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!!