Discounted software available to participating schools

As part of a project to develop the effective use of podcasting to support reading in the primary classroom, Softease are offering 6 pilot-schools site-licences of Podium at a discount of between a minimum 15% and a maximum 30% on the normal price (dependent on completion of the project)  Check standard pricing:- http://www.podiumpodcasting.com/pricing/index.html 

The pilot schools will be allocated on a first come, first served basis.

What does the project involve?

• A demonstration of how to create podcasts using Podium 
• Exploration of ideas for the effective implementation of podcasting across the primary curriculum
• Specific research how podcasting can be used to support pupils’ reading development
• Sharing of outcomes to further enhance and promote the use of podcasting in education

What will you be expected to do?

• Attend 3 meetings: One meeting to understand the project aims, receive a copy of the software, and receive initial training – to be held at Rainham Village Primary School on June 19^th 2008 (you must be able to attend this meeting). Two meetings to receive additional training and to feedback outcomes/successes
• Demonstrate effective use of podcasting in your school
• Share outcomes in your own school
• Provide feedback on the effective use of podcasting in the primary classroom – possibly to be used in a Podium case-study

Timescales:

• The pilot project will run between June and December 2008

Sharing outcomes 

The project will be run by Softease in association with the HIAS ICT Team and the feedback will be shared via the ICT in Havering Blog and Primary ICT meetings.  The focus is on developing effective use of podcasting to impact on teaching and learning.

We have also managed to get Doug Dickinson, Podcasting Evangelist to come along for the opening session on the 19th June 2008 – http://www.dougdickinson.co.uk/ 

Find out more about the Havering Podcasting Network at http://haveringpodcasting.edublogs.org/

If you are interested please contact dsmith.havering@lgfl.net by Friday 13th June 2008.

I look forward to hearing from you soon.

Best regards,

Dave Smith

HIAS ICT Consultant

David Warlick , Consultant, Author, & Public Speaker, worked with some truly dedicated educators of the Garner Schools, part of Wake County Public schools in Raleigh — to learn all about Podcasting.  The school system is a Windows shop, so they used Audacity for the post production work, and he used Parallels for the first time so that they will see at the front of the room, the same thing that they see on their computers, here and in their schools.Here are some additional materials:

• Online Handouts
• Sound Source

Source: http://davidwarlick.com/wordpress/?p=255

Comment: http://davidwarlick.com/wordpress/?p=255#comments

Are you interested in developing podcasting in your school?  Then why not become part of the Havering Schools’ Podcasting Network…

Visit the new Havering Schools’ Podcasting Network blog… http://haveringpodcasting.edublogs.org/

Join Dave Smith HIAS ICT Consultant to examine how Podium podcasting software can be used in your school.

The course focuses on the use of sound to enhance and extend learning experiences for pupils regardless of the setting or curriculum focus. It will explore the use of Podium software to create Radio plays/programmes and broadcasts (for the web or otherwise). The course will also focus on the Podcasting element within the renewed framework for Literacy.

Date: Thursday 19th June 2008  Time: 4.30-6.00  Venue: Rainham Village Primary School

Please note that there is also an afternoon Podcasting session at CEME on 22.05.08 – we are trying to provide additional opportunities for schools to attend at different times.

Please sign-up via the HIAS Online CPD Course Booking System  http://cpd.havering.lgfl.digitalbrain.com/lgfl/leas/havering

 At the English Subject Leaders’ Conference today we had Andrew Motion the Poet Laureate as the guest speaker.  He has set up a website www.poetryarchive.org which has a great search engine for poets and poems. It has a fab glossary of poetry and literary terms such as metaphor and simile with recorded examples you can play to the children – great for inspiring Podcasting.  Also there are recordings of poets etc.   Listen to Roald Dahl reading ‘Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf’ here: http://www.poetryarchive.org/childrensarchive/singlePoem.do?poemId=7428 There are biographies of poets and all sorts of fab stuff  – CHECK IT OUT!

At the November 2007 ICT Co-ordinators’ Meeting we explored how Podium can be used to used to create a variety of audio files.  Pupils can create audio files, upload the files to the Internet and listen to it through iTunes or save them to the Podcasting area on LGfL – http://podcast.lgfl.org.uk/. Listen to our demonstration podcast entitled ‘Test Podcast’.  You can then subscribe to the Havering podcast by copying the following hyperlink and pasting it into your favourite podcast player (e.g. iTunes)

http://www.podiumpodcasting.com/~182260/HIAS291107091351/rss.xml

To find out more about Podium and more hints and tips about Podcasting visit http://www.podiumpodcasting.com/ to download a free trial copy or go to TAG Learning to purchase the software http://www.taglearning.com/productdetails/Podium.html. 

The PowerPoint from the November ICT Co-ordinators’ Meeting has ideas for how Podcasting can be embedded across the curriculum.

The HIAS ICT Team are available to help with the implementation of Podcasting in schools.  Please contact Amanda Jackson, Dave Smith or Nesha Sadheura for details.  

A Podcasting course will be held on Wednesday 27th February 2008 – 1pm-4pm at The Havering Learning and Development Centre at CEME.  Please visit the HIAS Online Course Booking System to book a place – click on the link below: http://cpd.havering.lgfl.digitalbrain.com/lgfl/leas/havering/cpd/cpd/web/cdb/index.php