Podcasting

This week we spent some time analyzing the structure and sonic qualities of podcasts.  Many of the popular, free, and entertaining podcasts we listened to were filled with great storytelling techniques including interviews, quotes, foreshadowing, emotional appeals, and exposition.  We looked at the ways that voice, music, and sounds are used to tell a story, and then we set out to make some podcasts of our own.  The task was to interview either an alien, robot, monster, or a squirrel.  Using Garage Band, we created our podcasts on the school iPads so we could experiment with the software in a fun way.  This is one example of the podcasts we created, masterfully executed by Charlotte and Maddy:

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