KleinPod: Podcasting in Klein ISD

Rather than bore readers readers with posts describing the waiting process in detail, I decided to wait to post until I had actual results to share.

And now, here are the updates:

After much gnashing of teeth and inquisitive phone calls, I finally have the two microphones! Somehow, they were send to two wrong locations. But, all is well and they work beautifully.

I now have iTunes on my computer and Derek and I made the first podcast today! We are using the Angel Learning Management System for the students, but are looking into other options for the other listeners that we anticipate.

We will have one dedicated maching with the MBox and will use the other mixing board with student computers. The goal will be to start off with eh mixing board before moving on to anything else.

The first podcast is here! It was broadcast today around 4:00 p.m. The momentous was me saying “Test, test. This is a mic test. I’ve always wanted to say that!” Very noteworthy, eh?

I plan on posting two podcasts for my English IV class this week. One will be discussing the answers for a quiz that we took and the other will be a test review for a test that we will take next Monday. I think I’ll call it Room 118. Is that too simple? I’ll just do one podcast with detailed tags for students.

So far, my reading kids are all very excited to be in the pilot. I think they understand what I am looking for and I think my expectations are very clear. They realize who the audience will be and are ready to meet the challenges that we know will pop up.

Tomorrow, I will see if the student accounts can download, play, and subscribe to my feed. I’m sure they’ll be more impressed with my “mic test” than I was.