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What is a Podcast?
Podcast: iPOD broadCAST
“An audio broadcast that has been converted to an MP3 file or other audio file format for playback in a digital music player.” ~www.techweb.com
Popular Podcasting websites
NPR (National Public Radio): http://www.npr.org/rss/podcast/podcast_directory.php
President of US Barack Obama’s Podcast: http://www.whitehouse.gov/rss/
Your favorite magazine!
What is RSS?
RSS: Really Simple Syndication
A syndication format that was developed by Netscape in 1999 and became very popular for aggregating updates to blogs and the news sites. ~www.techweb.com
RSS feeds
Subscribe to a Podcast==>RSS feeds
RSS feed: summaries of web site content that are published in the RSS format for download. ~www.techweb.com
RSS viewer (reader)
A stand-alone program or browser plug-in that aggregates and displays RSS feeds.
~ www.techweb.com
Example:– www.feedburner.com : A part of Google. Allows
for RSS feeds for podcasts
Publishing your podcast
Free hosting websites– www.podbean.com : free podcast hosting and
social networking site– www.mypodcast.com : free podcast hosting
community – www.ourmedia.org : free website that not only
allows podcast hosting but the ability to host videos and other media; targeted toward digital artists
What you need:
A computer A microphone A sound/audio
recording program on your computer
Speakers or a headset Podcasting online host Patience
The Audacity!
Records sounds onto your computer Files can be saved as a music file (.wav or .mp3) Saved files can be uploaded to a website and played
online
Wav or mp3?
.wav file: The format for storing sound in files and can be played by nearly all windows applications that support sound.
~www.webopedia.com
*we will be using .wav*
.mp3 file: The name of the type of file for MPEG, audio layer 3.
– Better known as a “music file”
– shrinks the original sound data from a CD by a factor of 12 without sacrificing sound quality.
– Because mp3 files are small, they can easily be transferred across the Internet.
Future of podcasting
Video podcasting– Also known as a vidcast
or vodcast– Combination of
Podcasting + video– a term used for the
online delivery of video on demand video clip content via Atom or RSS enclosures.
Vodcast Readers:– Youtube:
www.youtube.com– Blip: www.blip.tv – Miro: www.getmiro.com– Boxee: www.boxee.tv
Podcasting resources
Library:– Podcasting for Dummies by Morris, Tee (070.5797 MOR)
– Podcasting: the do-it-yourself guide by Cochrane, Todd (006.7876 COC)
Podcasting for Dummies website: http://www.dummies.com/Section/id-324058.html
Special Thanks!!!
Michelle – Librarian
Paula- Librarian
Troy- Public Service Assistant
*Reference Superstars!!*
Next week
Review Record a podcast
** Please bring in a plug-n-play microphone from home if you have one**
Upload to podcasting host Publish on your blog/website
What is a Podcast?
Podcast: iPOD broadCAST
“An audio broadcast that has been converted to an MP3 file or other audio file format for playback in a digital music player.” ~www.techweb.com
RSS feeds
Subscribe to a Podcast RSS feeds
RSS feed: summaries of web site content that are published in the RSS format for download. ~www.techweb.com
What you need:
A computer A microphone A sound/audio
recording program on your computer
Speakers or a headset Podcasting online host Patience
The Audacity!
Records sounds onto your computer Files can be saved as a music file (.wav or .mp3) Saved files can be uploaded to a website and played
online