Dates: Monday, August 16 to Friday, August 20, 2021
Live Morning Session: 11:30 am to 12:30 pm Eastern
Break (with time for asynchronous project work & optional office hours)
Live Afternoon Session: 2:30 pm to 3:30 pm Eastern
For ages: 9-14
Camp Schedule
Day 1
AM: Speak Up! From Spoken Stories to Podcasts
Guest: Sperry Ash, traditional Sugpiaq storyteller
PM: 101 Stories: Choosing Which One to Tell
Guest: Hrishikesh Hirway, creator, Song Exploder
Day 2
AM: You're the Reporter: Interview Skills
PM: First Draft: Scripting Your Fantastical Podcast
Guest: Phoebe Owens, creator/producer, The Adventures of Power Dog in Dogland!
Day 3
AM: Getting Techy: How to Record Your Podcast
Guest: Ben Strouse (Founder, GenZ Media - Molly of Denali, Mars Patel and more)
PM: What comes next? Mapping Your Podcast
Guest: Polly Hall, Ear Snacks
Day 4
AM: Sounds: Setting the Stage
Guest: Pamela Rogers, Buttons & Figs podcast
PM: What's Your Style? Creating Styleboards
Guest:
Day 5
AM: Making the Cut: Editing Your Podcast
Guest: Darren Short, Kids’ Poetry Club Podcast
PM: Get the Word Out! Marketing & Cover Art
Intensive Camp: On Air- Everything You Need to Know About Podcasting
To cap off Story Seeds summer of podcasts programs, our one-week immersive camp led by educator Claudia Haines invites kids to explores the nuts and bolts of what it takes to make a podcast—from ideation and creating memorable audio logos to scripting, recording, and editing. All week long, participants will meet experts (storytellers, producers, sound engineers, and kids and family podcasters) and learn their tricks of the trade. They will also create and record short audio gems as they lay the foundation for making their own podcasts. This class will be a combination of two synchronous (live) virtual instruction sessions per day with time in between for independent project work. Participants will have the opportunity to share their experiments in podcasting and collaborate with their learning community in a shared Padlet.
Claudia Haines is a long-time youth services librarian, educator, and media mentor who is passionate about designing creative learning experiences for kids, teens, and families that support literacy in a connected world. She leads inclusive hands-on workshops in a variety of in-person and remote settings that incorporate storytelling, social and emotional learning, digital tools, and media literacy skills. She also trains educators nationwide on media mentorship, computational thinking for young children, and family learning in the library.
During the pandemic shutdown, Claudia hosted a weekly Radio Storytime on KBBI, a radio station in Homer, Alaska and designed Activity to Go Kits for older kids and teens which included design prompts to spark making and an online platform for makers to share what they made with each other. She is also the co-author of the book Becoming a Media Mentor: Working with Children and Families.
Our online sign-up form allows you to register up to two children. If you’re interested in registering more than two or a larger group, please email: storyseeds@literarysafari.com
Our virtual summer programs are developed by Literary Safari, the award-winning studio behind The Story Seeds Podcast which has created curriculum and playful learning experiences for McGraw Hill, Scholastic, Sesame Workshop, E-Line Media, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and UNESCO.
