Afterschool Podcasting
Afterschool Podcasting is a unique suite of out-of-school-time programs where kids in 4th through 12th grade learn the ins and outs of creating exceptional podcasts!
In these fun, hands-on experiences, students learn the power of their own voices by learning real-world techniques of planning, writing, recording, and editing excellent audio series. We’re proud to have seen this foster media literacy, career readiness, teamwork, and confidence in students from different backgrounds and communities around the country.
We offer this program in three different formats, designed to fit a wide range of budgets, timelines, and program scales:
Podcast Jumpstart
One-time hands-on workshops where students learn the basics of podcasting and record their own episode in just two hours.
Low cost and low commitment, this is perfect as an introduction to Afterschool Podcasting or as enrichment for short-term programs.
The Podcast Club
In regular meetings over the course of a school term or semester, students learn the ins and outs of podcasting, culminating in the creation and publication of their own short series.
Built to fit the shape of your program, this comprehensive course gives kids real experience in every aspect of media production, from planning and scripting to recording to editing to publishing.
The short series they produce over the program is totally student-led, giving them the chance to share something with family and friends that they conceived and created themselves.
Branded Podcasting Featuring Student Voices
Engage our award-winning production team to create a high-quality podcast for your organization, using your students as reporters, interviewers, and on-air talent.
Students get hands-on work experience in a real professional podcast production and your organization gets an invaluable new stream of marketing media, displaying your philosophy and programming to the world.
Packages include thorough planning and discovery, combinations of on-site and remote recording, professional production and post-production, and effective promotion and audience building.
Our coaches –– all experienced audio producers, journalists, and educators with credits at places like NPR, the BBC, StoryCorps, and many more –– travel to after-school programs and teach children every step of the process: from how narratives are structured to how recordings are made and edited. Along the way they learn important lessons about teamwork, creativity, media literacy, and the power of their own voices.
