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Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Learning In Hand

I had the opportunity to attend a workshop by Tony Vincent today. He is the author of the website Learning in Hand. In the workshop we learned about podcasting. While teaching in Omaha, Nebraska, he started a kid's podcast called Willow Radio. All of the information on how to create a podcast with students is on his Learning in Hand website. We used Audacity to create a sample podcast in the class. I also learned about a program called Levelator. The purpose of this application is to take a WAV file of varying volumes and create a finished file with the same volume. I encourage you to visit his website and to listen to some of his students' podcast. He is currently hosting a collaborative effort called Our City Podcast.

Photo fromhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/derkt/1419793862/

3 comments:

Diane said...

Hello Kim!
What a great workshopand a great way to learn about using audacity and producing a podcast! Thank you for sharing with us. I plan to look at his podcasts for kids as well as check out his "Our City Podcast."
Diane

Adams - Party of 4 said...

Kim, I agree with Diane's comments about the workshop and resources available. The "City Podcast" sounds like fun and learning all bundled all in to one.

Alice

Misty Rollins said...

I have to agree with Diane and Alice that it does sound like a great workshop where you learned of helpful resources to use to integrate technology.