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A. What is Podcasting?A. Podcasting can be used for:B. How to PodcastC. Reflection

B. Create Communicate ShareA. Reflection

C. There’s Something in the Air: Podcasting in EducationA. Reflection

D. Podcasting QuizE. Podcast Answers

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Podcasting is online audio content that is delivered via an RSS feed.

The word Podcasting comes from iPod and broadcasting!

with Podcasting, listeners can determine the time and the place, meaning they decide what programming they want to receive and when they want to listen to it.

Podcasting tools You tube Podcasting

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1. Self-Guided Walking Tours - Informational content.

2. Music - Band promotional clips and interviews. 3. Talk Shows - Industry or organizational news,

investor news, sportscasts, news coverage and commentaries.

4. Training - Instructional informational materials.

5. Story - Story telling for children or the visually-impaired.

6. Interviews 7. Directions

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Steps to Podcasting - Resources for step by step podcasting

1. create audio file (see audio recording software)

2. add the audio file to an RSS 2.0 feed (see create podcasts)

3. tell the world about your podcast ( see submit podcasts)

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This site is a very useful site for someone who is just learning about podcasting and wants to know more about it. I really liked the site and the many different articles it had.

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When Students create a podcast for class, they not only learn the content in a creative way, they learn 21st – century communications skills at the same time.

Walking through

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“Podcasting allows educators to take their students beyond traditional assignments by allowing them to include voice recordings, photos, movies, and sound effects to share their knowledge. For example, students can draft and perform scripts as a writing assignment, create a visual progress report for an ongoing project, or submit a recorded version of a science presentation.”

“Podcasting is also a great way for educators to deliver content to their students. They can distribute homework assignments, record book narration for beginning readers to read along with, or create foreign language lessons that students can review at their own pace. For educators and administrators, podcasting is an effective tool for professional development, as well as for communicating with parents about classroom activities and school announcements.”

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The Apple website and article was a great article. It explained why Podcasting is great for education and plus you can purchase podcasting tools right off this website.

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There's Something in the Air

The major players are MP3, Windows Media Audio or WMA, and Apple’s Advanced Audio Coding or AAC.

To listen to this article in a podcast go to (http://www.educause.edu/er/ or subscribe to Gardner Campell’s podcasts at his blog http://www.gardnercampbell.net

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In this article it talked about using Audacity, which will help you record, edit, and process digital audio.

Audacity Tutorial

Imagine a busy commuting studentpreparing both emotionally and intellectuallyfor class by listening to a podcast onthe drive to school, then reinforcing theday’s learning by listening to anotherpodcast, or perhaps the same podcast, onthe drive back home. Imagine the membersof a debate team getting key instructionsfrom their coach on a podcast asthey hurry from debate to debate. Imaginea professor reading aloud a series ofpoems over the summer in preparationfor a fall seminar in which his readingswill help students overcome obstacles oflanguage and syntax in this difficultverse. Imagine a liberal-arts universitysupplying its community, and the world,with “profcasts” of classes and presentationsdelivered by its talented instructors—not to give away intellectual propertybut to plant seeds of interest and todemonstrate the lively and engaging intellectualcommunity created by its facultyin each course.

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This article was very interesting. It talked about how students are using the podcasting as well as the teachers. It talks about how much it has changed and is changing.

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http://www.podcastforteachers.org/Who%27sUsingPodcastingInEducationAndHow.htm

Are there any size limitations to podcasts?

What are ID3 Tags? Are Podcasts are always in the RSS 2.0

format? Can podcasts be restricted to a

specific group of listeners? Are there any fee based podcasts? What file formats are acceptable in a

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Answer: There are no maximums or minimums when it comes to podcast size. Obviously, the larger files might intimidate listeners with a slow connection. Podcasts can be successful at any size, generally wise podcasters balance the file size and the quality of their show.

Answer: ID3 tags consist of meta data that describe the contents of the audio file (typically ID3 tags relate to MP3 files). ID3 tags generally contain information related to the audio file, including things like title of the audio file, the artist, album, or other relevant information. There is speculation that podcasting search engines and directories will use the information contained in the ID3 tags to categorize, search, and group podcasts in the future.

Answer: No, while RSS 2.0 was the first version to support enclosures, RSS version 1 also now includes an enclosure tag for podcasting. While the current RSS 1.0 supports podcasting, RSS 2.0 is by far the more popular format for those podcasting. This is not only because RSS 2.0 was the first standard to support enclosures, but also due to the fact that Apple iTunes uses RSS 2.0 for it's podcasts.

Answer: Yes, while there are no provisions in the RSS 2.0 specification for passwords or protecting files, as with any web documents, podcasts can be password protected by placing it in a subdirectory. You can use any security mechanism available on the http server to protect the entire feed or the actual audio file.

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Answer: Yes, while the model has not yet been widely adopted, some publishers have experimented with providing fee based "commercial-free" podcasts. Rather than charging advertisers to advertise in the podcasts, the publishers have monetized the podcasts by charging listeners for the contents of the podcast. Typically the audio file is password protected and only subscribers are able to download or listen to the file. The model is similar to that which the cable shows HBO/Showtime use, where they charge a fee for premium content. It is likely that educational podcasts, or language lessons will adopt this model.

Answer: It really depends on what your definition of a podcast is. Initially the term podcast referred to any RSS feed that contained an audio file as an enclosure. The usage of the term podcast has expanded and now many people consider any RSS feed that includes a file in the enclosure field to be a podcast. In other words, many people use the term podcast to refer to an RSS feed that has a video file, or power point presentation or other enclosure.

Technically you can put just about any type of file in the enclosure field. If you are referring to a traditional audio podcast, for the sake of compatibility, most podcasters use either MP3 or M4a. The added benefit of using an MP3 or M4a file is that both formats are also supported by iTunes, which allow people to expand their podcast with iTunes tags and include it in the iTunes Music Store.

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