Video Podcasting, or “Vodcasting”: What is it, and how can it be used for art education?

1. Video Podcasting, or “Vodcasting”: What is it, and how can it be used for art education? Robert D. Quinn, Ph.D. East Carolina University

2. Outline • Why Podcasting? • Podcasting Lingo • Demo of Selected Video Podcasts • Description of Uses in Art Education • Technical Nitty-Gritty for Making Vodcasts • Resources

3. Why Podcasting? • Pedagogical justification for book-binding demonstration

4. Podcasting Lingo • Definitions • A podcast is a digital media file, or a related collection of such files, which is distributed over the Internet using syndication feeds for playback on portable media players and personal computers. The term, like "radio", can refer either to the content itself or to the method by which it is syndicated; the latter is also termed podcasting.

5. Podcasting Lingo • Definitions • Vodcasting stands for “video-on-demand podcasting” as it incorporates video content in a podcast.

6. Demo of Selected Video Podcasts • Twarog Animation/Interactive Design • Tate Museum • Smithsonian Conservation • Creative Cow • National Gallery of Art • Art History in Just a Minute

7. Description of Uses in Art Education • Art history videos • Artmaking Demonstrations • Software Demos • Critiques

8. Technical Nitty-Gritty • Video Capture • DV camcorder • Screen capture tool • Video Editing • Final Cut Pro, iMovie, Movie Maker, Adobe AfterEffects, etc. • File Transfer Software • Transfer completed vodcasts using Fetch, WebDav, server upload, etc.

9. Technical Nitty-Gritty • RSS Enclosures • Specialized RSS News Reader • Content Management Software • PC (desktop or laptop) or PDA (iPod, Sony Mylo, etc.)

10. Resources • ProfCast- • Mac-compatible Podcasting Software • $59.95 purchase, free trial • www.profcast.com • iTunes- • Playback of Enhanced Podcasts • Listing of Visual Arts-related podcasts • http://www.apple.com/itunes/overview/

11. Resources • SnapzProX for Mac • Screen capture tool, $29-69 • http://www.ambrosiasw.com/utilities/snapzprox/ • Camtasia for Windows • Screen capture tool, $200 • http://www.techsmith.com/camtasia.asp

12. Resources • Fetch • FTP transfer software for Mac, $25 • http://www.fetchsoftworks.com/ • CuteFTP • FTP transfer software for Windows, $39 • www.cuteftp.com

13. Resources • Article: Podcasting at UConn • By Professor David B. Miller • http://campustechnology.com/articles/41255_1/ • Creative Cow • Offering podcasts on video production • http://cowcast.creativecow.net/

14. Resources • Teaching with iPod and iTunes • Lesson plan ideas for various subjects • http://edcommunity.apple.com/ali/collection.php?collectionID=714

15. My contact info. • Robert D. Quinn, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Art Education, Director, Distance Education, School of Art and Design, Jenkins Fine Arts Center, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858 • (252) 328-5182, quinnr@ecu.edu • Web: http://www.robbiequinn.com • iChat(AIM): rqartman • Skype: daquinns