Produce Your Own Lit Podcast

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• Studiejaar 5

Produce Your Own Lit Podcast

Please List Partners Here.
Then, group up. HW together is "Elements of Podcasts (later) and creation of shared Google Doc (later).

Objectives:

-Learn how to analyze the elements and techniques of podcasting, storytelling, and interviewing. 

-Apply knowledge to specific topic surrounding literature.

-Carry out and submit a professional quality podcast (episode).

Today:

-Warm Up: Elements of Podcasts

-Introduction: Podcast Assignment

-Homework: Podcast Google Doc & first topics

-You will need: iPad, headphones, physical notepad

PART ONE: PLANNING

How much do you know about podcasts? Share topics, titles, length, audience, goal, format, etc.

Think of a podcast you've seen or heard about. What elements do you remember?

topics

music

sound effects

hosts / guests

something else

humour/tone

the build up (storytelling)

Task A: One Minute Interviews.

 From this link, choose a prompt you could pose as a podcast interview question. Interview a partner for one minute on your prompt. After one minute, switch roles so they interview you about their topic. Note: Interviews should take up the entire minute, so if there is extra time, interviewers should be ready to ask follow-up questions.

How did the one-minute interviews go? Did the interviewee speak for the entire time? Did the interviewer ask any follow-up questions? What kinds of follow-up questions worked well?

Effective Interview Techniques

Think about any interviews you have watched on TV or heard on podcasts or on the radio.
What are the elements and techniques of effective interviewing? 

How can an interviewer elicit the best story or response from an interview subject?

Podcasts

Listen to three short audio clips and take notes:

Podcast 1: Invisibilia: Episode 1: Dark Thoughts (Segment: 0:00 - 2:40)

Podcast 3: The Daily: Fired Over an Instagram Post (Segment: 0:00 - 3:45)

Podcast 3: StoryCorps: Gregory Bess and April Gibson (Segment: 0:00 - 2:36)

Your notes: Which elements and techniques of interviewing are being used?

What were your key takeaways from the video on podcast scripting?

Podcast: Workflow Format

The preparation for the podcast is divided into three parts:

1) Independent work: familiarization 

2) Group work: guided -> interview topic 

3) Team work: unguided

HW: Elements of Podcasts

While listening to each of these three short podcast excerpts (between one and three minutes), take notes using this notetaking sheet (PDF) on both the episode topic (what is being said or discussed) and the production elements (the various aspects of the podcast that create the listening experience).

• Modern Love “R We D8ting? | With Krysten Ritter” (Segment: 1:00 - 3:16)

• The Daily “The Right to Bear Arms” (Segment: 0:00 - 2:36)

• Still Processing “Take a Knee if You Agree” (Segment: 0:00 - 1:27)

What did you notice about the subject matter? What did you notice about the formatting and techniques used within the podcast? How were the three podcast excerpts similar? How were they different?

Summary

There are many different types of podcasts:

conversations between the hosts; interviews; storytelling; nonfiction or fiction; etc. 

Podcasts serve different purposes, too: some try to make you laugh; others aim to keep you in suspense; some want to educate or inform. 

Keep all of these possibilities in mind as you consider what you want your original podcast to be like.

Lit Podcast Project

*Digital Handout*

 Brainstorm various podcast topic ideas inspired by personal interests, current events, or societal issues. Use a (digital) whiteboard or digital collaboration tool to visualize ideas.

Homework

• Create and share a Google Document* with your group AND teacher, calling it "Podcast 5V[class] [name1], [name2], [name3] & [name3], "[Title of Podcast]"." Use this as your digital meeting place for the coming weeks.
• *Alternatives to Google: Trello, Padlet, etc. As long as work in progress is shared, we are set.
  
• Complete 1 a-d, then follow instructions. Good luck!

PART TWO: Research & Plan Your Content

Remember:

Hook, 

Intro, 

Main Body, 

Key Takeaways

Open your assignments. How can I help your team today?

PART THREE: Production

Homework

Follow the plan in your Podcast Assignment. 

Due date:  END OF WEEK 23. Good luck!