Sunday, March 16, 2008
Thing #14
Podcasting- Since I posted my thoughts on podcasting in Thing #9, I'll keep this short. Simply put, it's a way to distribute multimedia files such as music or speech over the Internet for playback on mobile devices and personal computers. Anyone with a simple computer, inexpensive microphone, and access to the internet can create a podcast. The simple podcast I created at the top of this page was done on http://www.voki.com/. I simply called an 800 number from my cell phone and that number recorded by voice, and uploaded it to the web! http://www.poducateme.com/guide/ was a great resource in learning all there is to know on podcasting. The first podcast I listened to was http://www.edtechtalk.com/ and just as recent as last week, our Bud Hunt was podcasting on Ed Tech with many other schools around the US about how we and they decide to filter certain sites and who is in charge of that. It was interesting to hear the comments of one school in Alabama that the staff could not even access their own blogs from their own computers. Once the podcast has been recorded and placed on the internet, anyone can listen to it. I think it would be great to have teachers podcasting daily so students can access that class 24/7 and review discussions and notes. Check out my podcast within this page on my voki. How better to experience an event, than by listening.
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I see the incredible value of podcasting; that a student can re-listen to a lecture anytime, or listen because of illness, etc. would be so useful. I like listening to podcasts -- especially when I have to drive for any distance or can multitask while doing other busy work. I do find that poorly recorded podcasts to be very distractly, however. I'd rather not hear giggles, and "um-m's", and the hissing of a poor microphone. You don't want to have to invest in expensive equipment, but to produce a decent sounding podcast should certainly be the goal.
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