Podcasting

**Podcasting**

 E**ducational Uses of podcasting:** >  
 * Understanding Podcasting** 
 * **7 Things You Should Know About Podcasting** from Educause []
 * **Podcasting in Plain English** video from CommonCraft []
 * **Podcasting Tools** [|http://www.podcasting-tools.com] has simple explanations of what podcasting is and how to do it.
 * **Learning in Hand** [] is a site geared to education that explains what podcasts are, how to find and listen to them, and create them. Great resource!
 * **Learn Out Loud's Introduction to Podcasting**: []
 * **Teacher Tube video** introducing podcasting []
 * **Teacher Tube video** on how podcasting enhances oral language in the classroom: > http://www.teachertube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=7d48c8d19762b88c32c3
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">**Will Richardson's book** [|Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts and Other Powerful Tools for the Web]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">Find and use quality podcasts like the ones listed below in the lessons you already teach:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">[|Grammar Girl]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">[|NPR This I Believe]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">[|NPR In Character]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">[|NPR's American Experience] also has a [|podcast.]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">[|The Memory Palace] is a history podcast of short, surprising stories from the past.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">Listen to this podcast about the students who produce the [|Portable Radio podcast]:[| http://www.carleton.ca/midweek/audio/clip20070214-2.ram]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">Radio WillowWeb Podcast: []
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">[|SIRS Podcast Contest on Leading Issues] Check out the contest finalists' Enhanced podcasts at []
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">Check on [|Thinkfinity.org]'s website regularly for lessons that use podcasting
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">**Dan Schmidt's Kidcast** podcast has great information about improving the quality of students' podcasts at []
 * Finding, Subscribing, and Listening to Podcasts**

>> [|Google Reader] [] allow you to listen to your favorite podcasts from any Internet accessible computer without downloading them onto the computer you are using. > **Podcast Alley** [|http://www.podcastalley.com], > **EPN (Education Podcast Network)** [|http://epnweb.org], and **Learning in Hand** [] <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 145.2%;">
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">Readers are tools that allow listeners to subscribe to podcasts they want to listen to on a regular basis.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">**[|iTunes]** will download the newest podcasts automatically and save them to your computer when the iTunes program is opened.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">**Online readers** like [|Blog Lines] [] and
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">Search for podcasts with **iTunes**,
 * Podcasts for Educational Use**

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;"><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 92%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 132%;">
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">**TEDTALKS** @http://www.ted.com/ has audio and video podcasts of the world's leading thinkers, artists, and technologists. TED started out in 1984 as a conference bringing together people from three worlds: **Technology, Entertainment, Design.** Since then its scope has become ever broader. <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 92%;">@http://www.learnoutloud.com/Catalog/Social-Sciences/Current-Events/TEDTalks-Podcast/19083
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 123.2%;">**Learn Out Loud** @http://www.learnoutloud.com/Podcast-Directory has a podcast directory of all types of podcasts to learn from, as well as free audio books to download.
 * Free Tools for Creating Podcasts**

> Sign up for a free account and record audio files using your telephone. Each recording can be up to 60 minutes in length. You dial an 800 number, type in your channel number, channel password, and record your episode. The episode is saved as an mp3 file to your account where you can download it to your computer and open it in Audacity. <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 145.2%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 105%;">**How to Cite Podcasts** : Name of author, host or producer (if available). "Title of podcast." Date of podcast. Podcast. "Title of Podcast show." (if different than title of podcast). Title of larger site (if available). Date of download. <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">**Audacity** is a free audio editor that can be downloaded from the following link: http://audacity.sourceforge.net You will need to download LAME MP3 encoderto convert your file to an mp3 format. ( Because of software patents, Audacity cannot put this encoder inside their program.)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 121%;">**Free Play Music** <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;"> @http://www.freeplaymusic.comallows users to preview and download files files of varying time lengths, including 10, 15, 30, and 60 second clips.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">**Gabcast** [|http://www.gabcast.com]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">**Edublogs** http://www.edublogs.org Posting podcast episodes to a blog creates RSS feed for them so that others can subscribe to them.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">**PodBean** []hosts podcasts for free. Storage limit of 100MB for free account, 1GB for $2.50 per month. Users have their own site much like a blog that has several nice features, including comments, embedded player, and RSS subscription.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Example:
<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;"> Mondello, Bob. "Charlton Heston, Old-School Gentleman, Dies at 84." 8 May 2008. Podcast. "NPR Movies". __National Public Radio__. 10 April 2008. <[]> Source: Library, Univeristy of California, Berkeley. Retrieved July 15, 2008 from []