An Introduction to Podcasting

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An Introduction to Podcasting The World is
Listening
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What is Podcasting?
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What is Podcasting?

• It is the creation and distribution of digital
  amateur radio.

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What is Podcasting?

• Podcasting is a way for people to selectively
  subscribe to audio content over the Internet.
  This audio content can then be automatically
  downloaded to a computer or a mobile device, like
  an iPod.

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What is Podcasting?

• Podcasting is about creating content (audio,
  video and text) for an audience that wants to
  listen when they want, where they want, and how
  they want.

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Podcasting Quick Facts

• These are audio and video files
• TiVo for the ears
• No iPod needed
• Can be listened to on the computer or any mobile
  device
• Cross platform (PC, Mac, Linux)
• Oxford dictionary word of the year in 2005

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Podcasting Quick Facts

• Content comes to you through
• subscription
• Content can be paused,
• fast forwarded and replayed
• Content creation can
• be very inexpensive
• Authentic audience- Millions can listen
• Uses for podcasting is endless

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History of Podcasting
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History of Podcasting

• December 24, 1906 - The first extended broadcast
  of the human voice was transmitted through the
  air from Brant Rock, Massachusetts. Fessenden
  used the alternator-transmitter to send out a
  short program, which included his playing the
  song Oh Holy Nighton the violin and reading a
  passage from the Bible.

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History of Podcasting

• 1997- The origins of podcasting started with web
  radio and web casts.
• 1997- David Winer develops the first version of
  RSS for his own site.

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History of Podcasting

• 2001- MTV personality Adam Curry, along with
  Tristan Louis and Dave Winer collaborated in
  using RSS technology and their media content to
  provide the first prototype podcasts.

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History of Podcasting

• 2003- Subsequent improvements to the
  RSS-delivered content system contributed to its
  eventual birth.
• 2003- It was also during this year when
  Christopher Lydon, an NPR radio talk show host,
  started linking MP3 files of his interviews to
  his Berkman weblog a website that focused on
  blogging and the 2004 US Presidential campaign
  coverage.

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History of Podcasting

• 2003- Lydons innovative use for RSS and MP3
  files, in turn, inspired Curry to develop his
  iPodder script the precursor of the popular
  iPodder software that became the first aggregator
  for downloading media files.
• 2004 The term "Podcasting" is coined. Combining
  two words iPod" and "broadcasting"

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History of Podcasting

• Late 2004 the podcasting phenomenon exploded with
  more than 2 million hits generated for a
  podcasting Google search. These podcasts even
  dealt with a disparate number of topics like
  veganism, politics and entertainment news.

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History of Podcasting

• June 29th 2005 Apple updates iTunes to 4.9 which
  contains a new entry called podcasts. Because of
  this Podcasters audiences quadrupled in a week.

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History of Podcasting

• By 2005, the popularity of podcasts has spilled
  over to the mainstream. President George W. Bush
  became a podcaster when his weekly radio
  addresses became downloadable audio files at the
  White House website.

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The Basics of Podcasting
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How do I Listen?

• You can usually listen to podcasts directly on
  the websites of those people who make them.
• You can also "subscribe" to podcasts using
  software like iPodder and iTunes. (To subscribe
  to a podcast, you need to know the RSS feed (this
  information should be on the podcaster's
  website). iTunes has its own directory, where you
  can subscribe to a show, simply by clicking the
  "Subscribe" button.)

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How does it work?

• Podcasting uses RSS (Really Simple
  Syndication) to deliver the content, providing a
  summary for new content on a Web site.

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What does it look like?
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What does it sound like?For Educators
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What does it sound like?For Educators
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What does it sound like?For Educators

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What does it sound like?For Educators

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What does it look like?For Educators

• For Educators

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What does it sound like?

• For Students

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What does it sound like?

• For Students

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What does it sound like?

• For Students

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What does it sound like?

• For Students

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What does it sound like?

• For Students

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What does it sound like?

• From Students

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What does it sound like?

• For Students

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What does it sound like?

• For Students

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What does it sound like?

• From Students

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What does it look like?For Students
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What does it look like?For Students
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What does it look like?For Students
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What does it sound like?

• For Schools and Parents

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What are the Benefits

• The 3 Ps of Podcasting!
• Prevalent, Portable, and Powerful

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What are the Benefits

• Prevalent, Portable, and Powerful
• A survey of 470 high school students released in
  October 2005 by analysts with Piper Jaffray
  Co. found that 61 percent of students had some
  kind of MP3 player

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What are the Benefits

• Prevalent, Portable, and Powerful
• 2006 - Piper Jaffray and a team conducted mall
  research field trips in 11 cities in the United
  States and Canada surveying approximately 1,000
  students.
• 79 percent indicated that they also own some form
  of iPod
• For online music services, 91 percent of students
  indicated that they use iTunes
• Additionally, interest in MP3 phones increased to
  74 percent from 70 percent in the spring 2006
  survey.
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What are the Benefits

• Prevalent, Portable, and Powerful
• A survey of 470 high school students released in
  October 2005 by analysts with Piper Jaffray
  Co. found that 61 percent of students had some
  kind of MP3 player
• Apple sold over 10 million iPods in 2005Apple
  sold over 14 million iPods in 2006
• 86 of eight to eighteen year olds live in a home
  with a computer. October 2005
• Content can be subscribed to for FREE and this
  content is easy to create!

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What are the Benefits

• Prevalent, Portable, and powerful
• Podcasting is a fast, convenient, and a low cost
  way to extend lessons beyond the confines of the
  classroom. (PDF documents can also be attached to
  the audio content)
• When transferred to a portable device like an
  iPod, students can get the content they want,
  when they want, and how they want it.
• Instructors can create additional supplemental
  materials for their students to access from the
  Internet

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What are the Benefits

• Prevalent, Portable and Powerful
• Video and Audio forms of class presentations can
  be stored and listened to on the go to help
  reinforce their knowledge
• Both students and teachers can reach a worldwide
  audience
• It can address multiple learning styles

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What are the Benefits

• Prevalent, Portable and Powerful
• It's great for developing literacy skills
  (writing scripts, setting up interviews etc),
  allows children to develop and practice their
  speaking and listening skills.

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What are the Benefits

• Prevalent, Portable and Powerful
• Podcasts can be interactive. The audience can be
  invited to send their comments, giving valuable
  feedback to the children about their work.
• It is great for developing teamwork skills.

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Educational Uses

• School News
• School Broadcasts
• Parent Communication
• Book Talks
• Foreign Language Practice
• Tutorials
• Special Events
• Podpals
• Additional Course Enrichment

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Educational Uses

• Poetry Recitals
• Audio Dramas
• Expert Interviews
• Music
• Sound seeing Tour
• Summer Teacher Podcasts
• Museum Tour
• Lectures/Presentations
• Round Robin Podcasting
• Introducing a Lesson

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What is needed to be portable?
To listen and watch
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What is needed to be portable?
To record
iriver T-10
iriver T-30
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iRiver T10 or T30
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What is needed to create content?

• Windows XP
• Audio recording software like Audacity . Be sure
  to also download the lame encoder library there
  to convert your output to mp3,
• A microphone
• Optionally Some songs or instrumental loops, but
  make sure it is free(podsafe)to use.
• A web server to store recorded material or a site
  like Gcast that will host the content and create
  the XML script

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What is needed to be portable?
To record and Watch
Kingston K-PEX
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Steps to Create

• Listen to a few other podcasts before they
  start. This is a great way of finding out what
  podcasts are all about, and discovering what it
  is possible to do. You may discover some great
  ideas which you could try to yourself.

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Steps to Create

• Prepare your script
• Record audio and then clean up audio using
  Audacity
• Add pod free music

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Steps to Create

• Export content as a MP3 file
• Upload the audio file to
• Post your podcast to podcatcher services like
  iTunes or Juice

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