lMake+a+Podcast

Make a Podcast!
Jason Van Orden provides a podcast tutorial with four basic steps at []

Orden's four steps are: In this workshop we will provide you with a plan and show you how to produce a podcast.
 * 1) Plan,
 * 2) Produce,
 * 3) Publish and
 * 4) Promote.

1. Plan: Make a Script
Here is a sample script for our workshop. We will use it to create a 4 segment podcast using Mac GarageBand

2. Produce - On a Mac
Open Gargeband - select File "New podcast Episode" Click the red button to start recording Read your text Click the red button to stop recording at the end of the segment Record all segments

//Record this text//: "Hi, My name is I am attending the Northern Rocky Mountain Educational Research Association (better know as NRMERA) conference in Jackson Hole Wyoming at the Snow King Resort. The theme for the 2009 Annual Conference is Bridging Theory & Practice: Educational Research in the 21st Century."
 * Segment 1**
 * Open Gargeband - select File "New podcast Episode"
 * Click the red button to start recording
 * Read your text
 * Click the red button to stop recording at the end of the segment

//Add "Segment 1-pic" in the Podcast track above the voice track in the podcast:// This is a copy of the picture. These are uploaded into iPhoto for easy access in Apple--GarageBand on a MAC. //Record this text:// "I am creating this podcast as part of a workshop at the NRMERA conference. A script for this podcast was prepared by the workshop presenters. I recorded the script and added music and graphics. And, finally, I exported/published the podcast for playback on my personal computer."
 * Segment 2**

//Add "Segment 2-pic" in the Podcast track above the voice track in the podcast:// This is a copy of the picture. These are uploaded into iPhoto for easy access in Apple--GarageBand on a MAC. //Record this text:// "For tools, on the Macs, we used a built-in sound recording feature and GarageBand software. On a PC, we used a built-in sound recording and Audacity software."
 * Segment 3:**

//Add "Segment 3-pic" in the Podcast track above the voice track in the podcast:// This is a copy of the picture. These are uploaded into iPhoto for easy access in Apple--GarageBand on a MAC. //Record this text:// "Find more information at: nrmera09.wikispaces.com"
 * Segment 4:**

//Add "Segment 4-pic" in the Podcast track above the voice track in the podcast:// This is a copy of the picture. These are uploaded into iPhoto for easy access in Apple--GarageBand on a MAC.



3. Post Production (add music - optional)
Select the Loop Browser to find a Music Loop
 * Drag the desired loop to he "Jingles" track"
 * Adjust music and voice tracks as necessary

4. Publish or Share

 * Share and "Export the Podcast to Disk" this command creates a finished .m4a file that you can listen to with iTunes
 * Here is the [|Sample Podcast] created with GarageBand during our session.