{"id":705,"date":"2025-08-01T19:37:47","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T23:37:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umainenewmedia.org\/nmd200\/?p=705"},"modified":"2026-09-06T16:24:22","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T20:24:22","slug":"project-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/umainenewmedia.org\/nmd200\/project-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Project 1- Audio Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Audio Story\/Podcast<\/h3>\n<p><strong>FORMAT:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The focus of this project is <strong>audio<\/strong>, but you can\/may need to use some <strong>visuals as background<\/strong> in order for it to work on the class WordPress site.<br \/>\nTo record, try Voice Memos app on iPhones or Easy Voice Recorder and Google Recorder for Android.<\/p>\n<p>Audio files are typically in MP3 format. \u00a0While you can create, edit and export your audio using apps like Garage Band or Audacity to get an <strong>MP3<\/strong>, you should turn in an <strong>MP4<\/strong> , uploading it to your <strong>YouTube account<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s how:\u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=EECqKG4qIiA\"><strong>MP3&#8211;&gt;MP4<\/strong><\/a>: Open a program like iMovie (Mac), Clipchamp (Windows), or CapCut (Mobile\/Web). Import your audio track and drag a static photo(s) or simple video clip into the timeline. Stretch the visual to match the full length of your audio, export it as an <strong>MP4<\/strong> file, then upload it to your YouTube account.<\/p>\n<h4>Slow Media (Small &amp; Slow Solutions)<\/h4>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li1\"><b>Principle:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/permacultureprinciples.com\/permaculture-principles\/_9\/\">Use Small &amp; Slow Solutions (P9)<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><b>Skill:<\/b> Audio storytelling \/ podcasting<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><b>Task:<\/b> Produce a 1\u20132 min \u201cslow media\u201d piece (soundscape, oral history, mindful narration) that promotes attention and rest. Focus is audio but you may use visuals as background.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tool<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.audacityteam.org\/download\/\">Audacity<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=C_mHOHv28Ic\">Guide<\/a>\u00a0 OR <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adobe.com\/express\/create\/video\">Adobe Express Video<\/a> (if you want to add images to your audio)<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><b>Why:<\/b> Podcasting and audio editing are in high demand across media industries. A polished short-form audio piece demonstrates technical skill, narrative pacing, and creative range\u2014valuable for portfolios and careers in digital storytelling, communications, and marketing.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Example<\/strong>:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/ghostcathedrals\/sounds-of-maine-mount-megunticook?utm_source=clipboard&amp;utm_campaign=wtshare&amp;utm_medium=widget&amp;utm_content=https%253A%252F%252Fsoundcloud.com%252Fghostcathedrals%252Fsounds-of-maine-mount-megunticook\">Sounds of Maine<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jedlf4mhKMs\">Learning how to Meet Women<\/a>\u00a0(from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLRlSaL9vsBqToDB0RKu-pST9YpXqj5SNG\">1 in 8 Million<\/a> NYT), Calm <a href=\"https:\/\/www.calm.com\/mindfulness\">Meditations<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Prep Due Sun \u00a09\/13<\/h4>\n<ol>\n<li>Brainstorm a topic &amp; list your ideas<\/li>\n<li>Using the examples above and\/or your own sources, scout out 1-2 good models that you can follow. List these with URLs if available<\/li>\n<li>Draft a script for your audio piece, record a draft interview of a person whose story creates focus and calm, or record sounds that you can use to create a slow media piece. This is your draft material.<\/li>\n<li>Add your draft material to your post.<\/li>\n<li>Give your piece a title, find an image to use as featured image, describe your project and your materials and post this draft. Use category Project 1, Title Project \u00a0Prep 1-yourname<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h4>Project Due Sun 9\/20<\/h4>\n<ol>\n<li>Take notes from class and\/or lab feedback for your piece.<\/li>\n<li>Revise, change or adapt your audio piece based on this feedback.<\/li>\n<li>Export your audio file as mp3, and upload it ( via the media button). Add your 1-2 paragraph project description, \u00a0and your featured image in your post. \u00a0Use category Project 1,\u00a0 Title Project \u00a01-yourname.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>For MP4 video&#8211;upload to your @maine.edu YouTube account&#8211;you can access this from the upper right checkerboard menu in Google Drive. Then just copy &amp; paste the URL into your post in a Video block&#8211;the video should pop up (but may not work in the editor&#8211;try viewing the post).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Audio Story\/Podcast:<br \/>\nSlow Media (Small &#038; Slow Solutions)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":179,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[22],"class_list":["post-705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-project-1","tag-projects"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/umainenewmedia.org\/nmd200\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/final-pic.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/umainenewmedia.org\/nmd200\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/705","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/umainenewmedia.org\/nmd200\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/umainenewmedia.org\/nmd200\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umainenewmedia.org\/nmd200\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umainenewmedia.org\/nmd200\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=705"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/umainenewmedia.org\/nmd200\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/705\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3156,"href":"https:\/\/umainenewmedia.org\/nmd200\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/705\/revisions\/3156"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umainenewmedia.org\/nmd200\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/umainenewmedia.org\/nmd200\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umainenewmedia.org\/nmd200\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umainenewmedia.org\/nmd200\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}