MassCUE 10/15/25: Podcasting with Students - An Introduction: Deep Dive Resources
Presentation Slides:
Podcasting with Students- An Introduction: Slides
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Why Podcast with Students?
Podcasting in the Classroom - Creative Educator
4 Benefits of Using Podcasting as a PBL Project - Edutopia
Get Your Students Creating Their Own Podcasts - ISTE
Help Your Students Make Your Own DIY Podcast - NEA Today
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Writing Podcast Content:
How to Write a Podcast Script - Live 365
How to Write a Podcast Script - 8 Free Script Templates - Buzzsprout
How to Write a Podcast Script: A Step by Step Guide - writers.com
Episodic or Serial Podcasts: A Comprehensive Guide for Content Creators - ausha.co
AI-Generated Podcasts from Your Notes? Here’s How Google’s NotebookLM Does It
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The Teacher As…Podcast:
Podcasting with Students Episodes
Podcasting with Students: Part One : What are the best content choices for podcasting with students? In this first episode in the Podcasting with Students series, I share clips from The Birch Meadow Way Podcast which my fourth grade colleagues and I started in the Spring of 2021. I reflect on the content choices for our first season of The Birch Meadow Way and what I believe our next steps should be.
Podcasting with Students: Part Two : In this second episode in the Podcasting with Students series, I share ideas for improving your students' vocal performance. I share clips from The Birch Meadow Way Podcast which my fourth grade colleagues and I started with our students in the Spring of 2021. Pace, Emphasis, Diction, Tone, and Volume are discussed.
Podcasting with Student: Part Three : What equipment and technology do I need to podcast with students and how do I share our podcast with the most listeners? In this episode, I share some affordable, realistic answers to these questions and reflect on what worked for The Birch Meadow Way Podcast. This is from 2021.Some more updated options are below.
The Teacher As…Podcast:
Researching, Interviewing, Writing and Performance Episodes
Zooming In on Research and the Writing Process with Geoff Edgers : In this episode, I zoom in on research and the writing process with author and Washington Post writer, Geoff Edgers. Geoff stresses the importance of in depth research and plenty of time to write and revise.
Zooming In on Interviewing with Dave Malkoff : I chat with investigative journalist Dave Malkoff about his work for the Weather Channel and beyond. He gives teachers his recommendations for improving students' interviewing skills and how they should focus on telling a story.
Zooming In on Voice and Speech with Ashleigh Reade : In this episode, I interview educator Ashleigh Reade, assistant professor of theater at Boston Conservatory at Berklee. Ashleigh teaches voice and speech for both the musical theater and contemporary theater programs, as well as the Actor's Toolkit for first-year students. She shares her focus on expressivity, intention, and context when helping anyone with vocals or speech. Teachers can learn a lot from Ashleigh about helping their students become more confident public speakers.
Zooming In on Documentaries with Jamie Benning : In this episode, Jamie Benning shares with educators his process in creating documentaries. Jamie shares about how he researches, curates film and interviews, and edits to create his documentaries.
The Teacher As Filmmaker/ David Lynch : In this Teacher As Filmmaker minisode, I share screenwriter/director David Lynch's philosophy on catching ideas for writing.
Zooming In on Narrative Nonfiction with Candace Fleming : Candace Fleming is an author of many fiction and nonfiction books for children and young adults. Among other things, Candace talks about the research process, the power of nonfiction and how teachers can help students get more specific in their research.
The Teacher As Writer with Phaedra Hise : Phaedra talks about the purpose of writing and finding what is essential.
Zooming In on Documentary Storytelling with Glenn Kirschbaum : In this episode, I chat with Glenn Kirschbaum, a documentary filmmaker. Glenn discusses the challenges and rewards of documentary filmmaking, including the success of his Gene Wilder documentary, which was supported by Mel Brooks and Alan Alda. Glenn highlights the importance of staying relevant and connecting with audiences, especially young people, through compelling storytelling.
The Teacher As…Podcast:
Student- Centered Classrooms
Secondary Teachers: The Teacher As…Podcast episode: Zooming In On Hover Free Secondary Teaching with Miriam Plotinsky: I discuss “hover-free” teaching with educator/author Miriam Plotinsky. Miriam discusses taking a measured approach with one small step at a time to get teachers ever closer to achieving ideal results in student-centered classrooms, especially secondary.
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Student Leadership
Fourth grade students modeling and teaching other classrooms how to write content for podcasting (student written teaching script): https://docs.google.com/document/d/1IkjBUdUzgWadLJ4C5OhBA5zRli620RpAIPHoA7RjaIs/edit
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Inspiration: Student Created Podcasts
Birch Meadow Way Podcast - Melissa’s school - 4th grade
The Best Student Podcasts in America - Middle School/High School
NPR: Student Podcast Challenge
Example episodes of the Student Podcast Podcast by level:
Student Podcast Podcast (Elementary)” Episode 16: A Service-Learning Podcasting Project - This episode features 3rd grade teacher David Green (dgreen@nscds.org) and his students from North Shore Country Day School in Winnetka, Illinois, just north of Chicago. David has been creating audio with his students for 15 years, long before it was called podcasting! For this service learning project, David and his students visited the Lakeview Food Pantry in Chicago to explore the problem of hunger. Listen to hear David’s expert tips for a successful podcasting project, with commentary from host and former public radio reporter, Monica Brady-Myerov.
Student Podcast Podcast (Middle School) : Episode 12: Podcasting to explore 'Bias in the Media - This episode comes from the classroom of 5th and 6th grade teacher Kate Fischer from the Hyde Park School in Cincinnati, Ohio. Looking to get into podcasting for the first time with her students, Kate she offered an extra no-credit assignment for students to create their own podcast. One student, Anna Kunkel, took on the challenge, and used her podcast to explore ‘Bias in the Media’, a challenge she has personally faced in her own research projects. Listen to hear clips from Anna’s podcast, with reflections from her teacher on the project, and tips & tricks from our host, Monica Brady-Myerov.
Student Podcast Podcast (High School) : Emulating Real Podcasts, Like “Serial” - In this episode hear a podcast that sounds just like the introduction to the Serial podcast. Former high school ELA Teacher, Michael Godsey initially wanted to share his excitement for the Serial podcast with his students and their love for podcasting blossomed through that. This was Godsey’s first podcasting project and he has since brought more audio stories into his teaching which has had a tremendous and visible effect on the students' level of engagement, critical-thinking habits, and writing skills.
Student Podcast Podcast (Any Grade) : Episode 11: Vocabulary Podcasts - Going Deep on a Single Word - In this episode we go deep into the meaning of words and hear from ELA teacher Mary Beth Steven’s students as they dig into the etymology of vocabulary terms such as ‘kerfuffle’ and ‘hippopotamus’. Mary Beth tried podcasting with her students for the first time last year, using a Zoom brand audio recorder, and editing in Audacity. Her sixty-six students were split into groups of 4-5, created a total of 15 podcasts for their classroom series ‘One Word at a Time’. In this episode of the Student Podcast PODCAST, you will hear clips from the series, with reflections from Mary Beth on her experience creating this podcast series with her students.
Tai Asks Why - Fifteen-year-old Tai Poole won’t rest until he’s uncovered the mysteries of the universe, one probing question at a time.
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Podcasts for Students to Listen to so They Know How Podcasts Work.
Apple Podcasts for Kids and Family
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Podcasting Logistics:
Podcast Permission Google Form
Make a copy and then tweak as much as you like.
Recording and Editing:
Pat Flynn Podcast Overview 2025
Pat Flynn - Garage Band -Free on Mac - Record and Edit
Pat Flynn - Audacity Overview - Free on PC - Record and Edit
Mike Russell - Audacity - quick tips (FYI: Command L is same a Control L)
Justin Brown - Descript/Squadcast - Free recording and editing
Pat Flynn - Descript and Squadcast
Equipment:
Audio Technica microphone kit - Fancier than the one I bought in 2020, but still using mine and it is great!
Sound proofing Option 1 - Portable Sound Booth
Sound proofing Option 2 -Isolation Shield
The Best Podcasting Microphone on the Market
Media Host:
The media host is how you get the podcast player if you will have a website and also how podcast platforms (Apple, Stitcher, Spotify, etc.) grab your RSS feed.
Buzzsprout - I have used this media host since 2020, very user friendly
Music and Sound Effects:
Podcast Artwork:
How to Make Podcast Art in Canva - Deep Dive - if you are brave!
Fiverr - affordable freelance services
I use Amy Malkoff Creative - She designed The Teacher As and Ponzinomics 101 artwork for me. We did an art contest for The Birch Meadow Way Podcast our first year and Amy helped turn the winning art into podcast art with the correct dimensions, etc. See her work below.
