The next winner in this round of awards is the Portable Radio Point of View podcast for their work in the “Editorial POV” genre.  This podcast comes from Nathan Toft and Jane Smith at A. Lorne Cassidy Elementary School in Stittsville, Ontario in Canada.  

This podcast is produced by two classes of 5th and 6th graders.  The 15-20 minute variety show showcases a wide range of interests, but its strength lies in its use of ‘point of view’ episodes in which students react to news or issues of interest to them.  The students develop arguments and present them collaboratively.   

You can check out their website here and subscribe to their podcast here.

The next category we would like to recognize is Professional Perspectives.   This category is designed to highlight an educator’s podcast that is designed to share their professional knowledge, perspective and ideas with their colleagues around the world.

The winner of this category is Steven Katz, from Country Day School in San JoseEscazu, Costa Rica.
Steve Katz has a simple goal — “to help teachers integrate technology in their classes, especially digital video and podcasting.”  His podcast provides solutions to problems and provide a structure for technology integration that is easy to follow.  His podcast, Teach with Video is a great example and a great resource.

Steve also has a book on teaching with video that provides even more ideas. You can subscribe to his podcast here and visit his website here.

In this episode, we talk with Bernie Dodge, creator of the WebQuest instructional design strategy to take a look at where it came from, its current status in classrooms, and where it might be headed in the future.

Download the episode as an MP3

There is still time to get involved in the 2007 Kidcast Awards – plenty of entries have come in, but not in every category. Still looking for more drama and sound seeing tour entries.

Special thanks to our platinum sponsor Humble Daisy: makers of ProfCast. Our other sponsor is Atomic Learning. They are helping to bring this great contest together and are providing some great prizes! Including:

Student Prizes:

• a handsome trophy for the winner of each student category
• a single user license of ProfCast for each student winner’s classroom
• a copy of my book – Kidcast: Podcasting in the Classroom

Teacher Prizes:

• a handsome trophy for the winner of each teacher category
• a 500 seat license of ProfCast for each teacher winner’s school
• a copy of my book – Kidcast: Podcasting in the Classroom
• the winner in the professional development category will also get a one year subscription to Atomic Learning.

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It’s a very exciting time…watching all this great work fly in…knowing all the creative and constructive energy that goes into it. Thank you to all the vangards out there who are making podcasting happen in your classrooms.
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The 2nd Edition of KidCast Podcasting in the Classroom….FINISHED IT!
- GarageBand’s Podcasting Studio
- Video Podcasting (including Video Cue Pro)
- more ideas about student voice and the fundamentals of podcasting
-It is available online at ftcpublishing.com – they have some great bundles – and they can even sell your district a license so that you can reproduce it for staff development within your district.

CURRENTLY working on a companion to that book that is a resource and activity book for classroom podcasts – it has over 50 ideas, strategies and Activities “KidCast: Creative Podcasting” – Look for this title out later this spring.

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I went down to Florida last week to speak on a panel at the Technology and Learning, Tech Forum 2007 Orlando. I spoke with David Warlick and Ginger Jewell about new technologies that are changing education. We took a really fun round robin approach to chiming in with exmples and ideas about collaboration, student publishing and creation, and immersive simulations and games. I popped my iPod on the table and recorded – most of the session – i’ll post it as a separate show.
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Ubercaster – a new tool that i’m going to review soon. – go check it out, mac users. I’d be interested in what you think about this.
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Videos from the Carrollton Farmers Branch Beyond 4 Walls keynote in Dallas are back up… update your feed (or resubscribe) to get them
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Podcasting and ELL – Allison Wimmer, who is an amazing foreign language teacher has a request for us – she’s doing some research and is looking for resources and ideas about blogging, podcasting and ELL. Email her at wimalim@gmail.com
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Two Minute SoapBox is a new collaborative podcast for teachers about teaching produced….you guessed it…by teachers. Make a short recording and email it to me at dschmit@intelligenic.com or just call (309)401-9353 and leave a posting as a voice mail.

Calling all student and educator podcasters! We, along with Humble Daisy – makers of ProfCast, are sponsoring a podcasting contest again this year! Although the structure has changed slightly we are still focused on the same goal – recognizing quality podcasting efforts from around the world.

Please share this information to educators who are producing podcasts as a part of their professional work.

This year we are dividing our contest into categories that focus on specific types of educational podcasting. Here are the categories:

Student Categories

• Documentary (i.e. research findings, biography, exposé)
• Talk Show (i.e. discussion, analysis)
• Drama (i.e. radio plays that teach)
• Sound Seeing Tour (i.e. descriptive language to introduce a place or objects)
• Where in the World (best new episode of Where in the World)
• Best in Show – This award recognizes the student podcast which exemplifies the qualities we value most in podcasts: learning, research, creativity, quality media production, and sustainability.

Teacher Categories

• Professional Development (i.e. teacher reflection, tips, strategies, research summaries)
• Instructional Materials ( i.e. study guide, process guides, guided learning)

While our prize vault is still growing, the prizes include

Student Prizes:

• a handsome trophy for the winner of each student category
• a single user license of ProfCast for each student winner’s classroom

Teacher Prizes:

• a handsome trophy for the winner of each teacher category
• a 500 seat license of ProfCast for each teacher winner’s school

Click here for all the details and the entry form…

Episode 40 – Listen

Here is part two of the Keynote. This half has some useful integration ideas for bringing podcasting into the classroom. I hope you hear/see something you like and can use in your school.

If you have some ideas you would like to share, please feel free to drop me a line at dschmit@intelligenic.com or call my listener line at 1-(831) 303-2994.

You can view the video here.

Part 1 – Earlier this month I had the privilege of speaking at the Beyond 4 Walls Podcasting Conference in Carrollton-Farmers Branch, Texas. It was great to see so many people excited about the possibilities of podcasting in learning environments and to receive such an enthusiastic response from them.

Thanks to Maria Henderson of Apple Computer and the technology team at Carrollton-Farmers Branch for inviting me to share the day with their participants.

Special thanks to Richard Sands of the Technology Services Division at Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD for taping the presentation and making it available.

Click Here for the Video