Podcasting in Education
Overview of Concepts
What is a Podcast? (What is a Podcast /iTunes) (http://www.apple.com/itunes/podcasts/fanfaq.html)
Examples of Podcasts
Programs
Narration
Adding Music (from GarageBand)
Adding Photos (from iPhoto) or desktop
Practice Time
Creating the audio file
Where to host Podcasts
What is a Podcast? (What is a Podcast /iTunes) (http://www.apple.com/itunes/podcasts/fanfaq.html)
Examples of Podcasts
- Native Americans (anyone – simple beginnings) (http://everetttechnology.weebly.com/3rd.html)
- Bob Sprankle (Room 208 podcasts - traditional) (http://www.bobsprankle.com/bobsprankle/page8/page8.html)
- Mr. Coley (excellent resource) (http://www.mrcoley.com/coleycast/index.htm)
Programs
- GarageBand (GarageBand overview) Tutorial on GarageBand (overview) http://www.apple.com/ilife/tutorials/#garageband-podcast
- Audacity (for home use on PC) (Audacity Free Download Windows or Mac (http://audacity.sourceforge.net)
Narration
- Recording
- Editing
Adding Music (from GarageBand)
- How to change volume of music tracks to go with narration
Adding Photos (from iPhoto) or desktop
Practice Time
Creating the audio file
Where to host Podcasts
- iWeb (must have account to use Podcast feature but nice interface)
- Weebly (Pro account needed for audio player but will only publish audio - no AAC files with photos)
- Feedburner (http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/myfeeds)
- Blogger (http://www.blogger.com/) (remove the Next Blog feature - see help)
- Directions for Blogger (pages 3-4) and Feedburner (page 5) (http://chapters.iceberg.org/nice/mc07resources/AnnPenstone/NICEpodcasting.pdf)