ICT consultant with a background of
ten years primary school teaching and a passion for ICT

I am available for INSET on podcasting, blogging, use of

IWB, video etc

Email: john@creativeict.co.uk
Blog: http://creativeict.typepad.com
Skype: creativeict
Twitter: hgjohn