Podcasting
by
Todd McKee, MEd
Arkansas Geriatric Education Center

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Questions
Who?
What?
Why?
Where?
When?
How?

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Who?
About me
About you

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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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Why?
Coursecasting
Faculty information
Staff development
Student projects
Alumni and parent relations
Recruiting and advertising

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

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When?
Examples

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How?
Upload RSS
Produce Encode
Prepare Record Subscribe

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Prepare

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Record

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Produce

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Encode

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Upload

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RSS

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Subscribe

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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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References
jdfrey.wordpress.com/presentations/
del.icio.us/Teach_w_Tech/
tmckee.edublogs.org/

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