Transcript Ethnomathematics and TEFL: a nexus content, culture and

Podcasting
for Teaching English
as a Foreign Language
Rashid A. Moore
Nova Southeastern University
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
USA
www.nova.edu
Questions for the audience
How many of you like to speak
another language? Listen to
another language? Sing in another
language?
 How many of you would like others
to hear you and your students?
 Do you want to reach out to the
world?
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¡Sí, se puede!
 All
you need is to explore the
world of podcasting to have
experiences that even media
superstars in Ecuador do not
have!
What is a podcast?
A
podcast is an audio or video
file, or a series of such files,
that is distributed over the
Internet using distribution or
syndication, for playback on
MP3 players and computers.
What is podcasting?
Podcasting is distributing, or
syndicating, the audio and video files
from a website
 Basically, that means you and your
students have the power to create and
broadcast worldwide when you have a
podcasting account
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Do I have to have a lot of
skills to podcast?
Not anymore. Many podcast websites
offer accounts that do much of the
work for you.
 As long as you have a computer, a
computer headset, and Internet
connection, and a podcasting
account, you can start right away!
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Do podcasting accounts cost
a lot of money?
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No! You can get a FREE podcasting
accounts at a number of places, like
Podomatic
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http://www.podomatic.com
Why podcasting and EFL?
It’s authentic listening
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Podcasts offer language teachers and
students a wide range of possibilities
for extra listening both inside and
outside of the classroom, not just to
the teacher or each other.
Why podcasting and EFL?
Different discussions, voices and themes
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They can provoke interesting discussions
They can bring a range of different voices
and varieties of English into the classroom
They can be selected because their of their
themes ties into the curriculum.
• Stanley, G. (2006). Podcasting: Audio on the
Internet comes of age. http://wwwwriting.berkeley.edu/TESL-EJ/ej36/int.html.
Finding podcasts by theme
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Use one of the many podcast directories,
such as these popular ones:
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Podcast Alley
• http://www.podcastalley.com/
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Podcast Pickle
• http://www.podcastpickle.com/
• Stanley, G. (2006). Podcasting: Audio on the
Internet comes of age. http://wwwwriting.berkeley.edu/TESL-EJ/ej36/int.html
Why podcasting and EFL?
Script and audio connection
Many podcasts come with a transcript
of what is said during them
 EFL students can make greater
connections between spoken English
and written English
 EFL students can generate their own
scripts if one is not available
 EFL students can create their own
scripts for their own podcasts
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Podcasts for lower
proficiency levels
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Voice of America
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Englishcaster
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http://www.voanews.com/english/podcasts.cfm
http://www.englishcaster.com/
Internet TESL Journal
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http://iteslj.org/links/ESL/Listening/Podcasts/
Popular EFL Podcasts
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Jeff McQuillan's ESL Podcast
http://www.eslpod.com/ is one of the most
popular podcasts of any genre, having a
very large audience
Another popular podcast for EFL is Robert
Diem's English Idioms and Slang podcast
http://www.englishcaster.com/idioms/ .
• Stanley, G. (2006). Podcasting: Audio on the
Internet comes of age. http://wwwwriting.berkeley.edu/TESL-EJ/ej36/int.html
Popular EFL Podcasts
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The Bob and Rob Show
http://englishcaster.com/bobrob/ is also well
produced and entertaining as well as being
educational, and features "weekly English
lessons from a Yankee and a Brit".
Charles Kelly's Learn a Song
http://www.manythings.org/songs/ is a
podcast appropriate for low level learners
• Stanley, G. (2006). Podcasting: Audio on the
Internet comes of age. http://wwwwriting.berkeley.edu/TESL-EJ/ej36/int.html
PodCards?
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PodCards are audio postcards that you can
download to your iPod, your mp3 player or
to your computer. You can also burn the
files to CD to use in class, at home, in the
car - wherever you want.
They contain information about a particular
town or city from different countries around
the world or biographies of famous people,
inventions, films or events that make these
places famous.
• http://www.eslpodcards.com
Podcast Dos
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Make it good quality if you can
Use software like Audacity to edit the audio
file and filter background noise.
Transcribe
Provide listeners a transcript or detailed
show notes in the description of the podcast
feed. This will help prospective listeners
locate and use your podcast
http://www.podcastingtools.com/podcasting-dos-donts.htm
Podcast Dos
3.
4.
Content
As important as audio quality is, it should not be at
the expense of content. What you have to say is just
as important as how you say it. Provide engaging
content that is informative, educational or
entertaining.
Subscribe To Your Podcast Feed
Subscribe to your podcast feed, this will allow you to
see and hear what your audience sees and hears.
http://www.podcasting-tools.com/podcasting-dosdonts.htm
Can I make a podcast?
All you need is:
a
computer
 a computer headset
 an Internet connection
 a free podomatic account
 free Audacity software
(recommended)
Account at Podomatic
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First, register for an account. You'll need to give
a username, password and email address.
Next, check the confirmation email and click on
the link. This will take you to your new
podcasting homepage.
From here, you only need to click on one or two
buttons ('Post Episode' at Podomatic) to record
straight from your browser.
Afterwards, your audio is automatically
published as a podcast.
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Stanley, G. (2006). Podcasting: Audio on the Internet comes of age. http://wwwwriting.berkeley.edu/TESL-EJ/ej36/int.html
A sample podcast site
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A sample homemade podcast site
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www.rushmoore.podomatic.com
Once you have learned the
basics, it is time for Audacity
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In order to have even better quality
podcasts, it is a good idea to use a
free computer program called
Audacity
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http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
Some of Audacity's
features
Importing and exporting WAV and
MP3 (via the LAME MP3 Encoder),
and other file formats
 Recording and playing sounds
 Editing via Cut, Copy, Paste (with
unlimited Undo)
 Eliminate noise
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audacity#Features
Posibilidades de uso
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Grabar sonido en directo.
Convertir casettes y grabaciones
analógicas en grabaciones digitales.
Editar archivos de audio tipo MP3 & WAV
(con el codificador LAME MP3).
Permite, mediante su interfaz gráfica cortar,
copiar, pegar y mezclar sonidos. Puede
trabajar con múltiples pistas.
Eliminar ruidos
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http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audacity
From simple to multiple track
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Vision Andina
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The Living Statue of the Alameda
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made with Podomatic recorder (last one)
Ni Una Sola Palabra, Pero Muchas
Liricas Cantadas
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made with Podomatic recorder (1st)
Made with Audacity and music mp3
Say It Dad!
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Made with Audacity and music mp3
Let’s make a podcast
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obtain free podcast account at
www.podomatic.com
find and use a computer headset
with microphone
search for a text to record, or create
your own text to record
record your podcast
post your podcast for the world!
Let’s create a podcast today!
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In a small group, adapt the song lyrics
provided for you today. Change the lyrics in
any way that would like.
Create short introduction for your new song
(why you changed some words and what
you learned about the language in the song
1 or 2 minutes)
Take turns recording your podcast.
Convert your podcast into an mp3 file
Send to podomatic account
Posting to Podomatic
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Log in to your account at
www.podomatic.com
Scroll down to Post New Episode and click
on it
Give the podcast a title and tags, like
English, story, poem, letter, song, etc.
Copy and paste your text into the
Comments area. Make sure to use <p> if
you want to leave a space between
sentences
Posting to Podomatic 2
If you want to add a picture, click on
Browse and find the picture on your
computer or Flash drive
 Check the box for “This show is clean”
to indicate you do not have any bad
words in the podcast
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Posting to Podomatic 3
Using podomatic recorder
Click on “mic settings” to check on
your microphone settings for your
headset
 Click on the Record button and begin
recording
 Click on Post Recording
 Go to your podomatic address (like
www.rushmoore.podomatic.com) and
play your recording
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How to use Audacity
Open Audacity program
 Click on the red circle button to begin
recording an audio track.
 Click on the brown square button to
stop recording
 Click on the left purple arrow button to
go back to the beginning
 Click on the green arrow button to
play
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How to use Audacity
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In order to generate a special effect on part
of the track, go to the point in the track you
want to affect.
With your mouse, highlight the part you
want
If you want to “fade in” or “fade out”, click on
the “Effect” menu and scroll down to the
effect you want.
If you want silence for that selected part,
click on the “Generate” menu and select
silence
How to use Audacity with
music
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Click on the “Project” menu and scroll down
to Import Audio
Find the music file you want from your
computer
Import the music file in your new project
You can add new audio track with the music
by following the earlier direction for creating
an audio file
You can generate special effects for the
music file you have imported, like fading in
and out
How to save files with
Audacity
Click on the “File” menu and select
Save Project. This saves your work as
an Audacity file.
 If you want to save your work and
create an mp3 file to send for a
podcast, select Export as mp3. This
will blend your track together if you
have more than one, such as music
tracks and speaking (audio) tracks.
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Thank you for your attention!
This presentation can be obtained from:
www.nova.edu/~mrashid
Click on the poster for the
Guayaquil conference