What Can You Do With a Podcast?

1. What Can You Do With a Podcast? Podcast RWLO 2007

2. What is a Podcast? • A video introduction from the “Podgrunt” http://gruntmedia.com/podgrunt_001_view.html

3. 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.

4. 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

5. Software for Podcasts • Downloading vs. subscribing: • Podcasts Feeds –a.k.a. RSS FeedsCommonly 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/)

6. 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/)

7. iTunes search for Podcasts

8. Downloading Podcasts in iTunes

9. 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 storeEducation • Higher education

10. 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! p

11. 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

12. Sources • Podcasting for Education presented by Andy Seymour & Todd Seymour from the EdTech Musician Podcasthttp://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