WFP 2008 Thursday 8/14

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Thursday, 8/14: Audio and Video

Welcome and Overview of the Day (9:00 AM – 9:15 AM)

A time for questions and answers about the preceding day and the contents of the current day.

Podcasting (9:15 AM – 10:30 AM)

Presenter: Landis

Abstract

An overview of the technology behind and use cases for podcasting. Fellows will be introduced to the podcasts of local faculty, and will discuss the roles that podcasting can play in the classroom as both a teaching tool and student assignment. Enhanced podcasting — which synchronizes the audio podcast with a visual slide show — will also be discussed.

Outline

• What is a Podcast?
  • “(iPOD broadCAST) An audio broadcast that has been converted to an MP3 file or other audio file format for playback in a digital music player or computer.”
• Podcasting in Higher Ed
  • Profcasting
  • PSA/NPR style
  • Radio show
  • Supplement to class
• Play Examples from Dickinson
  • Quantum Connections
  • Untold Stories of Disease & Disability
  • Unsung Leaders
  • Chemistry Podcast
  • Latin Poetry Podcast
    • The Poems of Catullus
    • Homer’s Iliad
  • Shoulder's of Giants
  • Impact: Breakthrough Science that applies to you
• How to Create a Podcast
  • Audacity
    • Free
    • Mac/Pc compatible
  • Garage Band
    • Comes with Mac
    • Use to create enhanced podcasts
• How to get people to listen
  • Itunes
    • ATS sets up feed and maintains it
  • Dickinson Blog
    • Set up to post periodically throughout semester

• Discuss working project into syllabus (handout from Dave Richeson's class)
• Show Audacity
  • Start by showing completed version so they know what it would look like
  • Work on session from scratch to show how process evolves
• Show Garageband
  • show enhanced podcast feature
• individual work time using either program

Break (10:30 AM – 10:45 AM)

Coffee and pastries will be available outside of the Microroom.

Creating and Editing Sound Files with Audacity (10:45 AM – 12:00 PM)

Presenter: Landis

Abstract

This presentation will drill-down into the nitty gritty details of how to use Audacity — an Open Source, cross-platform sound editing program — to capture sound and produce sound files suitable for podcasting.

Lunch (12:00 PM – 1:30 PM)

In the Blumberg Reading Area, Library.

1:30 PM – 2:45 PM: Using Video for Teaching and Learning

Presenter: Weaver

Abstract

An overview of the technology and use cases associated with digital video. Fellows will be introduced to the work flow of video production using iMovie, and will be introduced to examples of how other faculty have used video in their courses. Fellows will also learn about the time and resource requirements necessary to integrate a video-based assignment in their courses.

Break (2:45 PM – 3:00 PM)

Refreshments will be available outside of the Microroom.

3:00 PM – 4:15 PM: HANDS-ON

This unit will allow fellows to work with either Audacity or iMovie to create a podcast or video segment. Presenter: Landis, Weaver