Katz, S. (2010). Podcasting 101. Learning & Leading with Technology, 37(3), Retrieved from http://www.iste.org/Content/NavigationMenu/Publications/LL/LLIssues/Volume3720092010/NovemberNo3/podcasting_101.htm doi: ISSN 1082-5754
This article discusses how to create a Podcast or Vodcast in an efficient and easy manner. The author, who leads a journalism class, got his students to create a CDS News podcast. The students called themselves the Podsquad and wrote, filmed, and edited their podcast. Next, they embedded video into the podcast, which turned it into a vodcast. Creating a podcast, according to Katz, increased the student’s writing, speaking, and camera skills. To create a podcast, you can use Garage Band on a Mac or Audacity on a PC. Then, you can record voices and add sound effects and music. This is then converted to an MP3 and put online with a program called Fetch. Podcast Maker makes publishing feed to a website easy and is relatively inexpensive. To determine the traffic and number of views per show, a Feedburner account is useful.
1. This article seemed to throw in a lot of technical language, and creating a podcast still seems obscure to me. Is the process very complicated?
I think that it is probably a pretty simple process once you understand the programs needed to record the material, turn it into an MP3, and upload it online. I have realized, through this class, that things that seem incredibly complicated on the computer are actually quite simple if they are taken step-by-step and one doesn’t become intimidated by technological terms. So, I think this would probably be relatively simple to do once it was explained.
2. What exactly is a podcast?
A podcast is a free online audio show. A vodcast is the same but with video added as well. It is delivered online through RSS feed. It is a pretty unique version of radio because the listener can choose what he/she wants to listen to and can also determine when to listen. It’s also cool because podcasters often get a foot in the door for the radio business through their self-created podcasts.
This article discusses how to create a Podcast or Vodcast in an efficient and easy manner. The author, who leads a journalism class, got his students to create a CDS News podcast. The students called themselves the Podsquad and wrote, filmed, and edited their podcast. Next, they embedded video into the podcast, which turned it into a vodcast. Creating a podcast, according to Katz, increased the student’s writing, speaking, and camera skills. To create a podcast, you can use Garage Band on a Mac or Audacity on a PC. Then, you can record voices and add sound effects and music. This is then converted to an MP3 and put online with a program called Fetch. Podcast Maker makes publishing feed to a website easy and is relatively inexpensive. To determine the traffic and number of views per show, a Feedburner account is useful.
1. This article seemed to throw in a lot of technical language, and creating a podcast still seems obscure to me. Is the process very complicated?
I think that it is probably a pretty simple process once you understand the programs needed to record the material, turn it into an MP3, and upload it online. I have realized, through this class, that things that seem incredibly complicated on the computer are actually quite simple if they are taken step-by-step and one doesn’t become intimidated by technological terms. So, I think this would probably be relatively simple to do once it was explained.
2. What exactly is a podcast?
A podcast is a free online audio show. A vodcast is the same but with video added as well. It is delivered online through RSS feed. It is a pretty unique version of radio because the listener can choose what he/she wants to listen to and can also determine when to listen. It’s also cool because podcasters often get a foot in the door for the radio business through their self-created podcasts.
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