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What Can You Do With a
Podcast?
Podcast RWLO
2007
What is a Podcast?
• A video introduction from the “Podgrunt”
http://gruntmedia.com/podgrunt_001_view.html
What is a Podcast?
• A digital recording (mp3 file) of a radio broadcast or
similar program, made available on the Internet for
downloading to a computer or a personal audio
player.
• PODCAST = Broadcast & iPod
– Apple’s iPod is in the name, but it is not necessary for
a person to use an iPod to listen to a podcast.
• Downloadable audio files are sometimes called
podcasts.
– True podcasts allow users to subscribe to “feeds” to
automatically receive new episodes of the show.
– Podcasts are time-shifted content that can be
consumed at your leisure.
What equipment do you need to listen to a
podcast?
• Computer with Internet Connection
• An iPod or mp3 player (optional)
• You can do not have to use an i-Pod or
mp3 player to listen to a podcast
Software for Podcasts
• Downloading vs. subscribing:
– Podcasts Feeds –a.k.a. RSS Feeds
Commonly written in XML
Often contains summaries of, and links to articles on a web site.
– Form of syndication allows for “broadcasts” of podcasts.
• Software: Podcatchers or Aggregators (for subscribing)
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Juice (http://juicereceiver.sourceforge.net/index.php)
Odeo (http://www.odeo.com/inbox)
iTunes (http://www.apple.com/itunes/)
Yahoo! Podcasts (http://podcasts.yahoo.com/)
Finding and Subscribing to
Podcasts
• Look for direct links from a blog or a web
site - click on the file and listen or go to
RSS feed, copy and paste URL into
podcatching software.
• Podcast Directories to search for what you
want.
• Podcast Alley (http://www.podcastalley.com/)
• Podcast Bunker
(http://www.podcastbunker.com/)
• Indie Podcast.com
(http://www.indiepodder.org/)
• Tech Podcast (http://www.techpodcasts.com/)
• Podcast Pickle (http://www.podcastpickle.com/)
• Podcasts.net – http://www.podcasts.net
• Itunes – http://www.apple.com/itunes
• PodFeed.net
(http://www.podfeed.net/episodes.asp?id=2301)
• The Education Podcast Network
(http://epnweb.org/)
iTunes search for Podcasts
Downloading Podcasts in iTunes
Some advantages to i-Tunes
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-iTunes – “rss - built in”
Download iTunes from Apple Website
Show iTunes Basics
Play (preview) then Download a podcast
from Music Store
• Subscribe to a podcast with iTunes store
Education
• Higher education
What can I do with a podcast?
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Listen to lectures for campus classes
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Record audio notes from a class
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Listen to XML talk radio show
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Learn a foreign language
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Keep up with latest information
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Professional Development
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Share musical performances with
colleagues and parents. (get permission
from Composer, ASCAP, BMI and Harry
Fox Agency)
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Promote your events with a weekly
magazine show.
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Recruitment
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Audio lessons (aural skills, listening
etc)
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The list is endless!
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What are the limitations of an Educational
Podcast?
• Supplement not substitute in
education.
• Lessons are limited to drills or
play-alongs
• No immediate feedback can be
given unless instructor
anticipates common problems.
• Audio podcast should be a short
duration
– unless a video podcast is available
Sources
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Podcasting for Education presented by Andy Seymour & Todd
Seymour from the EdTech Musician Podcast
http://andrewseymour.com
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Beginning Podcasting Workshop by Robert Buford & David
Shulman; Conference on Information Technology, Charlotte, NC
October, 22, 2006. www.bobcast.com
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Podcasting + Video Podcasting Training Essentials at
www.Lynda.com
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Suggested Reading
Cochran, T. (2005). Podcasting the do-it-yourself guide.
Indianapolis, IN: Wiley Publishing, Inc..
ISBN-13: 978-0-7654-9778
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Geohegan, M., & Klass, D. (2005). Podcast solutions: the complete
guide to podcasting. New York: Friends of ED.
ISBN 1-59059-5554-8