Podcasting: Who's Doing It and Why
2006 Pacific Northwest Higher Education Teaching and Learning Conference
- PowerPoint Slides - Used in our session
- Web version of the PowerPoint slides
- PowerPoint Handout - Used in our session
- Podcast of our session - 86 minutes and 15MB (recorded from Jean's Digital Voice Recorder - original file 29 MB)
- Podcast of our session - 92 minutes recorded by Andy and Geoff (24MB) It is much easier to hear the questions from the audience in this version.
Podcast Examples
- Question Words in Spanish - listen to the power of podcasting in connection with foreign language classes
- Speaking of History - an 8th grade history teacher's podcast
- Mathematics for the Masses - excellent use of podcasting with mathematics
- Podcasts for Professors - from Fordham University
- French Podclass - this podcast using video not just audio
- Distance Learning Podcast - from Tacoma Community College
- mrexcel Podcast - a podcast on using Excel and this is a vodcast (video podcast).
- Mansfield University - A Look Inside the University - university life as experienced by several freshman
- Military History Podcast - produced by a teenager in the Puget Sound area who has gotten national attention for his knowledge of military history
- Listen Up! - a library podcast from Georgia Peremiter College
- Drexel eLearning Minute - tips to help new distance learning students be successful
- iTunes U - UC Berkeley has joined Stanford in becoming an iTunes university
Resources
- Software for recording podcasts
- Audacity - free podcast recording software for Windows, Mac, Linux
- GarageBand - free for Mac only and usually comes with OS
- Podcasting Toolkit - from B&H online store - out of stock as of 5/7/06 but they are accepting orders
- 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
- Podcatcher Software
- Podcast Directories
- 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.com - search for conent within a podcast then listen to the results.
- Legal Issues
- Podcasting Legal Guide - "Rules for the Revolution" from the Creative Commons
- Miscellaneous
- Podcasting at the University of Washington - Evaluation of Current Use - some surprising results from a recent survey taken at the UW.
- Podcasting at the University of Washington - Evaluation of Current Use - some surprising results from a recent survey taken at the UW.