SPEAK UP!!! PODCAST PROJECT
Link to Speak Up!! website for additional resources and podcast playlist
Podcasts are now available on SoundCloud!!
Description: Students will research, write and record an original podcast about a 1st Amendment issue.
Structure: students will work in groups of 2-3 based on topics. One student will act as Editor-in-chief for each class
Essential Questions: How do we effectively and precisely communicate our views about 1st Amendment issues to a radio audience?
Adult-world connection: Students will use professionals, experts, and adults in our community for interviews and/or feedback.
Virtual Podcast Exhibition: Using social media, podcasts will be advertised and then released on ITunes for an outside audience
Full Assignment and Requirements
Student-generated Rubric
Podcasts are now available on SoundCloud!!
Description: Students will research, write and record an original podcast about a 1st Amendment issue.
Structure: students will work in groups of 2-3 based on topics. One student will act as Editor-in-chief for each class
Essential Questions: How do we effectively and precisely communicate our views about 1st Amendment issues to a radio audience?
Adult-world connection: Students will use professionals, experts, and adults in our community for interviews and/or feedback.
Virtual Podcast Exhibition: Using social media, podcasts will be advertised and then released on ITunes for an outside audience
Full Assignment and Requirements
Student-generated Rubric
Podcast Planning Template
Resources (most from Youth Radio (YR)
How to record high quality sound with your phone (YR)
Interviewing someone you know
Interviewing an expert
Writing a Radio Commentary (YR)
Finding your radio voice (YR)
Recording a podcast using Audacity tutorial
Music and sound resources:
Article: Full article:On Radiolab, the sound of science -- and an excerpt of the article
How to record high quality sound with your phone (YR)
Interviewing someone you know
Interviewing an expert
Writing a Radio Commentary (YR)
Finding your radio voice (YR)
Recording a podcast using Audacity tutorial
Music and sound resources:
- incompetech.com -- a fantastic collection of royalty-free music by Kevin MacLeod
- SoundSnap -- a great website offering free music loops and sound effects
- Partners in Rhyme -- another site offering free music loops and sound effects.
- JewelBeat -- more royalty-free music & sound effects
- The Freesound Project: an excellent collaborative database of Creative Commons licensed sounds.
- A1 Free Sound: a collection of free sound effects.
Article: Full article:On Radiolab, the sound of science -- and an excerpt of the article