By, Elizabeth Tillery

 Online digital media delivery by RSS feed (“a magazine delivered by the regular mail via the mailman”  Broadcasting online  Online magazine subscription  “P”ortable “O”n “D”emand Broad”casting”

 Any content lesson (Ex. Language Lesson to teach French)  How-to-instructions  Self-guided tours  Storytelling  Accessibility for students whose reading skills are limited  Your own radio show  Relay important messages to students

 iPod  Cell Phones  MP3 Players  Xbox and other gamers  TiVo  Computer

 A recording device  Software to create an MP3 audio or video file (ex. Free)  Access to the internet  An application that lets you listen to the podcast, such as iTunes, Juice, feedburner also called podcatchers

 FREE audio playing software such as Audacity.com  FREE RSS feed such as feedburner.com  $-iPod with a Griffin iTalk or any digital recorder  $$-Office Studio with higher-end microphone and computer software  $$$- Professional recording studio

 5 minutes if you are good with technology and your content is minimal  Student projects usually take 3-4 weeks to produce  Teachers should possess intermediate computer skills and know the technical aspects of the production process before trying to teach the skills to students

ADVANTAGESDISADVANTAGES  Listen to exactly what, when, and where you want  Another education tool  Family members can stay up to date on classrooms  Study support-repeated listening and review  24/7 Education  Students learn technical skills  Saves time accessing information  Improves public speaking skills  Audio quality  No 2-way interaction or audience participation  No access to hardware  Some initial training is needed  Lost in a “sea of information”

 Audio podcasts  Enhanced podcasts: May include chapter marks, images, and hyperlinks to websites  Video podcasts (also called vodcast)

 Student podcast  ndex.php ndex.php   Teacher podcast  /link_6.htm /link_6.htm 

1. Choose a topic and create the script 2. Create and edit an audio or video recording (using software such as ) and save as an MP3 filehttp://audacity.sourceforge.net 3. Create or update your RSS data feed that contains information about your podcast to your hosting provider 4. Save and upload the feed and audio file to your server 5. Produce and Publish using podcatchers such as iTunes, Juice, or radioDopplerwww.Podbean.com 6. Download and listen anywhere

 Really Simple Syndication = Shared Content  A quick and easy way to create and use “syndicated content”  “pull” and “push” information  Ex. Of free software = Cooktop – the free software for windows  RSS feed creation tool

Invitation to the Pike Road Arts & Crafts show this Saturday!

 About.com  Podcasting Tutorial tutorial.htm  ICT in Education l l  Podcasting in the classroom.  Podcast for educators, schools and colleges

 No questions, please!! I’m just as confused as you are right now!!