Podcasts in Education

Using Podcasts
InEducation

What is a Podcast?
Audio or video in nature
A collection of digital media files which is distributed over the Internet…
Use feeds… RSS technology to get episodes
Can be made for computer playback or for playback on portable media players (MP3)
Syndication
Subscribe
iTunes or iPod

More Vocabulary
RSS: Real Simple Syndication
How your computer knows it can subscribe
Aggregator: News or Subscription Reader
The program used to collect & listen or watch podcasts – iTunes is the #1 for podcasts
Subscribe: Confirming Your Choice
Click this to receive the RSS feed
Feed: a source of RSS updates for a given website.
Episodes: one occurrence of a feed’s content

Finding Podcasts: iTunes

Using The Podcast Directory
2. Click on Podcast Directory
1. Click the Podcasts Tool

Using The iTunes Store
1. Click on iTunes Store
2. Click on Podcasts
3. Click on a Category

Subscribing to a Podcast
Click Subscribe to start receiving episodes

Podcast Settings
1. Click on Settings
2. Change settings to your liking
And click OK

Learning More…
Podcast Name
Video or Audio
Description
Episodes
Podcast Length
Release Date

Featured Providers
Discovery Networks
HowStuffWorks
NASA
PBS
Sesame Street

Podcasts of Note

Podcasts in Education

by Desiree Caskey

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