Technology Summer Camps
It’ the time of year again. Students at out Elementary School are signing up for 3 hours each for 5 days camps. I will be offering two different camps for students ages 9-12.
One camp is titled “iPod, you Pod, wePod” and the other “Blogging and Podcasting”. I am starting to put together plans on necessary preparations, planned projects and general operations of the camp. So I am using my blog to organize my thoughts, gather ideas and maybe even receive comments/advice from others who are planning similar camps or classes.
Photo by Mcwetboy
Pod, you Pod, wePod CAMP
Preperation:
- Create a camp blog
- Have iTunes installed on lab PCs
- Have example MP3s and MP4s available to download on camp blog
- bring iPod Nano, shuffle, photo, video, iRiver
- A/V Cable
- iHome
- iTalk
- Blank CDs
- Day 1
- Overview of MP3 players and iPods
- Using your iPod for disk space, study guide, book
- Accessories
- Introduction to iTunes
- iTunes store
- Creating playlists
- Importing CDs, burning CDs
- Day 2
- Download MP3 files and importing into iTunes
- Podcast search, subscriptions and transfer (automatic & manual)
- What’s an RSS feed?
- Changing track names, tags and Album Art
- Day 3
- Transfer notes, addresses, calendar etc. to your iPod
- Create and edit sound files in Audacity
- Import into iTunes and transfer to iPod
- Day 4
- Creating Smart playlists
- Converting songs
- Creating text files to transfer
- Create an e-Book
- Day 5
- Backup your music library
- Recovering files from your iPod
- Download youTube videos to your iPod
Blogging and Podcasting CAMP
- Day 1
- Internet Safety, Citizenship, Copyright
- Sign in and customization of blog
- Podcasting Intro
- Decide if we are going to produce one podcast or each camper their own episode
- Document tools and thoughts on blogging and podcasting in blog
- Day 2
- Creative Commons music, loops, jingles
- Brainstorm, write and record a jingle for school podcast
- Storyboard of each episode (or part)
- Document Podcast tools used and process in blog
- Day 3
- Brainstorm what camp podcast will be about.
- Reporters
- Storytelling
- Drama
- Book Review
- Divide roles
- Rough draft writing and peer editing of episode
- Document Podcast tools used and process in blog
- Day 4
- Practice recording of podcast
- Audacity: editing of sound files
- Document Podcast tools used and process in blog
- Day 5
- Publishing of podcast
- Podomatic
- Odeo
- Gcast
- Document Podcast tools used and process in blog
Remember that this list IN PROGRESS!!! I welcome suggestions and/or ideas what else to incorporate into the camp day.
[tag] iPods [/tag]
Okay, I not worthy of making suggestions. I think you have everything figured out. Can I attend the camp? Just kidding! I live to far away.
I noticed that you are Mac based. Right? I use PCs. I am thinking about getting a Mac in the future for fun. I use audacity to create podcasts. Also, podomatic scares me a bit, but I’m not sure what age levels are attending the camps. What about using ODEO or GCAST. I have used Odeo, but I haven’t used GCAST. I heard that it was a safe and useful podcasting site.
Well, if I were David Warlick, that would be my two cents worth.
Also, I blogged about you and your sites today. I love them. BTW, it was my 100th blog post. Kudos for me! I got your email and I will get back to it soon. Saludos desde Alabama…
William Bishop (Bill)aka lostjohns
Bill,
Thank you for your suggestions. I’ll check into Odeo and Gcast again. I had looked into Gcast a year ago while in Argentina and it was great to phone in an episode, since they provided me with a local number in Buenos Aires.
Actually I am ALL PC based. School AND home. Just recently I have gotten a Mac “for fun” as you say and I am loving it.
BTW you were my 100th comment today
Silvia,
This looks awesome! You are going to have so much fun!