Sorry, Our City Podcast is no longer accepting submissions.

Students from around the world are invited to participate in Our City Podcast! There are many resources for teachers for using Our City Podcast in their classrooms and for creating an episode.

I suggest first having student listen to many of the existing episodes. Discuss what they noticed in the episodes will help them in making their own. Use the Planning Pages for help in writing scripts.

Record and edit the episode using software like GarageBand or Audacity. Export the audio as a MP3 or WAV file. Export videos as .mp4.

Use the free YouSendIt.com service to email the large audio file to tony@learninginhand.com. Please be sure to listen to the entire episode before submitting to be sure it's appropriate for listeners of all ages.

In an email message to tony@learninginhand.com, please include:

• City Name and State or Country.
• Name of the episode (like Outstanding Omaha, Hopping Hill City, or Remarkable Rogersville).
• A short paragraph about the episode, including the city name, grade level, teacher's name, and school. Here's an example:
  • Eighth grade students at Lynbrook North Middle School are delighted to introduce their lovely village located on the South Shore of Long Island in the wonderful state of New York. Students spent time in the library researching their history and learning about the past. Enjoy their podcast and you’ll discover why they love Lynbrook!
• Email address to contact the class.
• One photo for the icon of your episode.
• URL of a web link for your podcast. This could be a page on your class website, a wiki, a Google Site, etc.
  • This is a change! To streamline the process on my end, submitters will create a webpage with whatever information they want to include. I will post to iTunes and then link to the webpage from the Our City Podcast page. Check out existing pages for ideas of what to include.

Please be sure you have school and parental permission for publishing student audio and photos on the Our City Podcast site. Please do not use student last names.

Read Tony Vincent's blog entries about Our City Podcast.

Email tony@learninginhand.com with questions and thanks for participating in Our City Podcast!