If you use music, be sure it is “podsafe.” Podsafe music is the term for music that can be legally used in a podcast and freely distributed online for others to download. There’s actually so much podsafe music online, that you can spend hours sifting through it. Here is a great site for podsafe music:

* SoundSnap

Tip * Remember to give the artist credit for the music, if possible.

at the Wildish Theatre in downtown Springfield

Two Lit 10B students have been nominated for their podcasts…

RJ’s podcast, My Room, has been nominated in the following categories:

• Best Podcast - Documentary
• Best Script
• Best Editing

Chris’s work on Forest of Fear earned him two nominations:

• Best Podcast - Artistic
• Best Sound

Check out their podcasts here. More details can be found at http://www.sps.lane.edu/it/festival/index.html.

Nikolas

Chelsea

Kaylie

Chloe

Emily

Kyle

Amanda

Roschelle

Nicole

Jessi

Darcee

Chelsea

Samantha

Jessi

Ryan

Holly

Robbie

Jessica

Jolissa

Katie 

I’d like to encourage you to check out some of the memoirs that caused so many of you to stop, listen, and react to the life experiences of other students, especially if you weren’t lucky enough to hear them firsthand.

Chelsea shocked everyone with her powerful, intensely personal and emotional memoir, a must read!

A talented writer, Bryan crafted a memoir that only needs illustrations to complete its transformation into a magical children’s book.

Nicole kept us on the edge of our seats as she remembered all the nervousness of a choir competition.

Drawing out the tension, Kyle wove together mixed memories about a family excursion to Six Flags.

Kyra tapped into a different kind of experience, with vivid, sometimes painful descriptions, she shared the adventure of her first calf scramble.

Jacob had us laughing out loud as he related his summer struggles with one camper at Camp Harlow.

Painting a picture with words, Roschelle captured our attention with beautiful memories of summer.

Shakria’s last line, “I remember that that was the last summer and maybe even the last time I was such a child; that was the last summer Sammie and I truly believed we would be friends forever, and that nothing would ever change us or how we felt,” leaves the reader full of questions.

Garnering more responses than any other student in his class, Kory entertained us with his memoir of an evening gone wrong.

Jennifer’s childhood memory is both disturbing and sad; she uses vivid detail to describe a horrific, shocking moment in her life.

With her last line, “… and the streets of Los Angeles, California, will always run through my veins,” Jasmine captured the feelings of loss that almost always accompany an unexpected move away from the familiar faces of family and friends.

Kyra, Jessica, Bryan, Amanda, Andrea, and Ryan have some interesting thoughts on blogging.

Nicole, whose natural, fluid style makes for enjoyable reading of every blog she writes, wove together a powerful entry about the insight gained from reading David Spoto’s Enchantment.

Nikolas discussed some solid reasoning for picking up a copy of Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle.

Candice shared a funny childhood memory connected to the book of poetry she is currently reading.

The Freedom Writer’s Diary is worth reading, and David explains why in this blog entry.

Check out the ColtCast website and click on the project, booktalks or storymaps, that you’d like to subscribe to.  These student created podcasts are now available through iTunes!