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**STAGE 1 PLANNING** 

Student Podcasting meets California NETS Technology Standard #4 as follows: Students use telecommunications to collaborate, publish, and interact with peers, experts, and other audiences. Students use a variety of media and formats to communicate information and ideas effectively to multiple audiences. // 
 * Relevant Standard(s) **
 * //Technology communications tools// **//
 * Explicit Unit Goals **

**Essential Understanding** The desired essential understanding from this lesson is that technology, computers, and the Internet can be used as a medium for student expression, news reports, and learning. ** Core Content Understanding ** Students become more invested in learning when they are "put in charge" of the process through all aspects of the Podcast production process. ** Skills ** At the end of successfully creating the Podcast students will have learned the following skills: >  ** Questions to Focus Instruction ** How can you as students get your voice and opinion heard? Is there a way to have kids get together and make some kind of a show, a radio show perhaps, where we can talk about things concerning us, and to talk about what's going on at school? Can we use computers to so this? - //these are questions I used with my kids at Epiphany School.//  **Unit Question(s)** Who will listen to the Podcast? Is it everyone in the school? Is it parents? Is it students in another state or another grade level?
 * Content reproduction, design and planning of audio content.
 * Communication skills: interviewing, oral speaking skills, effective and persuasive communication.
 * Audio production: recording, editing.
 * Internet delivery via RSS feed and posting to iTunes software.
 * Podcast management and advertising.
 * Creativity and expression through spoken word.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">** Evidence of Understanding ** The teacher will have evidence of understanding by the successful completion of a quality Podcast, designed and produced by their students, where each student was able to fully participate. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Performance Task and/or Student Performance** <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Each student will work within a pair on all aspects of the production process. Each pair is given a topic for the Podcast. The pair plan, record, edit and finally post their section of the Podcast combined with other students in the class. The final outcome is the full, completed Podcast. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">** Assessment Criteria ** > <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">** STAGE 3 LEARNING EXPERIENECES & INSTRUCTION ** <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">** Description of Learning Experiences and Activities ** <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Stage One - Pre production: <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Stage Two - Production: <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Stage Three - Post Production
 * STAGE 2 ASSESSMENT **
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Demonstrates basic computer skills and is able to complete Podcasting tasks after learning the recording/editing process from the teacher.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Participates fully in all areas of the Podcast production process.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Successfully <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> completes their assigned portion of the Podcast.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Gather students and brainstorm content possible content ideas for the Podcast. Discuss details such as: What is the purpose of the Podcast? Who is our desired audience? What topics/themes should be covered during the recordings? Who will work on each portion of the Podcast.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">After teacher practices the technical skills necessary, hold a series of workshops with students regarding the basics of audio recording/editing using software such as Apple's Garageband. Practice creating and editing a series of "rough" recordings and uploading them to test and refine the production process.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Have students group into pairs and assign topics/themes for the Podcast as decided by the student group.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Have students create rough scripts for use during the Podcast. Students can improvise and change the script of the Podcast on the fly
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Hold recording sessions with students to produce the Podcast.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Edit audio content as desired using Apple's Garageband.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Post audio file content to web server for publication.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Use RSS software to publish Podcast information to Podcasting directory.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Use iTunes to subscribe to and download Podcast.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Advertise Podcast availability to peers in school community.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Maintain and continue Podcast production.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> This Unit Designed by : Nathan Shelley nathan_shelley@yahoo.com School of the Epiphany Archdiocese of San Francisco San Francisco, California