Please provide a brief description (one to two paragraphs) of your podcast in the comment box below. Please include your target students, short description of the lesson, and goals/objectives.
Decide on your topic and plan your podcast. Again, you could choose any ESL/EFL/ELL topics intended for a particular group of students (e.g., IEP students, high school English students in Mexico or Turkey, or professional “business English students,” etc.).
Think about the relevance of this chosen topic in relation to your goals as you incorporate the use of mobile and iTunes technology to supplement language teaching and learning. What are the differences between an in-class lecture and a podcast that your students could listen to while working out or preparing for a test, for example? What are the items you would like to include here?
Organize your presentation and write a draft of your script. You will be the main person talking on your project but consider including other recorded data (e.g., you could include audio clips recorded online, short interviews of students or other speakers, etc.) that can relate to your presentation.
Listen to sample ESL podcasts available online (class presenters have provided links to related language-based podcast; get ideas from PODCAST ALLEY: http://www.podcastalley.com/ or ESL PODCAST ENGLISH CAFÉ: http://www.eslpod.com/website/index_new.html# -- provided by Paco).
Practice and record your audio file. Create your file using Audacity or any podcasting software you prefer. Once you have downloaded Audacity, you will need a microphone to record your audio file. Audacity is very easy to use with numerous tutorials available on YouTube (type “Audacity Tutorials” at the YouTube search box).
Listen, edit, and finalize your podcast.
Upload your file to iTunesU.
