Week 4: chapter 8 Podcasting

Chapter 8 of our classroom text talked about podcasting. I can honestly say that even though I had used the audacity software in another one of my grad classes I didn't even have a clue what I could accomplish with the software until reading this chapter. For my previous class I remember having my school lap top sitting next to my husband's desktop computer all while holding my iPod, needless to say it was quite the circus act! I remember only doing two "takes" of my podcast and reading it straight from a piece of paper and called it good. Uploaded, submitted, done.

This time however I was planning my podcast throughout the week and looking back over my notes preparing myself as I fed my son his bottle. Luckily little Isaac was on the same page as me and did not fight his afternoon nap. I had so much fun creating this project and inserting all of the audio clips that I kept hoping that he would keep sleeping so that I could continue to "play". I had fun editing and redoing each clip until I was happy with it. Most likely I still have a lot to learn about everything that audacity has to offer but I definitely can see myself using this in my classroom this coming fall.