Introducing PodcastingPeer Coaches Career Exploration

What is Podcasting • . /pdkst/, /pdkast/, U.S. /pdkæst/ [< -pod

(in iPod, a trade name for an MP3 player) + -casting (in BROADCASTING n.).

• The use of the Internet to make available digital recordings of broadcasts for downloading to a computer or personal audio player.

From the Oxford English Dictionary

How Does It Work?Plan and Create

the Content

• Microphone• Audio Recorder

Software

Upload the Content

Create/Edit an RSS Feed

Publish and Promote

• Podcast Directories

• News• Blogs

Why Would Libraries Want to Use It?

Library Tours

Story Telling

Speakers Series

Events

BookReviews

Staff Training or Professional Development

Library Instruction

Listeners

Find a Podcast they want to hear.

Listen to it online, or download it to their MP3 player.

Subscribe to the RSS feed to be notified when future episodes come out.

SO YOU WANT TO PODCAST ?Plan

ProducePublish

Promote

PLAN

Identify Clear Objectives• Clearly state learning outcomes• Think about ideas for content• Will you be:

– Creating a lecture– Having a conversation– Giving people tips– Marketing a service– Interviewing someone– Reenacting a scene – “I wish I had known”– Talking about your article from the article discussion– Reviewing what you learned from your poster session

Know Your Audience• Who is going to listen to your show?• What do they want to hear?• Should your voice be formal or informal?

Organize Before Recording• Brainstorm ideas• Outline • Storyboard • Write Scripts

Determine Podcast Elements• Introduction• Speakers• Content• Length• Closing

Focus on the Message, not the Media• Be creative, not boring!• Professionalism• Take care: copyright and fair use

– Flickr Commons– Creative Commons– Pdinfo – CCMixer

PRODUCE

Recording• Be yourself• Practice, practice, practice• Redo

Voice• Use

– Rhythm – Tone– Pitch– Clarity– Inflection

• Formal or informal voice• Practice, practice, practice• Don’t just read your script!

Equipment• Headphones• Computer• Microphone• Audacity

Check out the Media Lab!

PUBLISH

Places to Post Podcasts• iTunes• Podcast Alley• Podcast Pickle

Create an RSS feed so users can subscribe

Test the Results• Does it play?• Check sound quality• RSS feed working?

PROMOTE

Get your Podcast Heard• Add your podcast to multiple lists• Let people subscribe• Advertise it (Facebook, Twitter, Blogs)• Use your listeners to advertise• Be interesting

YOUR ASSIGNMENT

Peer Coaches Podcast• Topic: Career Exploration

– Be Creative– Consider using topics from your article discussion or poster

session• Proposal

– Due July 15– 250 words or less– Describe the content of your podcast

• Podcast– Due August 5– Post on the Peer Coaches Blog– Length: 10 to 15 minutes