Creating an Award-Winning Culture for your Podcast

Published: Feb. 20, 2019, 11 a.m.

In this episode of Educational Podcasting Today, Jeff welcomes Hans Appel on the program to discuss how his students are creating the Award-Winning Culture Podcast, a show created completely by his amazing middle school students.\xa0 Learn how you can bring podcasting into your classroom today by listening to his inspiring story!
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In this episode, we discuss:

Award-Winning Culture Podcast-How it came to be
Working with student podcasters
Setting up a classroom podcast
Process
Equipment needs

Blue Yeti Microphone
Rode Microphone


Finding the best applications to use

Skype
ECAMM Call Recorder
Garageband
Libsyn


Getting school buy-in
Assessing the success of students and the project
Parent\u2019s thoughts and reactions
Student thoughts, reactions, and reflections
Where do we go from here? \xa0Next steps

About Hans Appel
Hans Appel has worked as a counselor in the Richland School District for the past 18 years and at Enterprise Middle School since it opened. He\u2019s passionate about school culture, servant leadership, and kindness. In 2018, EMS was awarded the ASCD Whole Child Award for the State of Washington and the Global \u201cClass Act Award\u201d for creating a culture of excellence through kindness, service, and empathy. In 2019, EMS was chosen as a finalist for the PBIS Film Festival, which showcased their award-winning school culture. Recently, Hans launched his own blog about School Culture and this fall rolled out a student-led leadership podcast called Award Winning Culture: Hosted by Wildcat Nation, which can be subscribed, listened or reviewed on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play, Spotify, and Libsyn. He can be contacted at hansappel094@gmail.com. Follow Hans on twitter @hansappel094. Follow AWC on twitter at @awculture or Instagram @awardwinningculture. Wildcat Nation at @emswildcats1 and Instagram @emscounseling #WildcatNation #AwardWinningCulture
About the Award-Winning Culture Podcast
Enterprise Middle School received the 2018 ASCD Whole Child Award in Washington and the 2018 Global "Class Act Award" for its award-winning culture. By creating a culture of kindness, service, and empathy we've taken student leadership to an epic level. We invite you to join in this unique student-led journey where we explore Character, Excellence, and Community with some of the best leadership minds. We'll be sharing interviews with authors, educators, experts, and even other leadership students around the country. Whether you're an educator, student, parent or just passionate about culture and leadership, we invite you into this unique platform focused on raising education to incredible heights.
Links of Interest

Homepage: http://www.awardwinningculture.com/podcast
Twitter: https://twitter.com/hansappel094
Podcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/awculture
YouTube: https://youtu.be/-vc7XE4J4Fs
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/awardwinningculture/
Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/award-winning-culture-hosted-by-wildcat-nation/id1435716995?mt=2
Google Podcasts: https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/podcasts