ELTpodcast.com Developing a Podcast for EFL Students and Teachers Robert Chartrand - Kurume University Bill Pellowe - Kinki University.

ELTpodcast.comDeveloping a Podcast for EFL Students and Teachers

Robert Chartrand - Kurume UniversityBill Pellowe - Kinki University

Agenda

• Podcasts for students - What and why?

• Podcasts for teachers - What and why?

• How we produced our podcasts

• Website discussion

• What about the future?

Uschi Felix, Monash Univ.

• E-learning pedagogy in the 3rd Millenium: Need for combining social and cognitive constructivist approaches

• Roles of both teachers and students have changed... processes include negotiated curricula and real-life tutors

• Need for ICALL (Intelligent CALL)

Podcasts for students• Why?

• Beginner - slow/natural/slow

• Intermediate - natural speed

• Student oriented materials

• Website & iPod support for reading

• Good for study outside of classroom

ELTPodcast.com - Overview

iPod Support

Looks great

on iPods!

“Teachers’ Lounge”

Participants

• Bill Pellowe

• Robert Chartrand

• Kevin Ryan

• Dominic Marini

• EFL Teachers

• Description: “Language teachers talking about education and language teaching.”

Target Audience

Topic Sampling

• First Lesson of the School Year

• Information Gap Activities

• Using Textbook Dialogs

• Attendance (policies in practice)

• Accents & Language Teaching

• ELT Podcast - The Teachers’ Lounge is a way for teachers to share their experience with other teachers, especially those who have less experience.

Purpose

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How podcasts were produced• Recordings done by Sound Studio 3 by

Felt Tip Software (Mac OS) when in same location

• GarageBand was not as good because of poor quality when recording voice

• Skype is used when recording from different locations

• Audio Hijack Pro used to record from Skype (good also to record streaming audio)

RSS, DatabaseThe technology behind the scenes.

Simpler Solutions

• Podomatic.com

• Blogs

• Complete control over design, format, ownership.

• Host several podcasts under one “roof.”

Our Own Website

RSS

• “Really Simple Syndication” format

• XML file

• The audience member’s “reader” software checks your XML file to see if you’ve published a new episode. If so, it downloads the new episode file.

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Future Plans

The Future• Podcasts can be a useful tool for PD

• Will set up a series of video podcasts that show specific teaching points of English

• Provide feedback opportunity for language instructors to evaluate podcasts so materials fit needs of community

• Affinity of learners is not well understood, offer an opportunity to evaluate and provide feedback as a learning tool

ELT Video (1 of 2)

• Practical teacher training videos

• activity ideas

• class management tips

• advice

ELT Video (2 of 2)

• Practical student training videos for teachers to use in-class

• how to do pair work

• doing information gap activities

• giving a speech

The End