Today we will be making Podcasts! Each of you will record your journal entries onto an audio file and post it to your blog.
- Make a blog post titled Journal Podcast.
- Gather all of your journal entries from your blog by copying and pasting them into one word document.
- Open up the Audacity program on your computer.
- To start recording your voice, press the record button.
- Record all of your journal entries in one and separate each entry with a date. Listen to the example to hear what your audio should sound like when you are finished recording.
- Save your mp3 file to your computer.
- Go to http://www.podbean.com/
- Sign in with your PodBean user name and password that we have used in class before.
- Click the 'Publish' tab at the top of the screen. Title your new post Oregon Trail audio.
- Scroll down to the Podcasting box.
- Click 'browse' and find your mp3 file that is saved on your computer.
- Now click 'Publish' at the bottom.
- Once you have published your audio, find the 'Listen Now' button. Underneath it, click the link 'Embedded Player'
- Chose the color of player that you want to post on your blog (black or white)
- Click in the box under "Copy and Past the following code..."
- Select all of the text in the box by pressing ctrl-A on your computer keyboard.
- Copy all of the text that you just selected by pressing ctrl-C on your computer keyboard.
- In your blog post titled Journal Podcast, click the 'Edit Html' tab at the top of the post box next to 'Compose'.
- Click in the box and paste the PodBean code that you just copied by pressing ctrl-V on your computer keyboard.
- Publish your post and listen to your audio on your blog!
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Week 4 Goals:
1. Make a Podcast of your journal entries.
2. Present your Oregon Trail project to the class!