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1/19/10

Why podcasting matters


11/30/09

Learn to Podcast -- mini guide from Jeff Cobb

11/9/09

Presentation: Podcasting and the Listening Culture -- resource from eLearning Blog by David Hopkins
This posting focuses on a presentation from Steve Wheeler.

Steve Wheeler:Podcasting and the listening culture in education


10/26/09

How I create and publish podcasts -- from Wes Fryer; original link from Stephen Downes


10/9/09

Podcasting Your Lectures 101: Editing -- from ProfHacker.com


10/8/09

What is Podcasting?

-- links to:
FOTE09 - Peter Robinson: A Pocket University: Open Content and Mobile Technology - Oxford on iTunesU

9/30/09

Vodcasting:
The Vod Couple -- from The Journal by Dian Schaffhauser -- back from 08/01/09
High school chemistry teachers Aaron Sams and Jonathan Bergmann have overturned conventional classroom instruction by using video podcasts to form the root of a new learning model.


9/29/09

From DSC and ISTE.org...some books that you might be interested in:

Student Powered PodcastingStudent-Powered Podcasting: Teaching for 21st-Century Literacy -- by Christopher Shamburg
Podcasting—it's a great way to teach 21st-century literacies, it's a catalyst for engaging students as active participants in culture and society, and it's a tool for teaching powerful ideas. When students podcast, they connect the outside world with what they’re learning in the classroom and discover how to responsibly use content created by others, all while gaining technology skills that will last a lifetime. 

Student-Powered Podcasting shows you why and how to incorporate student-generated podcasting into your curriculum. The book includes tutorials for GarageBand and Audacity, 17 adaptable units, assessment rubrics, and plenty of examples. In addition, author Christopher Shamburg discusses copyright issues and shows you how students can effectively and ethically use materials that others have produced. Get the resources and information you need to help students create useful, educational podcasts, and make sure your students have the 21st-century literacy skills they need to succeed—in school and beyond. Learn more about this book and topic: listen to an interview with author Christopher Shamburg on ISTE Casts. Also see: www.iste.org

RSS for Educators: Blogs, Newsfeeds, Podcasts, and Wikis in the Classroom 
Harness the power of RSS for classroom projects, professional development, keeping students and parents informed, and more.

Educator's Podcast Guide
A complete introduction to great educational podcasts, including hardware and software needs, integrating podcasts into your curriculum, and managing podcasts in the classroom


9/3/09

Podcasts from lynda.com
Covering everything from software tricks to industry events to interviews with professionals, lynda.com podcasts are well worth the download. Last month we talked about: Episode 169: Final Cut Studio Overview | Episode 170: Picasa 3 Essential Training | Episode 171: Duarte Design: Creative Inspirations
Watch the lynda.com video podcast via iTunes or via RSS.


8/25/09

Podcast: To Hybrid, or Not To Hybrid? Teaching Shakespeare Online -- from Educause


8/4/09

Gcast.com

4/28/09

Podcast: A Vision of 21st-Century Teaching and Learning: A New Way of Life -- from Educause


4/21/09

LearnOutLoud.com

Resource from the Boggs e-Learning Chronicle


2/10/09

From iPods in Education
Category: iPod in education practice [Links to sites where iPod is being used in education] (7)

iPods in Drexel School of Education iPods in Drexel School of Education [http://www.drexel.edu/academics/soe/news/news.html]
Drexel University school of education are to use iPods in September 		[ Referrals: 660 ]
iPods and second language acquisition iPods and second language acquisition [http://segue.middlebury.edu/sites/achapin-ipod]
How iPod can be used to help learn second languages. 		[ Referrals: 747 ]
iPods at Dukes University iPods at Dukes University [http://www.duke.edu/ipod/]
This site reviews the use of iPods at Dukes University in 2004 - 05 		[ Referrals: 636 ]
Georgia College & State University Georgia College & State University [http://ipod.gcsu.edu/]
Georgia's Public Liberal Arts University Faculty and students have found that the iPods are an asset in and out of the classroom. 		[ Referrals: 593 ]
mgsPodcast at Musselburgh Grammar School mgsPodcast at Musselburgh Grammar School [http://mgsonline.blogs.com/mgspodcast]
The first regular podcast from a school in Europe, according to the iPodder directory. School news, special features and music from school DJs.
Submitted by ewan.mcintosh 		[ Referrals: 650 ]
Radio Sandaig Radio Sandaig [http://www.sandaigprimary.co.uk/radio_sandaig/index.html]
Podcasts from Sandaig Primary, Glasgow, Scotland. Mostly recorded with iPod.
Submitted by John 		[ Referrals: 580 ]
iGeneration: Digital Communication and Participatory Culture iGeneration: Digital Communication and Participatory Culture [http://i-generation.blogspot.com/]
A Communication Studies Honours course from the University of Western Australia where the major projects were student-created podcasts.
Submitted by tamaleaver


Podcast: Christianity -- from from iGeneration
Exegesis:
I am completely satisfied with my audio program in that aside from quoting three verses from the Bible, the whole podcast show was solely based on my own idea: what is being discussed is my own testimony as well as my fellow Christians’ testimonies. It is very original.

My audio program was targeted at both Christians and non-Christians: Christians to remind them of the greatness of God, non-Christians to give a succinct and concise introduction on Christianity. The purpose for creating this audio program was so all will come to realize that Christianity is not merely a religion; it is the sole truth behind our very existence. To achieve this goal, I intentionally did not apply any background music, nor did I apply any special audio effects provided by audacity. I wanted to keep the audio program as simple as possible so that the audience can focus on the precious message itself conveyed in the audio program. Through the process, I shared my own testimony of how I came to know Christ. As a Christian, I was always encouraged to share my testimony, but in fact, this was my first time to actually do so. In addition, my brothers and sisters in Christ were kind enough to record testimonies on how they found their identity as a Christian; I interpolated the testimonies into my audio program which consisted mainly of my own testimony as well as the key verses from the Bible: the very precious Words of God.

I believe this audio program successfully reflected the ideas of participatory culture, which as the word implies, refers to any kind of citizen active involvement in the production of culture, to put it in my own words. My audio program intended to get the audience involved in that if they wanted to know more about Christ or had any questions regarding Christianity, they could contact me personally, which I mentioned in detail within the audio program. If I had the opportunity to continue this audio program, making it a regular weekly program, I would have even mentioned such things as that the audience can get even more actively involved by contacting me to give testimony in the next episode of my audio program. Perhaps, each week, different topics for the interview can be arranged; the host and the audience together can create a podcast show that inspires all of us to be passionate about Christianity.


2/5/09

AudibleKids.com

Original link from iLearnTechnology blog

2/4/09

I am not advocating this, but I felt that I should publish this information anyway:

iTunes University and the classroom: Can podcasts replace Professors? -- from Computers & Education, Volume 52, Issue 3, April 2009, by Dani McKinney, Jennifer L. Dyck, Elise S. Luber


1/20/09

Podcast #002: The Facebook Experiment -- from Academic Evolution by Gideon Burton

Our literature class's facebook group Using Facebook in a literature class is the subject of my second episode of the Academic Evolution Podcast. With Stephen Humphrey I discuss the merits and limits of using this popular online social networking service for teaching and learning. Students are sharing and interacting in ways they would not have, but also seem to see the medium as too informal for serious work and are at times afraid to put their work "out there" where it can be seen by peers. We agree that our role as educators is to refine the use of the medium that the students are already using.

 

 

 


1/13/09

Managing Podcast Creation in the Classroom -- from Learning in Hand by Tony Vincent


1/8/09

PodClass: Partnerships Across Campus -- from EDUCAUSE CONNECT
Dickinson College's podcasting initiative puts the creation process into the hands and mouths of the students instead of focusing on faculty-created podcasts. To expand the accessibility of the recordings, the podcasts are available on the campus blog and iTunes, and then stitched together for an NPR-style news show aired on the campus radio station. The presentation will focus on the requirements for the class assignment, the various technologies used, and how to connect different groups on campus.


1/1/09

Podcasting Legal Guide

Podcasting 101 -- and its associated PowerPoint Presentation


12/29/08

Seeing the Future in NPR’s Custom News Podcast -- from the NY Times, by Saul Hansell National Public Radio has introduced a nifty little feature that lets you create your own custom podcast of NPR content on topics that interest you. Type in Obama or Madonna or whatever, and you can sign up for a stream of NPR clips that match your keywords that can be downloaded to your computer, smartphone, iPod or Zune.


12/8/08

My Podcast Set-up -- from The Thinking Stick by Jeff Utecht
I like it when other podcasters share their set up. A thanks to Leo Leporte, one of my favorite tech podcasters….or is that netcaster. I’ve learned a lot about podcasting just listening to the different shows he produces. I wrote this page for the Shifting Our Schools site to share with others the set up I use to stream, record, and converse all at the same time. I thought I’d share it here as well. You can find links to the different equipment I use at my Amazon Store as well.


11/13/08

Listening to Themselves: Podcasting Takes Lessons Beyond the Classroom -- from Edutopia.org, by Maya Payne Smart
Student-produced podcasts bolster knowledge and communication skills.


11/8/08

Efficient and effective podcasting: Survey results and practial recommendations -- from EffectiveDesign.org; tips included:

  • Don’t rely on podcasts alone
  • Poor medium for lengthy or detailed information and delayed recall
  • Best for introductions, summaries, reviews
  • Length
    • Remember their timeframe and attention span.
    • 10 to 20 minutes MAXIMUM. That’s what I have found as well.
    • Vodcasts even shorter
  • Integrate
    • Use to augment other activites such as discussions, analysis, seminars, groupwork
  • Formats
    • Most like podcasts over vodcasts
    • Video lectures are ineffective

11/3/08

Podcasts for Educators, Schools & Colleges -- from Recap, UK

Film School for Video Podcasters -- from Creating Lifelong Learners blog, by Matthew Needleman


10/29/08

Podcast288V: Using FeedForAll To Update K-12 Online Conference Podcast Channel Web Feeds -- from Wes Fryer
This 20 minute screencast describes how I’ve used the commercial software program FeedForAll for Mac (it is also available for Windows, however) to update the web feeds or XML feeds for the 2008 K-12 Online Conference.


10/24/08

Info below from "Podcasting Panopoly" -- from Miguel Guhlin

In anticipation of a podcasting workshop I'll be doing with folks in my school district, I've been looking for free, royalty-free music to share with others. Of course, folks will have to credit the creators and I've made plans for that, but I started the journey thinking, "There's just not that much free music out there people can use." Boy, was I wrong! While you can find my list of free, royalty-free music in my wiki, the following are some new ones I stumbled upon tonight.

  • Incompetech.com - Keven MacLeod has done a great job of making his music available for free use (provided you credit him, of course). Over a gig of music is available for use in podcasts and other projects (e.g. digital storytelling).
  • Play It Free 100 Sample Sounds - Another collection of music that is safe to use provided you credit your source.
  • BeatSuite.com - A much smaller collection, but nice collection nonetheless.
  • Acid Planet's 8-Pack - An 8pack project is an ACID file that includes eight loops arranged into a song. 8pack projects illustrate how a song is constructed in ACID software, and how easy it is to combine loops from various Sony Sound Series™ Loops and Samples libraries. Every week there will be a new 8pack project to download — for Free!
  • Podsafe Audio - http://www.podsafeaudio.com/
  • Educast Network - http://educast.wikispaces.com

I'll be showing folks how to incorporate this into their podcasts and digital stories over the next few months...any suggestions on what else might be useful to share?

What is podcasting?

According to Nathan Lowell (WWWEDU list), podcasting is

…the process of delivering content via RSS feed and specialized aggregators known as “podcatchers.” The advantage of this mode of delivery is that it can be done on a schedule during a low-load period of computer usage. Typically, this content is audio, but it can be anything — text, video, even powerpoints.

After you’ve created the audio, you can put that audio on audio/mp3 players, CDs, which allow you the ability to listen to the audio away from the computer.

Guidelines

Great Examples of Podcasts and Vlogs

Cross-Platform Podcasting Software Tools

Podcast-Hosting Sites

  • Creating a Podcast with Online Tools
You can easily use free, web-based tools to create a podcast, as opposed to the more traditional use of Audacity, Acid, or Garageband.
  • Podcast People - PodcastPeople.com is a simple web-based service that allows individuals to create audio and video episodes, write blog posts, and interact with their audience. There’s no software to download and nothing to install, we take care of everything for you on the web. It’s that easy.
  • Gcast - Record podcasts by phone, mix in music, all for free.
  • Slapcast.com - Allows you to publish 3 audio files as podcasts, whether by uploading an MP3 file or calling a 1–888 number to record your podcast. After 3 podcasts, you have to pay $4.95 a month or subscribe to their service. Still, not a bad way to get started.
  • Clickcaster.com - Allows you to record/publish your podcasts, then sell them. Requires an account.
  • Odeo Studio - Allows you to create MP3 audio via a Web interface. You can also upload sound files, as well as record via phone. Includes syndication, etc.
  • OurMedia - If you insist on using Audacity and/or other tools, then you should consider OurMedia and Internet Archive. I use both for publishing my audio. In fact, here’s a write-up I did on FTPing my podcast to Internet Archive.
  • Internet Archive - Very easy to contribute audio if you’ve created it already (that is, you have an MP3 saved on your computer). Follow instructions to create an account and then use the CC Publisher tool, or go to the web site below to contribute.
  • Podomatic - Enables you to create and share your podcast. You can make it online or upload it (including FTP) to Podomatic.
  • PodChains - Allows you to store and organise online media such as podcasts and video.
  • Internet Radio Project
  • Jumpcut

 

10/22/08

H.264 Lessons from iTunes -- from StreamingMedia.com
"...iPod/iPhone devices, which play only H.264 and MPEG-4 video."

First, here’s some background. MPEG-4 is the overarching standard that includes two video codecs, the MPEG-4 codec itself and a more advanced video codec, H.264, also known as AVC. When used in an MPEG-4 "wrapper," H.264 files typically have a .mp4 or .m4v extension, the first being the official designation and the latter being the extension Apple created for its devices.

You can also "wrap" an MPEG-4 file in a QuickTime file with a .mov extension or encode it for Flash with a .flv or .f4v extension. Soon, you’ll be able to encode H.264 to Windows Media presumably with a .wmv extension. H.264 has multiple "profiles" that specify levels of playback compatibility. For example, the Baseline profile is typically for devices like iPods or cell phones that have limited playback horsepower. Accordingly, the Baseline profile doesn’t use many of H.264’s more advanced encoding techniques that can produce higher-quality streams, but it may also create a stream that’s hard to decode. Then there’s the Main and High profiles, typically for computer-based playback, which produce a tighter, higher-quality stream that’s harder to decode.

So when producing for podcasts, always use the Baseline profile of the H.264 codec. Before encoding, however, go to Apple.com, print the video playback specs for the latest iPod, and make sure that you’re within the resolution and data rate requirements. Unfortunately, this is more complicated than it sounds because the initial iPod could only play H.264, Baseline-profile videos at 320x240 resolution, while current iPods and iPhones can play Baseline H.264 video up to 640x480 resolution.

 

10/20/08

Publicizing Podcasts: 13 Free Services You Can Use -- from Miguel Guhlin


10/13/08

A 2nd grade classroom podcast! -- from Wes Fryer

9/21/08

Podcasting with Simple Tools - Print Tutorial -- from Around the Corner, MGuhlin.net

Podcasting in the Digital Commons at Penn State University -- from Digital Commons News by Chris Millet (8/26/08)

Chris Millet, Hannah Sloan, Ryan Wetzel, and Tim Perry give updates on Digital Commons, and discuss challenges and solutions for podcasting at Penn State. You can subscribe to this podcast at: http://podcasts.psu.edu/digitalcommons

From Educause:

Podcasting, June 2005
"Podcasting" refers to any software/hardware combination that permits automatic downloading of audio files to an MP3 player for listening at the user's convenience. Podcasting allows learning to become more portable and gives educators another way to meet today's students where they live and learn - online and on audio players. More>>

Example:

From various:

A podcast is a program that is made available on the Web. Usually, it relays information to you in a digital audio format. But podcasts can also feature video-based materials in them -- but then these items are normally called vodcasts or video podcasts.

Many traditional radio and tv programs are available as podcasts, and many new kinds of programs are available only as podcasts. You can use Apple's iTunes to find podcasts, subscribe to them for free, receive new episodes as they are released, and enjoy them anytime, anywhere. You can watch or listen to these programs on your Mac or PC, iPod, or Apple TV.

For further information, see:

 

That depends on how you use it. It's great for learning foreign languages for example. But there's some hype around this, and students say they will use it...and they may or may not use it depending on a handful of factors.

Here is a good paper on whether podcasting holds value in the teaching & learning world.

 

Check out this free online seminar from Apple for some excellent tips & tricks on producing an excellent podcast:

"Podcasting is one of the most explosive technologies to hit the Internet. And with literally thousands of podcasts available on Apple iTunes, the need for high-quality production is critical. In this free, on-demand, three-part seminar Apple experts take you behind the scenes to see what it takes to perform a great-sounding podcast, produce a professional show, and promote a podcast to reach as many people as possible."

 

Calvin College uses Podcast LX to integrate podcasting into Blackboard's Course Management and Content Systems (these systems are collectively called KnightVision here at Calvin). No additional infrastructure is necessary. This extension to Blackboard allows instructors and students to instantly create and subscribe to audio feeds.

 

Podcast & videocast training
Description:
Do you want to create a podcast, but aren’t sure where to begin? Are you already dabbling, but want to delve into the finer points? Podcast and Videocast Essential Training with Garrick Chow takes you through hardware and software requirements, planning a broadcast, recording, editing, and posting your files for download. He also explores videocasting software and hardware and basic broadcasting techniques, as well as valuable recording, editing, and publishing tips.

 

Podcasting at other colleges and Universities

Podcasting in middle school and high school

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