By, Elizabeth Tillery
Online digital media delivery by RSS feed (“a magazine delivered by the regular mail via the mailman”
Broadcasting online Online magazine subscription “P”ortable “O”n “D”emand
Broad”casting”
Any content lesson (Ex. Language Lesson to teach French)
How-to-instructions Self-guided tours Storytelling Accessibility for students whose reading skills
are limited Your own radio show Relay important messages to students
iPod Cell Phones MP3 Players Xbox and other gamers TiVo Computer
A recording device Software to create an MP3 audio or
video file (ex. http://audacity.sourceforge.net, Free)
Access to the internet An application that lets you listen to
the podcast, such as iTunes, Juice, feedburner also called podcatchers
FREE audio playing software such as Audacity.com
FREE RSS feed such as feedburner.com $-iPod with a Griffin iTalk or any digital
recorder $$-Office Studio with higher-end
microphone and computer software $$$- Professional recording studio
5 minutes if you are good with technology and your content is minimal
Student projects usually take 3-4 weeks to produce
Teachers should possess intermediate computer skills and know the technical aspects of the production process before trying to teach the skills to students
ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES Listen to exactly what,
when, and where you want
Another education tool Family members can stay
up to date on classrooms Study support-repeated
listening and review 24/7 Education Students learn technical
skills Saves time accessing
information Improves public speaking
skills
Audio quality No 2-way interaction or
audience participation No access to hardware Some initial training is
needed Lost in a “sea of
information”
Audio podcasts
Enhanced podcasts: May include chapter marks, images, and hyperlinks to websites
Video podcasts (also called vodcast)
Student podcast http://recap.ltd.uk/podcasting/schools/i
ndex.php http://123listen2me.com/ Teacher podcast http://www.podcastingnews.com/forum/
link_6.htm http://epnweb.org
1. Choose a topic and create the script2. Create and edit an audio or video recording
(using software such as http://audacity.sourceforge.net ) and save as an MP3 file
3. Create or update your RSS data feed that contains information about your podcast to your hosting provider
4. Save and upload the feed and audio file to your server
5. Produce and Publish using podcatchers such as iTunes, Juice, www.Podbean.com, or radioDoppler
6. Download and listen anywhere
Really Simple Syndication = Shared Content
A quick and easy way to create and use “syndicated content”
“pull” and “push” information Ex. Of free software = Cooktop – the
free software for windows www.feedforall.com RSS feed creation
tool
Invitation to the Pike Road Arts & Crafts show this Saturday!
About.com http://radio.about.com/od/podcastin1 Podcasting Tutorial < http://feedforall.com/podcasting-
tutorial.htm> ICT in Education
http://www.1tscotland.org.uk/ictineducation/sitegeneral
Podcasting in the classroom. http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~nshelley
Podcast for educators, schools and colleges http://recap.ltd.uk/podcasting/info/podcasting.html
No questions, please!! I’m just as confused as you are right now!!
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