// Langwitches Blog

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

1. Day 1
1. Overview of MP3 players and iPods
2. Using your iPod for disk space, study guide, book
3. Accessories
4. Introduction to iTunes
5. iTunes store
6. Creating playlists
7. Importing CDs, burning CDs
2. Day 2
1. Download MP3 files and importing into iTunes
2. Podcast search, subscriptions and transfer (automatic & manual)
3. What’s an RSS feed?
4. Changing track names, tags and Album Art
3. Day 3
1. Transfer notes, addresses, calendar etc. to your iPod
2. Create and edit sound files in Audacity
3. Import into iTunes and transfer to iPod
4. Day 4
1. Creating Smart playlists
2. Converting songs
3. Creating text files to transfer
4. Create an e-Book
5. Day 5
1. Backup your music library
2. Recovering files from your iPod
3. Download youTube videos to your iPod
1. Zamzar.com
2. Vixy.com

Blogging and Podcasting CAMP

1. Day 1
1. Internet Safety, Citizenship, Copyright
2. Sign in and customization of blog
3. Podcasting Intro
4. Decide if we are going to produce one podcast or each camper their own episode
5. Document tools and thoughts on blogging and podcasting in blog
2. Day 2
1. Creative Commons music, loops, jingles
1. Garageband.com
2. CC Mixer
3. Flashkit Loops
2. Brainstorm, write and record a jingle for school podcast
3. Storyboard of each episode (or part)
4. Document Podcast tools used and process in blog
3. Day 3
1. Brainstorm what camp podcast will be about.
1. Reporters
2. Storytelling
3. Drama
4. Book Review
2. Divide roles
3. Rough draft writing and peer editing of episode
4. Document Podcast tools used and process in blog
4. Day 4
1. Practice recording of podcast
2. Audacity: editing of sound files
3. Document Podcast tools used and process in blog
5. Day 5
1. Publishing of podcast
1. Podomatic
2. Odeo
3. Gcast
2. 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]