Presenters: Jonah Bossewitch & Brian O’Hagan Podcasting and its application to educational contexts – A hands-on demonstration workshop. Podcasting: In Theory and Practice
The TiVo of The Internet Media delivered over the Internet Episodic Programming, in the sense of Radio and TV podcast = iPod + Broadcast Both the content and the method of delivery
The Internet Rules Apply Anyone can create a podcast Processes can be automated Information and Conservation Laws
Why Podcast? Ease of Creation and Consumption Download and Go Huge penetration of portable media devices Discoverability, Dissemination Distribution Educational?
Pedagogical applications making lectures available (with visuals!) language instruction flash cards guided tours exegesis [your idea here]
Types of Podcasts Audio – Enhanced – – Video – ll.xmlhttp://ccnmtl.columbia.edu/projects/filmglossary/web/clipfiles/indexfu ll.xml –
Rules of the Revolution ting_Legal_Guidehttp://wiki.creativecommons.org/Podcas ting_Legal_Guide
Mechanics +web ser vis [web ‘servis] - noun: open-standard-based Web applications that exchange and process data. The results can be formatted for user- friendly presentation in different modes. +NYT XML/RSS HTML/JS +HUH??
RSS Revealed , mobile, Palm, iPod, desktop, etc …
Demonstration of Podcasting Tools
Balance +"Striking the balance between push and pull” +Choice: How do students want to get info? How do you want to deliver it?
Classroom Dynamics +how will students engage with information and each other? +how structured will participation be?
Essence of the engagement? +Comprehensive collection of student work over time = Portfolio? +Communication, structured or free form = Discussion? Chat? +Course administration/organization = Syllabus, calendar, announcements? +Collaboration, sharing work = groups? Wiki?
Tools can be “interpreted” +Looks same, functionally different: vs. +e.g. Test vs. Survey +a.k.a. eight different ways to use the same tool +Looks different, functionally equivalent: vs. +e.g. Assignments section vs. syllabus (to deliver assignments) +a.k.a eight ways to do the same thing
Purposeful Choices: +The tool and rules affect how the tool will be used in class +we haven't fully considered the range of uses...
“Web Services”: a history
“Web Services”: a future
“Web Services”: some variations +RSS (syndication, subscription) +Tagging +Photo sharing +Social bookmarking +By whom, for whom, and why (folksonomies - describing something in my own terms) +The whole is suddenly more than the sum of parts