Podcasting in a Writing Class? Considering the Possibilities

Episode 4: Podcast Assignments 2—Media and Message Assignments

Overview

In this episode, I present four possible podcast assignments that focus on media and message concerns: Week in Review, Media & Message Comparison, Option from List of Various Media, and Regular Individual Podcast Series. I have included many clips from student work as examples. Without further ado, let us begin Episode 4: “Podcast Assignments 2—Media and Message Assignments.”

• Podcast File (.MP3 length 21:00 minutes. This is saved as a rich .MP3 with album art and lyrics. Please download and listen to with an .MP3 program, like iTunes, for the fullest experience.)
• Transcript (.pdf)

 

 

Table 4.1: Student Rated Contributions of the Week in Review to their Electronic Writing and Publishing Knowledge and Skills

Knowledge and Skills	Contribution
Audience	4.7
Purpose	4.7
Context	4.4
Ethos	4.2
Pathos	4.2
Logos	4.3
Tone	4.5
Ethics	3.2
Critique & analysis	4.2
Media differences & issues	4.2
Genre	4.1
Internet writing strategies	3.7
Visual design	3.3
Interface design	2.7
Copyright and fair use issues	3.4
Written communication	3.0
Oral communication	4.6
Technological literacy	4.5
Overall electronic writing and publishing (putting it all together)	4.2

Scale: 1-5; 1 = no contribution; 5= significant contribution

Table 4.2: Student Rated Contributions of the Media Analysis Project to their Rhetorical Knowledge and Skills

Knowledge and Skills	Contribution
Audience	2.4
Purpose	2.6
Context	2.6
Ethos	2.7
Pathos	2.3
Logos	2.7
Invention	2.4
Arrangement	2.8
Style	2.6
Memory	2.0
Delivery	2.4
Common topics	2.2
Kairos	2.3
Proofs	2.2
Visual Rhetoric	1.9
Transitions	2.0
Three parts of a “text”: introduction, body, & conclusion	2.0
Transitions	1.8
Tone	2.3
Critical thinking	2.7
Ethics	1.9
Critique	2.4
Analysis	2.7
Medium (differences & issues)	2.3
Genre	1.9
Oral communication skills	2.0
Written communication skills	2.9
Technological skills	2.3
Overall applied rhetoric skills (putting it all together)	2.8

Scale: 1-3; 1 = no contribution; 3= significant contribution

Table 4.3: Student Rated Contributions of the Podcast Capstone Projects to their Electronic Writing and Publishing Knowledge and Skills

Knowledge and Skills	Contribution
Audience	4.7
Purpose	4.7
Context	4.5
Ethos	4.5
Pathos	4.2
Logos	4.5
Tone	4.7
Ethics	4.2
Critique & analysis	4.7
Media differences & issues	4.3
Genre	4.3
Internet writing strategies	3.8
Visual design	3.0
Interface design	3.0
Copyright and fair use issues	4.3
Written communication	3.8
Oral communication	4.7
Technological literacy	4.5
Overall electronic writing and publishing (putting it all together)	4.5

Scale: 1-5; 1 = no contribution; 5= significant contribution

 

Student Podcast Clips:

These clips are listed in order based on the topic and start time for the clips (transcripts unavailable for student clips).

Week in Review Clips

• Manfredi, Robert. (2008). WIR: Robert Manfredi, for ENGL 4320:005:FA08, posted 9/16/2008 on iTunes University.
• Cho, Ian, & Domit. Brian. (2008). WIR: I Cho B Domit, for ENGL 4320:005:FA08, posted 10/07/08 on iTunes University.
• Woodard, Arch, & Jones, Brett. (2008). Week in review pirate cast, for ENGL 4320:005:FA08, posted 10/15/08 on iTunes University.
• Judge, Ashley. (2008). WIR: Judge, for ENGL 4320:005:FA08, posted 11/19/08 on iTunes University.

Graduate Student Clips

• Gonzales, Kallen. (2009). Here comes everybody - 8121 MMMP, for English 8121: FA09. 
• Sirkin, Austin. (2009). Podcast1, for English 8121: FA09.
• LeMaster, Liane. (2008). StoryFlex_1, for English 8123: SP08.
• Williams, Keith C. (2009). Podcasting podcast, for English 8121: FA09.
• Donald, Matt. (2010). No such things as ghosts (in the machine): Relieving the fear of changing textual dynamics in hypermedia, for English 8121: FA09. 

Link in the Transcript:

• Rhetorina, a rhetoric student podcast: http://deimos3.apple.com/WebObjects/Core.woa/Browse/gsu.edu.2124884021.02124884032.2173554180?i=1925357101 (One sample Rhetorina podcast)