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NASA Vodcast Project

November 18, 2007

Alright, Plug Me In-ers, here’s a project that’s right up our alley:

SCIENCE: MULTIMEDIA COMPETITION
http://www.explorationpodcast.com/
Middle grades students who enter the 21st Century Explorer Podcast
Competition will produce a 60-second audio or video podcast that
answers the question: “What do you think is NASA’s greatest
exploration achievement in the past 50 years and why?” There will be
prizes — and we’re pretty sure, based on the promotional material at
this website, that PIZZAZZ counts! Click on “About the Competition”
to get the complete details. The content, sponsored by the American
Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, hopes to “encourage
today’s students to become tomorrow’s explorers.” Deadline for
submission is January 4, 2008.

Let’s see if we can win this thing!  After all, we’ve got podcasting and digital movie making down pat and we’ve got more than a passing interest in the lunacy that NASA is involved in! 

Here’s a template that you can use to plan a vodcast—or video podcast—that we’ll eventually post here in Plug Me In and on The Blurb:

NASA Project Template

You’ll need to use Moviemaker or Garage Band to do your actual recording.  If you’re not sure how to use Moviemaker, be sure to get the templates that Bam Bam has in class.  They’re step-by-step directions, so you’re sure to be able to follow them. 

You’ll also need some royalty free music to include in your presentation.  Music always makes presentations more interesting.  Here are a bunch of royalty free songs that we can use.  The tracks are all one minute long—which is the length that videos for the competition are allowed to be:

Royalty Free Jazz Loop

Royalty Free Funk Loop

Royalty Free Fiddle Loop

Royalty Free Classical Loop

Royalty Free Bass Loop

Just remember to include the credit tagline at the end of your production, though.  While these tracks are royalty free, you do need to give credit to the creators. 

Rock on,

Bam Bam Bigelow

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