Podcast

We successfully completed our podcast on "surviving your first year of college." It was an exciting experience because personally, I have never made a podcast before. I was able to collaborate with my group members on the content and construction of the podcast. We used "garage band" on a mac to record and edit the podcast. We all needed a couple of practices to get the hang of what we were going to say. We recoded the introduction and each of our three parts and the conclusion straight through the first time and it was wonderful that we could record over the parts that had mistakes in speech, sound or quality. We ran into a few problems when we recorded over the mistakes and accidentally went into the next section cutting off the following segment. Another problem we had was with the music. We were able to use music off itunes but adjusting the volume so that it was softer than the volume of our voices was difficult. It was also difficult to figure out how to fade the music in at the beginning and fade out at the end. Thankfully, we finally got it under control and ended with a very informative episode for first year college students. This experience taught me how simple it is to make a podcast and how useful they can be in the classroom. Recording a podcast tutorial as a review for students before a test is a wonderful way to prepare them for exams. Podcasts can be very informative and interesting and a new perspective and approach to teaching can captivate the minds of students.