Podcasts

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What is a Podcast?
"Podcasting is really like a radio broadcast with the exception of it being provided through the Internet. Thousands of people worldwide are making podcasts on many different subjects. Millions of people listen to podcasts every day. These podcasts are recorded as MP3 files and can be played on MP3 players, such as Apple's iPod, or other electronic devices. Most podcasts will have an RSS feed (which stands for really simple syndication) that will allow you to subscribe to it using an aggregator such as Apple's iTunes. Subscribing to the show's feed allows you to know when a new show is created. The term //podcast// originating from combining "pod" from //iPod// and "cast" from broadcast. Even though the term seems to have some connection to iPods, you **do not** need an iPod or other MP3 players to listen our shows. All you need to have is a computer to listen to any podcast." Source: [|Southeast Elementary School]

[|Room 208 Podcasting Video]

Examples of Podcasts in Education
[|Radio Willow Web] [|Room 208 Podcasts] [|Study Cast] [|Coley Cast] [|Come to Pennsylvania] [|What Words Would You Invent?] [|Mississippi Trial Book Reviews] [|Radio Southeast] The Sounds of Southeast Elementary School [|Lunch Time Leaders] [|Personal Narratives from New Jersey] [|Goodwin Groove] [|Room 5 Podcasts] [|2nd Grade Goobers] [|Youth Radio: Connecting Youth Voices to the World] [|Now This is Interesting!] Primary teacher, Jane Nicholls asked a class of 24 year 4,5 and 6 students who have been podcasting during 2007 to identify everything they think they learn when they are making a podcast. [|Learning In Hand] This site gives directions on how to create a podcast, provides samples of educational podcasts, and lists websites to find educational podcasts as well. Listen to the "[|Our City]" podcast created by elementary students. [|CEN: Podcasting] Check out the podcasts that are emerging from schools, libraries, and museums right here in Connecticut! [|Wecome to Podcast Central] Mabry Middle School's Online Site [|Coulee Kids' Podcasts] Longfellow Middle School [|Isinglass BookTalk Podcasts] Hopkinton High School & Hopkinton Middle School Library Teen Read Award Booktalks [|Podcasts Directory for Educators, Schools and Colleges] Educational podcasting for teaching and learning [|Mideast Youth] Thinking Ahead Teleconference with American high school students [|Lawrence High School Podcasts] [|High School Pod]The Roaring 20s [|Planet Infinity...My KHMS Math Activity Class]

Creating a Podcast
[|How to Podcast]Step by step tutorials for the entire podcasting process.
 * How to Create a Podcast**

[|The Podcast Process] Step by step instructions for the Podcast process from start to finish by Northeast Elementary School. [|How to Create a Coley Cast] Detailed directions for how to create a radio show with your students. Includes planning sheets. [|Podcasting Basics:] Simple Steps for Introducing Podcasting into Your K-8 Class, Part 1 [|Podcasting Basics:]Simple Steps for Introducing Podcasting into Your K-8 Class, Part 1 [|Beginners Guide to Podcast Creation] [|How to Podcast: An Educator's View]

[|Audacity Free Download] [|Audacity Installation Instructions] [|Audacity Tutorials] [|Audacity Video Tutorials] [|Recording a Podcast with Audacity]Great illustrated tutorial on using Audacity [|Garage Band Tutorial] [|Gabcast] Record using your phone or VolP [|Adobe Audition]
 * Audio Recording Software**

[|Logitech Headset and Microphone] [|Logitech USB Microphone]
 * Hardware**

[|Jodix] **Free iPod Video Converter** provides an easy and completed way to **convert all popular video formats to iPod video**.
 * Tools**

[|Music] [|Partners in Rhyme] Royalty free music and sound effects [|Free Audio Clips] [|Free Play Music]
 * Royalty Free Music (free)**

Publishing and Broadcasting Your Podcast
[|Motivating the Plugged in Generation Podcast Blog]**Upload your Podcasts here. [|How to Make Your Podcast an Internet Broadcast]] Step by step directions
 * How to Publish and Broadcast

[|OurMedia.org] Provides free storage for videos, audios, photos, software [|PodcastPeople] An online podcasting studio. [|Pod-O-Matic] Find, create and share Podcasts. **Posting a Podcast using Pod-O-Matic** [|Podbean]Free Podcast Hosting Service [|Podcasting Hosting Services] [|Blip.tv]
 * Online Podcasting Studios and Hosting Services**

[|Edublogs]Create a blog to upload your podcasts and create the RSS Feed for iTunes. [|Blogger]Create blog to link to your podcasts and create the RSS Feed using Feedburner
 * Blogs**

[|Feedburner] [|How to Create a Blogger Feed with Feedburner] Blogger by itself uses what is called an Atom feed. This is the wrong kind of feed format. Feedburner converts the feed to a podcast-ready RSS format. Step by step directions on how to do this.
 * Creating a Feed**

Podcasts for Education
[|Podcasts to Use in Education] [|Sites to See: Podcasting]

Integrating Podcasts into the Curriculum
Making a Podcast A Different Voice A podcast activity about different points of view and perspective. [|Podcasts in the Classroom] Ideas for using Podcasting across the curriculum

**Additional Resources and Articles**
[|Podcasting in Education] Huge collection of articles, resources and examples. [|IPods Fast Becoming New Teacher's Pet] [|Listening to Themselves: Podcasting Takes Lessons Beyond the Classrooms]