The Bardwell Road Centre Podcast

Producers: Sofia (Portugal) and Thomas (Venezuela)

In this show, through a video photo slide show and voice-over, Sofia and Thomas present an overview of Oxford, the city of students.

The show includes introductions to:
- the origin of the city
- the universities
- interesting tourist sites

HOW THE SHOW WAS MADE...

Sofia and Thomas scripted the show with a sequence of photographs, mainly taken by Sofia (plus a few from Geoff, class teacher). They spent a lot of time trying to identify the different buildings in the pictures, working closely with a map of Oxford city centre. They also used other text resources for background information.

This show was made during class time, using photos and recorded voices, all edited in the program Windows Movie Maker on the students' own laptops, and exported as a .wmv (Windows Media) file at 320x280 pixels.

PUBLISHER'S NOTE

Unfortunately, none of the students' video shows, all in .wmv format, seem to download on the podcast subscribers' RSS feed, but they seem to play correctly in a web browser like Internet Explorer or Safari, on both Mac and Windows PCs. Please be patient, as "buffering" seems to take a little while!

If your are using a Mac, and .wmv video files won't play at all, an excellent solution is to install the FREE Flip4Mac Windows Media Components for QuickTime software. You can download it from Microsoft at:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/wmcomponents.mspx