Podcasting
by
Todd McKee, MEd
Arkansas Geriatric Education Center

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Questions
Who?
What?
Why?
Where?
How?

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Who?
About me
About you

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What?
Does NOT
require iPod!

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What?
New Oxford American Dictionary selected
“podcast” as the Word of the Year for 2005;
added it to the dictionary in 2006.
A Web-based audio broadcast via an RSS feed,
accessed by subscription over the Internet
\"podcast.\" Webster's New Millennium™ Dictionary of English, Preview Edition (v 0.9.7). Lexico Publishing Group,
LLC. 16 Jul. 2007. <Dictionary.com http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/podcast>.

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What did you say?

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What does that mean?

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Why?
Faculty information
Staff development
Alumni and parent relations
Recruiting and advertising
Student projects
Recording courses - “Coursecasting”

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Where?
Podcatching
iTunes
iTunesU
Podcast Alley (podcastalley.com)
Education Podcast Network (epnweb.org)

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How?
Upload RSS
Produce Encode
Prepare Record Subscribe

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Prepare
Planning
Contact people
Gather information
Content
Write script/outline
Equipment
Gather needed pieces

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Record
Raw audio
Video clips

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Produce
Audio editing
EQ
Mix
Effects
Transition
Level

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Encode
Filetype
mp3
AAC/m4a
mp4
Filesize
64Kb mono mp3

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Upload
Post file
Web server
Show notes

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RSS
Write
XML file
Software tools
Post
Test, test, test

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Subscribe
Podcatchers
iTunes
iPod
Juice
Many, many, many others

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Technical Requirements
Prepare - computer, pad and pencil
Record - audio/video recorder, interface
Produce - mixer, software, a/v workstation
Encode - encoding software/hardware
Upload - hosting agreement, server
RSS Feed - xml editor, test website, server
Subscribe - iTunes or other podcatcher

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Podcast Tools
No Budget
Low Budget (< $150)
Small Budget ($250)
Medium Budget ($600)
Portable Studio ($800)
Professional (> $1500)

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No Budget
Record on the Computer
Audacity (http://audacity.sourceforge.net/)
GarageBand - Mac (iLife studio)
Tape Recorder and $2.50 patch cable
Podomatic (Online tool - www.podomatic.com)

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Low Budget
Samson C01U USB
Atlas DS5 mic stand
Sennheiser HD202 headphones
Software
$150

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Small Budget
Audio-Technica AT2020 studio mic
Alesis MultiMix8 USB
Atlas DS7 mic stand
5 ft. mic cable
USB cable
$250

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Medium Budget
Audio-Technica AT3035 mic
Yamaha MG8-2FX
dbx 266XL compressor
Edirol UA1EX USB
audio capture device
$600

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Portable Studio
Marantz PMD670 Compact Flash
USB connection
Built-in mics
Sennheiser MD46
interview mic
$800

The Why and How of Podcasting
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C – Podcast Studios
Professional Studio
• High Budget
- Electro-Voice RE-20
Electro-Voice RE-20
- Mackie Onyx1220
Mackie Onyx1220
mixer (FireWire)
mixer (FireWire)
- dbx's pro 1066
dbx's pro 1066
compressor
compressor
- $1700
$1700
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More stuff!
Pop filter
Computer software to edit
Headphones
Multiple microphones
Phone interface for interviews

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TWIT Studio

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References
jdfrey.wordpress.com/presentations/
del.icio.us/Teach_w_Tech/podcast/

Questions?
Thank you
Todd McKee, MEd
todd@uams.edu