This is my first podcasting experience, ever! I must say, I am proud of my work, although I know it is not perfect. That is part of the beauty of podcasting. I have also realized how much I hate hearing the sound of my voice recorded. I used Audacity, a free audio editing tool, to put all of the pieces together. The tool was every easy to use. It is intuitive in the design, and I was able to watch a couple YouTube videos to figure out how to use some other extended features of the program. My biggest problem was getting the audio to have enough volume even with using the amplify tool in the program. I appologize now if it seems like some parts you have to turn your volume up to hear and other parts you have to turn down.
Through this experience, I also learned a lot about the hardware used to record audio. For the students, I started out using my iPhone, but I had trouble getting the audio to sync to my computer. Then, I used a mic that plugged into my computer to record the interviews with the students. This worked well until the mic stopped working, so I had to start using the internal mic in the computer. The moral of that story is to always have a backup plan. I am looking forward to using this piece of technology with my students in the future. I would love to hear about any experiences you have had podcasting. What did you have trouble with? How did you troubleshoot or overcome any of the problems you had? Have you used podcasting with your students?
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