Podcasts and Videoblogs

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Podcasts and Videoblogs

• A short hands-on introduction

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Agenda

• What is podcasting
• What is RSS
• What is a videoblog
• Possible educational uses
• Hands-on

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Podcasting

• Podcasting
• Combination of the words iPod Broadcasting
• But you dont need an iPod or iTunes!
• audioblogging
• MP3-files
• Listen online and/or offline (on MP3-player)
• RSS-feed
• List of episodes

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What is RSS?

• Really Simple Syndication
• XML format
• Contains info about
• Episodes (title / description / date / time)
• Location of enclosure
• Aggregators / Podcatchers
• Enables automated download

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Videoblog

• Everyone can have his/her own TV station
• A lot of alternative names
• Videoblogging, Vlogging, Vodcasting, Video
  podcasting
• Advantage use of visual information
• Disadvantages requires more focus

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Possible Educational Uses

• Staff / teachers
• Record lectures, meetings, events
• Provide additional instruction, feedback
• Students
• Field-assignments interviews, topic reports
• Record own work, reflect on own performance

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Revolution?

• NO, but
• Everyone can be both consumer and publisher
  Compare that to radio / television
• Adds audio and video to text based webBroader
  mix of options
• Adds my time / my place options for
  audio/videoIm in control

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Hands-on

• Lets record our own podcast