My Pod-Cast Self-Assessment EDLD 5363

Wow, a pod-cast can be a big challenge when you’ve never done one before! I hunted around online looking for the perfect video editing program that I could pod-cast a mini tutorial on and I did, that program being Screencast-O-Matic.  It is a simple enough program that you can literally be up and running in less than a minute if you know what you want to record.  What would prove to be a challenge for me was the fact that my software choice used your computer screen to record whatever it is you wanted to show off to your audience.  Being that I was doing strictly audio on my pod-cast I had to be simple in descriptions, to the point but maintain my audience with my tone and pace.  I didn’t want to rush, but at the same time I wanted to give the most effective step by step description that I could, keeping it all within a two minute time frame.  After learning how to use Audacity, as well as convert and export my pod-cast as an mp3, I was ready to go.  It took me five complete takes before I was able to record what I felt was the best recording I could possibly produce.  I don’t think there is anything I would change except maybe do a visual walkthrough of a “vod-cast” of the tutorial. 

Going off of rubric, I feel that I met the criteria and did the work necessary to make this pod-cast happen.  I also ran the mp3 through iMovie and from there was able to add titles, as well as my Creative Commons Copyright that I created from creativecommons.org and applied it to not only my pod-cast, but also the script that I published online. All in all, I put no less than 10 hours into a pod-cast that lasted 10 minutes.  That includes composing the script, collaborating, editing, learning to use Audacity, recording, then recording again 5 times, uploading to iMovie, editing, and sharing.  If anything my voice was not 100% simply because I recorded this pod-cast late in the evening after a full day of conducting Spanish classes as well as coming off a nasty head-cold and sore throat so for what I was able to produce, it was the best job I could do!  I give myself 100%! And I look forward to using these pod-casts in my class, if anything as a way to communicate the work for the day with my students.