Introduction to Podcasts (and other techniques) Introduction to Podcasting Understanding Podcasts Finding Podcast Creating Podcasts (or audio downloads)

Introduction to Podcasts (and other techniques)

Introduction to Podcasting

Understanding Podcasts Finding Podcast Creating Podcasts (or audio downloads)

Three Levels Publishing Podcasts

3 Ways to participate

Level One: Click & Listen

Listener clicks a button on a Web Page and plays the audio or video file

Level 2: Download file

Level Two

Listener downloads the audio or video file and can transfer the file to a portable .mp3 player such as an IPOD.

Save file

Level Three: Podcast….

And this is what makes the same audio/video file a PODCAST

Listener subscribes to the podcast

Content comes to subscriber automatically

Pull vs Push technology !

Understanding

Builds on standard for syndicating text content on the Web, called "RSS" or "Really Simple Syndication". 

You subscribe to what you want and information comes to you.   Example 

Podcasting takes it one step further by allowing audio to be syndicated

Listeners can then subscribe to these feeds using an Aggregator such as Itunes. 

The Aggregator continually checks those feeds, and downloads any new content to your computer. 

Subscribers can then transfer those files to your MP3 player or play them on the PC.    See      Itunes pictured below.

Finding Podcasts

Directories

Podcasts in Education Podcasts in Education 

College Podcast links   Higher Ed - IpodderEPN School Podcast projectsSchool projects   Elementary KidsHigh School ProjectsKids Internet Project

Creating Podcasts

Level One and Two1. Create the audio or video file2. Convert to .mp33. Upload to server4. Create a Web page that links to the file See

sample

Level Three1. Create the RSS feed file that points to the audio or

video file.2. Upload this file to server - See sample