2. Podcasting – What is it?
• A podcast is an audio media file that is distributed by
subscription over the Internet using syndication feeds, for
playback on mobile devices and personal computers.
3.
4. Learn by Listening
• Music
• Lectures
• Audio Textbook
• Student Projects
• Tours on Campus
• Enhanced Podcasts
• Pictures
• Lecture Notes
• Speaker Notes
• Distributing Special Addresses
5. How to Listen
• Students can access content directly from where the links
to the files are posted on the web
• Podcast Software (clients) let you subscribe to and
manage podcasts.
• http://www.podcastingnews.com/topics/Podcast_Software.html
6. Common Misconceptions
• A podcast can only be listened to on an iPod
• A podcast can only be listed to through iTunes
• You need a MAC to create a Podcast
7. With iTunes, Students Do have Some
Advantages
• Create Playlists from Audio in library
• Organize playlists in convenient folders
• Setup Smart Playlists
• Add Podcasts: Subsribe, Sync, and Go
8. Additional iTunes Advantages
• Chapters
• Bookmarking
• Pick up where you left off
• Time Syncs with your iPod + iTunes
• Adjust playback speed on iPod
• Faster, Normal, Slower
9. Questions You Are Probably Asking
Yourself…
• How does podcasting or vodcasting challenge the current "talking
head" model of classroom lectures ? If all lectures are available via
video and audio, do students need to go to class? How often?
Why? How can they be kept in class?
• Who owns the content, the school, the instructor, the user? Can this
content be used outside of the university community? How is it
protected or secured to the owner or subscriber?
• Who's going to edit the content? What are the guidelines for
editing? What's real - what's not?
• How is copyrighted material tracked and/or verified?
10. Speech to text?
• Acrobat allows for text to speech
• Podzinger
• Search engine for podcasts and video, is created through the use
of speech recognition software. It allows searching either audio or
video or both.
• Results are displayed with brief sections of the transcript, which
can be played using the player displayed on the left of each entry
or by clicking a word in the transcript.
11. Capturing Content
• Digital Personal Audio Recorder
• PC Software and Microphone
• Integrated Smart Classroom Recording System
12. Software for publishing podcasts and
editing Content
• Audacity
• Cross Platform
• Open Source - Free
• Adobe Audition
• Windows Only
• Expensive
• Garage Band (part of iLife Suite)
• Only available for MAC OS
13. How to Post a Podcast
• Making it available via the Web
• Posting your file(s) on a server with a publicly accessible URL.
• Post to a WebBlog
• Create an RSS feed.
• To accomplish this, you must post your MP3 file in a web folder on a
web server. Then create the feed. FeedBurner is one free tool you can
use.
• Making it available via iTunes
• Submitting the URL for your RSS feed to iTunes
14. Posting to a Blog
• Your podcast is basically just a blog with audio.
Podcasting uses the same feed technology as
many blogs. Your audience receives the audio file
through the feed in addition to the text.
• Usually each blog entry/post is one episode of your
podcast. The post consists of your show notes (an
outline of the episode’s contents), links to any
related information or sources and probably a link
to the MP3 file for the episode. The feed from your
blog tells the subscriber’s podcatcher where to
download the audio file.
15. RSS
• One of the great things about listening to podcasts is
that you can subscribe to what’s called an RSS feed.
Once you’re subscribed, your podcatcher will check the
feed regularly for new episodes. When a new episode
is posted, the podcatcher will automatically download
the audio file for you to listen to.
• An RSS feed is nothing more than a specially formatted
text file. RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication.
• You don’t need to worry about understanding RSS or
writing out the feed file by hand. There are ways to
create it automatically.
16. Planning Your Podcast
1. Determine a topic
2. Pick an appropriate format for your podcast
3. Consider the optimal length
4. Develop a schedule
5. Write a script
6. Plan to record in a quiet area
18. Planning your Podcast
• Keep Topics Moving
• Three to Five minute Segments
• Focus on one key point at a time
• Music adds to your Podcast
19. Audacity
• Download and Install Audacity Software
• http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download
• Download and Install the LAME MP3 Encoder
• http://lame.buanzo.com.ar
• Ensure that your Recording and Playback Devices are
Configured
• Start Audacity
• Record a Podcast
• Export Podcast to an MP3 File
20. Uploading your Podcast to the Internet
• Create an account at Podbean.com
• Upload Podcast files to Podbean.com
21. Further Questions
For more information please address all
correspondence to:
Robert R. Heinrich
The Richard Stockton College of NJ
PO Box 195, Pomona, NJ 08240
609-626-6039
Email: robert.heinrich@stockton.edu
Editor's Notes
Suggestions for Applications
Recordings of lectures for those students unable to attend the lecture in person.
Audio recordings of textbook text, made available for students by the chapter, would allow students to "read" or review texts while walking or driving to class. It could also be a significant aid to auditory learners.
Students could record and post project audio and video interviews which could be automatically downloaded to an instructors laptop or MP3 player for review.
The same could be done for language lessons where students forward audio of their pronunciation dialogues. They could even swap these with peers for peer review before turning in the final form to the instructor.
Oral reports recorded and archived.
Musical resumes. Music critique.
Libraries of bird sounds that the budding ornithologist could receive via seasonal subscription and take with them to the field.
Surprising Consequences
There are dozens of ways to create and maintain a blog. Some are free and some cost some money. I’ll give you some suggestions for blogging tools. If you already have a blog, then you can just adapt it to use with your podcast.
One of the great things about listening to podcasts is that you can subscribe to what’s called an RSS feed. Once you’re subscribed, your podcatcher will check the feed regularly for new episodes. When a new episode is posted, the podcatcher will automatically download the audio file for you to listen to.
As a podcaster, you create and update your RSS feed for your listeners to subscribe to. Don’t worry. This is easier than it sounds. I’ll show you what you need to do, but first let’s talk about what an RSS feed is.
An RSS feed is nothing more than a specially formatted text file. RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication. This is just a set of rules that outlines how the information in the feed fill needs to be formatted.
Before you start sweating, you don’t need to worry about understanding RSS or writing out the feed file by hand. There are ways to create it automatically. You won’t be writing code or trying to remember the RSS format. This will be done for you.
In a blog feed, the RSS feed text file includes a list of the recent posts and information about each one such as title, date, author, etc. An RSS feed for a podcast is the same, except it also includes information about your MP3 file such as its web address and file size. The podcatcher uses this information to find and download the audio file.
Each time you post a new podcast episode, you need to update your RSS feed with information about it so your listeners’ podcatchers will detect and download the file.
NOTE: RSS feeds files are written in a language called XML. I just mention this so that you know that if the term XML is mentioned in relation to podcasting, it’s probably referring to the RSS or podcast feed.
Once you have decided on the concept – subject use this template.. Its simple
Stick to the things you promised to talk about
Tell them what you are going to tell them.. Tell them.. And then remind them about that you just told them.
Keep them coming back for more with teases….
