Podcasting Great Valley

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Podcasting _at_ Great Valley
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Topics

• What is Podcasting?
• Podcasting _at_ Penn State Great Valley
• Audiences
• Some Brainstorming
• Equipment
• Dedicated Rooms
• Student Requirements

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Podcasting

• Podcasting is the distribution of audio files,
  such as radio programs, over the internet using
  RSS syndication for listening on mobile devices
  and personal computers.
• A podcast is a web feed of audio or video files
  placed on the Internet for anyone to subscribe
  to, and also the content of that feed.
• Podcasters' websites also may offer direct
  download of their files, but the subscription
  feed of automatically delivered new content is
  what distinguishes a podcast from a simple
  download or real-time streaming.
• http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podcasting

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Podcasting

• Use of "podcast" to describe both audio and video
  feeds seemed natural to some users, while others
  preferred to reserve the word for audio and coin
  new terms for video subscriptions. Other "pod-"
  derived neologisms include "podcasters" for
  individuals or organizations offering feeds, and
  "podcatchers" for special RSS aggregators with
  the ability to transfer the files to media player
  software or hardware.
• Podcasting's essence is about creating content
  (audio or video) for an audience that wants to
  listen when they want, where they want, and how
  they want.
• http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podcasting

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Podcasting _at_ Great Valley

• True Podcasting
• ANGEL Podcasting which will be an audio
  download made available to students through ANGEL.

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Podcasting Audiences

• Current Students Record Lectures for Students
  who are unable to attend class (i.e. if they are
  traveling for work and the arrangements should be
  made at the beginning of the semester.)
• Potential Students Teasers will be recorded by
  faculty introducing their courses or examples of
  Mini-Lectures
• Alumni Recording events at Great Valley that
  may benefit our alumni (i.e. Management
  Research Showcase)

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Management Research Showcase
Program/Class Overviews
Events in other Areas
Marketing (Future Students)
Alumni
Podcasting Ideas
Education (Current Students)
Reach Students at a Distance
Missing Classes
Guest Speakers
Develop Future Blended Delivered Classes
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Equipment
Recording Equipment
iPod Equipment
30GB iPod
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Dedicated Rooms _at_ GV

• Student Video Editing SuiteTo record teasers.
• Classes
• Portable equipment is available. And needs to be
  reserved in advance, because of limited
  equipment.
• Dedicated Classroom with permanent Equipment TBA.

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Student (End-User) Requirements

• Download and install iTunes. Which is available
  at http//www.apple.com/itunes/download/ . This
  is a free download.
• Download audio files from ANGEL or Subscribe to
  Podcast.
• Then you can just listen to the audio in iTunes
  from a computer or sync an iPod.