Podcasting

Podcasting 101
Introduce participants to the components that make up podcasting including RSS, aggregators, iTunes and Podcast People.
 * Objectives**:

Let's start with [|RSS]. It stands for Really Simple Syndication, and it is the technology that makes weblogs and podcasts more than just another webpage. RSS, used in conjunction with an [|aggregator], allows web users to subscribe to blog and podcast feeds and put them together on one page, where the user can then check for updates easily.

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We're going to use Netvibes for our aggregator. So, let's head to http://www.netvibes.com to get started.

EdBlogger Praxis is a great resource for finding education related blogs: http://educational.blogs.com/

Now, on to [|podcasting]. This rather all-encompassing term refers to an RSS feed that includes audio and video. Probably the most famous kid podcasters were Bob Sprankle's third graders in Room 208: http://www.bobsprankle.com/blog/C1697218367/index.html

I'm going to let them explain podcasting: http://bobsprankle.com/podcasts/0506/rm208vodcast.mov


 * Finding Podcasts:**

The Education Podcast Network: http://www.epnweb.org/

The Podcasting News: http://www.podcastingnews.com/forum/link_6.htm


 * Creating Podcasts:**

We're going to use an online tool to create our podcasts: http://podcastpeople.com/

Here's Mine: http://witchyrichy.podcastpeople.com/

MP3 Files for Your Podcast: http://www.penmachine.com/musicpages/demos.html

Tutorials for Using Audacity: http://labnol.blogspot.com/2006/10/how-to-record-audio-podcasts-using.html


 * Free Sounds:**

Free Sounds: http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/

Internet Archive: http://www.archive.org

ccMixter: http://ccmixter.org/