Monday, March 23: Producing a Podcast

• Check in on Slack at some point today so I know you’re ok and you’ve seen the plan. (Just say hi in the #week8 channel.)
• Listen to this (interactive!) podcast and answer the questions posed in Slack.

• Questions about the podcast beginnings:

  1. What are the elements of this beginning? (intro to topic, intro of speakers, music, etc.)
  2. Which of these elements is the most important?
  3. How is music being used?
  4. What mechanism is used to get you to want to keep listening?
  5. How long does it take to get you to that tipping point?
  6. Do you want to keep listening?
  7. Other observations?

• Check in with your partner today about where you stand with research for your episode.

• After you’ve completed everything, tell me how your first day of online learning went in the #online-learning channel on Slack.

Wednesday, March 25: Storyboarding a Podcast

• Check in on Slack at some point today–post a meme in the #random channel that illustrates how you’re feeling today.
• Set up a Google Doc with your partner and include me in the sharing.
• Listen to this podcast episode and answer the Slack questions.

• In your Google Doc, write down these things. You don’t have to write the full text of these parts yet; we’re just outlining.
  • Identify the key points of your story.
    • What is the main point you want to convey?
    • What are the parts of the story that help convey this main point?
  • Think about Alex’s guidance that you should do something new every 45 to 90 seconds. Where are the surprising breaks in your story?
  • Where are you going to take breaks from just reading? Where can you put primary sources? Musical or sound effects?