FOA+PROCEDURES

FOA #2 **LEARNING OUTCOMES**: Part 2, Language and mass communication:


 * Show an awareness of the potential for educational, political or ideological influence of the media. (edublogs?)
 * Show the way mass media use language and image to inform, persuade or entertain. (the diversity of audiences for your soliloquy, use of style and register in your soliloquy)
 * Examine different forms of communication within the media (the impact of blog and podcast)


 * IB STUDENTS: fill out this cover sheet and turn in before March 26th **
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HOW TO CREATE AND PUBLISH A PODCAST:

http://instructionaltechnologiescourse.weebly.com/resources.html
 * Go to**: ** [|Podcast resources], **


 * Scroll down to the bottom, and click on the appropriate link **

AUDIO CREATION & EDITION - PODCASTING
A podcast is an audio or video program formatted to be played on electronic devices and made available for free or for purchase over the Internet. this files can be created from original material by students and teachers or existing audio files can be downloaded for classroom use. Create educational podcasts for students — or let them create their own school news broadcast or radio show, complete with expert interviews. With GarageBand or Audacity, students have everything they need to record, mix, and master their own songs and podcasts.

**//http://www.apple.com/ilife/garageband///** - [|**//http://audacity.sourceforge.net///**]

Creating a podcast allows students to share learning experiences. It provides them with a world-wide audience that makes learning meaningful and assessment authentic. Teachers can use the technology to provide additional and revision material to students to download and review at a time that suits them. The flexibility that such time-shifting offers makes podcasting a valuable educational tool.