Task 1 What is a podcast? Today you will learn: What a podcast is and how to subscribe to one I am looking for you to: Review a podcast Research a film
Instructions	Help and Resources	Time
Welcome	Welcome1.ppt
1.1 Browse the BBC Podcast website. Look at what podcasts are listed. Try to work out what a podcast is.	BBC Podcast Website	5 mins
1.2 Watch a teacher demo on what a podcast is.	Teacher1.2.ppt | Moyles.mp3	10 mins
1.3 Listen to an example podcast and complete the worksheet.	example pod1.mp3 | Worksheet1.doc	15 mins
1.4 Browse the BBC Film Review website and find your favourite film (Cert 12 or below). Add the review to your internet favourites.	BBC Film Review website	10 mins
Plenary Discuss what you liked about the example podcast and how it could be improved.	Welcome1 slide 4	10 mins
Homework Research the film for your podcast. Think about the structure of your podcast.

Teacher Info

Key Words: download, rss, feed, url, stream, podcast, reader, mp3

Hints:

Mp3 file downloads may be blocked. If so, you may have to download the files from home.
The students can either type on worksheet 1 or write on a print out.
If the students can hear the example podcast for themselves, they can learn how to pause and replay parts of the podcast to help answer the questions.
Depending on the age group of the class you may decide to allow students to research films with a higher certificate than 12. It would be a good idea to agree with each student which film they are researching.

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