Can You Hear Me Now?

These are the slides, handout, and resources used for my CIT forum session on podcasting and Voice Over IP.

• PowerPoint Slides - to download and view on your computer if you have PowerPoint installed
• Handout distributed at the session
• FD Podcast #27 - recorded and exported to MP3 during the session
• Podcasting Using Windows Tutorial - a step by step guide to creating educational podcasts, developed for the Washington State Rich Media Project
• What is podcasting? - video podcast from "Ask A Ninja.com."
• Podcasting and Feeds - excellent description of podcasting and "feeds."

Podcast Examples

• Melissa Grinley's Podcast Interview for psychology students.
• Dan Loos' practice dictation for his ESL students
• Diane Schmidt music podcast on rock n roll and blues rhythm
• Faculty Development Podcast - Jean Kent's weekly Faculty Development podcast
• Paradise Valley Community College Student Life Podcast
• Grammar Girl's Quick & Dirty Tips for Better Writing- grammar tips made fun!
• Question Words in Spanish - listen to the power of podcasting in connection with foreign language classes
• Mathematics for the Masses - excellent use of podcasting with mathematics
• TED lectures - 20 minute long lectures of "ideas worth sharing"
• Mansfield University - A Look Inside the University - university life as experienced by several freshman
• The French Podclass - view a Video Vocabulary lesson - an example of a video podcast or vodcast.
• Listen Up! Library news and information from Georgia Perimeter College. Listen to the May episode.
• mrexcel - a short video podcast about Excel - created with screen capture software (Camtasia Studio)? Learn how to do whatif calculations in this episode.
• iTunes U - UC Berkeley podcasts - Astro C10 Intro to General Astronomy - notice the multiple ways to access these lectures
• World Beyond the Headlines - a free podcast series offered by the University of Chicago International and Area Studies Multimedia Outreach Source

Podcasting Resources

• Software for recording podcasts
  • Audacity - free podcast recording software for Windows, Mac, Linux
    • Online Manual for Audacity
  • GarageBand - free for Mac only and usually comes with OS X
• Creating RSS Feeds
  • Podcast 411 - good information on RSS feeds
  • Step by Step Tutorial for Creating a RSS Feed - from About.com
  • FeedForAll - software ($40) that will create your RSS feeds
  • Feedburner - free RSS service - will create different types of feeds (iTunes included) for you
  • Feed Validator for Atom and RSS - in case you decide to make your own feeds.
• File Conversion Software
  • Free iPod Video Converter - will convert many different file formats to ones that can be used on a video iPod
  • Free WMA to MP3 Converter - will convert wma files to mp3.
• Podcatcher Software
  • Bloglines - free web-based "podcatching" application - no need to download and install software
  • iTunes - free iPod users MUST use iTunes and other may also
  • Juice - free software for subscribing to podcasts
• Podcast Directories
  • NPR Podcast Directory - for all the npr "junkies" among us
  • Podcast Alley - the place to find podcasts and find out about podcasts and podcasting
  • Education Podcast Network - excellent place to find examples of educational podcasts
  • Podcasting News Podcast Directory - nicely organized directory
  • Podcast Net - yet another nicely organized directory
  • Podzinger - a search engine for podcasts that searches for words within a podcast - amazing!
• Miscellaneous Resources
  • RoyaltyFreeMusic.com has music you can use in your podcasts. It's free because we are educators using this for our students.
  • Podcasting Legal Guide - from Wikipedia a 42 page legal guide. It's available as a PDF document, too - much easier to read.
  • Podcasting at the UW - Evaluation of Current Use - some surprising results from a recent survey taken at the UW.
  • Duke University iPod Experience Final Evaluation Report - an overview of their iPod project with recommendations.

Voice Over IP Resources

• Gizmo Project Web Site - to learn more about Gizmo's features
• Download GizmoProject - to get the software which is free
• Recorded session with student (MP3 format) - I encourage students to contact me with their questions. Talking with them is so much easier than sending endless emails back and forth.
• Example of a free conference call with Jean, Geoff Mathay, Thom Cook (MP3 format)
• VoIP - Voice over Internet Protocol if you want to more about this protocol
• SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) standard for VoIP

©Jean Kent

October 26, 2006

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