Mary Caesar is an inspirational Indigenous woman, who survived the Lower Post Residential School, and I created a podcast, entitled, “The Healing Journey,” that shares her life story. To construct this podcast, I researched about Caesar’s life before, during, and after residential school, and I incorporated this information throughout my script. Then, I recorded myself with a Blue Snowball Microphone, that was generously provided by Vancity, and used Audacity for sound mixing the audio, and the royalty free music that I obtained from HookSounds. Once I finished editing my podcast, I designed a podcast cover, which required innovative problem solving since I could only include original photos and drawings in my design. In the end, I utilized the draw feature on Word and drew outlines of images with my laptop’s trackpad. I then integrated my outlines into Canva, chose a font that suited my podcast, and added orange to contrast the blue background. The orange is additionally meant to symbolize Indigenous peoples, and reconciliation, with an orange shirt. Ultimately, I learned how to handle sound mixing platforms to generate an informative podcast, and how to share the importance of truth and reconciliation in Canada.
Thank you for sharing your work on to your Edublog!
Mr. Barazzuol