How to Start an Educational Podcast

GotTechED the Podcast&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Episode 155: How to Start an Educational PodcastWelcome back to GotTechED the podcast this is Episode 155 called “How to Start an Educational Podcast”. In this episode, we’ll talk about how to go about starting a podcast for you and/or your students.&nbsp; In addition, we discuss creating a vision for your podcast, how to brand your podcast, shownotes, and some of the tips and tricks we use in our own process.&nbsp; This is another episode you don’t want to miss, check it out!Segment 1: UpdatesUpdatesGotTechED the Podcast is getting a new name! The Edtech Throwdown Podcast and new branding, maybe new websiteMarch 12th NJECC ConferenceSegment 2: How to Start Your Own Podcast&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Student Podcasting Startup Materials&nbsp;permission slips&nbsp;Contracts&nbsp;interest exploration&nbsp;content creation subtopics&nbsp;Content ProposalContent Proposal planBranding:&nbsp;Graphics and branding.&nbsp; Talk about color selection, logo design and show art.&nbsp; Show some basic Canva skills.&nbsp; Emphasize that this is the last step before getting into a studio to record.&nbsp; Also get shared folders set up.&nbsp; Teacher first must create a main class folder in Google Drive with Edit access.&nbsp; Then, students make a subfolder for their podcast.&nbsp; The folder is titled with their podcast show name&nbsp; Within that, they must also create subfolders for each of their episodes, called Episode 1, Episode 2, etc.&nbsp; Make them show folders before they move on.Choosing Your Music:creative commons/public domain&nbsp;choosing musicConsider the tone of the showEpisode 0:Plan episode 0.&nbsp; Talk about episode 0 and give tips on what to say in it. &nbsp; This is essentially a scripted episode that gets students used to being in front of the mics.Editing: &nbsp;Editing in Audacity.&nbsp; Give a tutorial on how to do everything for their episode 0 editing.Shownotes:&nbsp;&nbsp;show notes template.&nbsp; Post this template in an easily available digital space so students can get a new copy for each new episode.&nbsp; Show that a complete episode folder needs 3 things: complete show notes, edited audio .mp3, and show art in .png.&nbsp; Wrap up editing and double check everyone’s folder is complete for episode 0.&nbsp; Start planning episode 1 when done.&nbsp; The posted assignment looks like this:Next Episode Equipment, Hardware, and Publishing - Guide to Student PodcastingSegment 3:&nbsp; A Few Tips and TricksNaming Conventions and Organization1. An .mp3 of the edited audio2. Completed show notes, formatted correctly and in a Google Doc3. Show art image edited for that episode, 1280x720, .png file that has been compressedScheduling&nbsp;&nbsp;Consistency&nbsp;&nbsp;Hand Signals&nbsp;&nbsp;1 Finger&nbsp;Clap EditingSegment 4: Where to Find GotTechEDDo us 3 favorsSubscribe to GotTechED the PodcastApple PodcastsSpotifyGoogle Podcasts&nbsp;&nbsp;Stitcher&nbsp;&nbsp;YouTube&nbsp;&nbsp;Twitter&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;FacebookWrite us an Apple Podcast Review!Tell your friends about www.gotteched.comTell your friends about the Teach Better Podcast NetworkMusic Credits:The Degs: Shotgun<a href="http://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Degs/" target="_blank"...