what can you do with a podcast?
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What Can You Do With a Podcast?
Podcast RWLO2007
What is a Podcast?
• A video introduction from the “Podgrunt”
http://gruntmedia.com/podgrunt_001_view.html
What is a Podcast?
• A digital recording (mp3 file) of a radio broadcast or similar program, made available on the Internet for downloading to a computer or a personal audio player.
• PODCAST = Broadcast & iPod– Apple’s iPod is in the name, but it is not necessary for
a person to use an iPod to listen to a podcast.
• Downloadable audio files are sometimes called podcasts.– True podcasts allow users to subscribe to “feeds” to
automatically receive new episodes of the show.
– Podcasts are time-shifted content that can be consumed at your leisure.
What equipment do you need to listen to a podcast?
• Computer with Internet Connection
• An iPod or mp3 player (optional)
• You can do not have to use an i-Pod or mp3 player to listen to a podcast
Software for Podcasts
• Downloading vs. subscribing:– Podcasts Feeds –a.k.a. RSS Feeds
Commonly written in XMLOften contains summaries of, and links to articles on a web site.
– Form of syndication allows for “broadcasts” of podcasts.
• Software: Podcatchers or Aggregators (for subscribing)
– Juice (http://juicereceiver.sourceforge.net/index.php) – Odeo (http://www.odeo.com/inbox)– iTunes (http://www.apple.com/itunes/)– Yahoo! Podcasts (http://podcasts.yahoo.com/)
Finding and Subscribing to Podcasts
• Look for direct links from a blog or a web site - click on the file and listen or go to RSS feed, copy and paste URL into podcatching software.
• Podcast Directories to search for what you want.
• Podcast Alley (http://www.podcastalley.com/)• Podcast Bunker (http://www.podcastbunker.com/) • Indie Podcast.com (http://www.indiepodder.org/) • Tech Podcast (http://www.techpodcasts.com/) • Podcast Pickle (http://www.podcastpickle.com/)• Podcasts.net – http://www.podcasts.net• Itunes – http://www.apple.com/itunes• PodFeed.net
(http://www.podfeed.net/episodes.asp?id=2301)• The Education Podcast Network
(http://epnweb.org/)
iTunes search for Podcasts
Downloading Podcasts in iTunes
Some advantages to i-Tunes
• -iTunes – “rss - built in” • Download iTunes from Apple Website• Show iTunes Basics• Play (preview) then Download a podcast
from Music Store• Subscribe to a podcast with iTunes store
Education • Higher education
What can I do with a podcast?
• Listen to lectures for campus classes
• Record audio notes from a class
• Listen to XML talk radio show
• Learn a foreign language
• Keep up with latest information
• Professional Development
• Share musical performances with colleagues and parents. (get permission from Composer, ASCAP, BMI and Harry Fox Agency)
• Promote your events with a weekly magazine show.
• Recruitment
• Audio lessons (aural skills, listening etc)
• The list is endless!
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What are the limitations of an Educational Podcast?
• Supplement not substitute in education.
• Lessons are limited to drills or play-alongs
• No immediate feedback can be given unless instructor anticipates common problems.
• Audio podcast should be a short duration
– unless a video podcast is available
Sources
• Podcasting for Education presented by Andy Seymour & Todd Seymour from the EdTech Musician Podcast http://andrewseymour.com
• Beginning Podcasting Workshop by Robert Buford & David Shulman; Conference on Information Technology, Charlotte, NC October, 22, 2006. www.bobcast.com
• Podcasting + Video Podcasting Training Essentials at www.Lynda.com
• Suggested ReadingCochran, T. (2005). Podcasting the do-it-yourself guide. Indianapolis, IN: Wiley Publishing, Inc..ISBN-13: 978-0-7654-9778
• Geohegan, M., & Klass, D. (2005). Podcast solutions: the complete guide to podcasting. New York: Friends of ED. ISBN 1-59059-5554-8