Podcasting An Introduction Maggie Veres Wright State University 2008.

PodcastingAn Introduction

Maggie VeresWright State University

2008

http://www.zunescene.com/

What is Podcasting?

• Just in Time Audio or Video

• Homemade or Professional

• Variety of Topics

• Entertainment, Educational, News

• All Genres

Podcast Definition

• A non-music audio broadcast that has been converted to an MP3 file or other audio file format for playback in a digital music player. Developed by former MTV VJ and Internet businessman Adam Curry in 2004, the term actually means “Portable on Demand”

Where Do I get Podcasts?

• Most Popular

• iTunes

• Podcast Alley

• Podcast Directory

http://www.apple.com/itunes/store/

http://www.podcastalley.com/

Where Do I Put Them?

• Play Directly on the Computer

• Download to iTunes or Another Program

• Listen through iTunes

• Load on a MP3 Player and Listen Anywhere or Watch on a TV

http://www.apple.com/ilife/tutorials/itunes/

http://www.amazon.com/MP3-Players-Audio-Video/b?ie=UTF8&node=172630

What Programs Will Play Podcasts?

Any Aggregator (Program that keeps track of your subscriptions or

RSS Feeds)

• Juice (Both Mac and PC)

• NewzCrawler (PC)

• NewsGator (Mac)

http://k12online.wm.edu/rss4partseries/rss%20part%20I/rss%20part%20I.html

http://www.newzcrawler.com/

http://www.newsgator.com/NGOLProduct.aspx?ProdID=NetNewsWire

Sample Podcasts

• Fitness

• Education

• Old Time Radio

• Media Literacy

How Can I make a Podcast?Apple

• Apple Makes It Easy

• GarageBand

• iPhoto

• iTunes

• iMovie

• iWeb

• Vodcaster

http://www.apple.com/ilife/tutorials/garageband/index.html

http://www.apple.com/ilife/tutorials/iphoto/new.html

http://www.apple.com/ilife/tutorials/imovie/index.html

http://www.apple.com/ilife/tutorials/iweb/index.html

http://www.twocanoes.com/vodcaster/

How Can I make a Podcast on a PC?

• Audacity is free. It works on all platforms.

• Audacity Tutorial

• Moviemaker is free.

• Tutorial for Moviemaker

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/about/

http://curriculum.union.edu/tips/audacity.php

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/updates/moviemaker2.mspx

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/moviemaker/default.mspx

Who is Using Podcasts?

• Podcast Research

• iTunes University

• UCBerkeley

http://podcast.isthereason.com/

http://podcast.isthereason.com/

http://www.apple.com/education/solutions/itunes_u/

http://www.apple.com/education/solutions/itunes_u/

http://video.google.com/ucberkeley.html

http://video.google.com/ucberkeley.html

Media Podcasts

• Media in Education

• David Warlick on 21st Century Literacy

• Understanding Media

• Allan November

http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/mediaberkman/2006/10/04/podcasting-and-new-media-in-education/

http://www.carmelinafilms.com/undermedia/

Additional Resources

• Numerous Others (A Resource for You)

• This was developed by Roger Carlsen and me.

http://www.wright.edu/%7Eroger.carlsen/podcasts.htm

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