Pedagodzilla: Giant Podcasters All-Out Attack
Corresponding Author: Mark Childs
All authors: Mike Collins
Length: 60 minutes
Location: Podcast room
Description:
For two years the Pedagodzilla team has produced interviews with delegates, keynote speakers and committee members as well as providing their own reflections on the day’s events. Now we would like to invite other playful learners to get involved. In a team you will produce a segment on that day’s playful learning to be incorporated into the daily podcast coverage, in whatever style, format and level of competence you like.
Aims for the session are
• We cover the basics of podcasting
• You choose your group
• You start to formulate some ideas
• You plan when to meet up to record the segment
We will briefly introduce our own experience (and proper research research) on podcasting as a playful learning mechanism. We will explain the basics of podcasting including types, formats and liberating structures, as well as the nuts and bolts of editing and publishing them.
We will also cover some of the roles involved in podcasting and ask you to identify if you are:
• the host with the most? The social WD40 that keeps a show on track and keeps the conversation flowing?
• a contributor, with something to say or happy getting stuck in with the discussional hurley burly?
• an ideas person who prefers not to speak on microphone, but can people-wangle, research, or is great at linking pedagogy to other (playful) themes?
Or some combination of those or none? Every podcast team is stronger if it has one (or more) of those skills within it. Then you choose if you will be in:
Team Baragon: Day 1 podcasters – out of the blocks quickly, but out of the picture quickly. Are you good at picking up things quickly but then want to move on? Team Baragon is for you.
Team Ghidorah Day 2 podcasters – a bit of time to build up momentum. Day two is the longest day though so you possibly will need at least three heads.
Team Mothra; Day 3 podcasters – might take longer to take flight, but providing a comforting finale to the proceedings.
Then it’s over to you! You will be given resources to support you in bringing your team together, figuring out your role, and bringing your podcast segment to life. Mike and Mark will be on hand throughout the conference to help guide you along the way, and support, edit and publish your recording.
At least one of us will be on hand at regular times during the rest of the conference to help out. And hopefully, once you’ve done it once, you’ll be able to go out into the world and conquer it monster-style (the educational podcasting part of it anyway).
References, web links and other resources:
To get an idea of previous Playful Learning podcasts they can all be found at http://www.pedagodzilla.com/