Contemporary Issue Podcast Reflection

The article I chose for my contemporary issues podcast was "When Bullying Turns Deadly: Can it be Stopped?" It was a really moving articles that talked about the various suicides that have taken young lives this past fall as a result of cyberbullying.  At the end of my podcast I talked about the different ways we can prevent cyberbullying in schools as future teachers. I felt I learned a lot while making this podcast because I took a lot of time searching the web on cyberbullying prevention.  There were many tips and ideas, so it was hard to narrow it all down.  My original script was much too long, so I had to edit it many times.  I did learn though that when making a podcast it is SO much easier to have a script to read from.  


I put a lot of effort into my podcast.  I spent a lot of time creating my script because I wanted to touch on all the important details from my article. I spent most of my time though working on garageband.  I thought it was very confusing.  First I did not understand how to stop my podcast from recording (you would think they would make a stop button instead of just clicking on the play button again).  I played around with the site for a good half hour when I got frustrated however I turned to the internet.  I searched the web for screencasts on how to make a podcast on garageband.  I watched several, which helped me figure out some of the steps I could not understand on my own. I was also very confused on how to fade out my intro music and sound effects.  I thought it was kind of confusing.  It took me much longer to create my podcast than I thought it would (a good 2 hours longer), but I think the time was well spent because I really learned the steps and how to use garageband. I know feel mostly confident making a screencast.  The more I make the more I will learn though!


I think by making my podcast I now have the knowledge to make more and incorporate them into my future school classroom. I think this is something every kid should know and if they should know it than I should too! And now I do! It's a really great feeling :)