your students are pod people
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Your Students Are Pod People. …but that’s alright. John Napp Associate Professor & Engineering Librarian University of Toledo. Not THAT kind of Pod People. This kind…. I love these library Podcasts!. Photo by Matthew Welch. What Is A Podcast?. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Your Students Are Pod People
…but that’s alright
John NappAssociate Professor & Engineering Librarian
University of Toledo
Not THAT kind of Pod People
Photo by Matthew Welch
I love these library Podcasts!
This kind…
What Is A Podcast?
Originally, an audio file delivered to user using an RSS feed
Audio file that can be downloaded and stored on iPod-like device or computer
Portable
Relatively small files
Audio only
What Is A Podcast?
Video with sound file that can be downloaded and stored on MP3 player or computer
Portable
Visuals can be useful
Fewer users video-capable players
Larger files
Most players currently available feature small screens
What Works As A Podcast?
Tutorials
Self-guided tours
An accompaniment to a special exhibit
What You Need
Computer with sound card and/or video card
Digital still or video camera
Editing software
Sufficient storage capacity for large video files
Quiet space for recording audio
Good quality microphone
Microphones
Basic USB microphone Logitech USB Desktop Microphone
Condenser Microphone Samson C01U USB Studio Condenser Microphone
Better sound quality
Editing Software
Audio Audacity
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
Free, open source software for recording and editing sounds. Available for Mac OS X, Windows, GNU/Linux
Export MP3s with the optional LAME encoder library
Editing Software
Video Windows Movie Maker
Comes with Windows XP & Vista
Zwei-Stein Video Editor http://www.thugsatbay.com/tab/?q=zweistein Free software for audio and video editing, It is
available for Windows & Linux
iTunes As of April 2007 Apple sold over 100 million
iPods worldwide
Only MPEG-4,& H.264-encoded MPEG digital video files play on iPods
AIFF, WAV, or MP3 audio files play on iPods
