The following will provide tutorials, definitions and resources for
podcasting. You are not required to look at all of the material, but
search it until you feel that you have a good understanding of what is
required for you to fulfill the assignment.
What is a Podcast?
Podcasts are audio programs that are broadcasted over the Internet.
They are MP3 files which can be downloaded onto a compatible digital
player or played on your computer. You can download one or many, for
free (generally), or you can subscribe to an RSS service for downloads
so you can be alerted when new postings are made available. The name
podcast comes from compounding the words iPod and
broadcast.
More definitions:
- Wikipedia
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podcasting)
- PBWiki
(http://podcasting101.pbwiki.com/)
- Yahoo
(http://podcasts.yahoo.com)
- PodcastAlley
(http://www.podcastalley.com/what_is_a_podcast.php)
- iLounge
(http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/articles/comments/understanding-the-podcasting-revolution)
- Wired
(http://www.wired.com/news/columns/0,70884-0.html)
- Apple's page
(http://www.apple.com/education/solutions/podcasting/)
Links to Learning
A good
tutorial (http://podcasting101.pbwiki.com/)This is the same
link above (PBWiki).
An
ipod tutorial
(http://www.apple.com/support/ipod/tutorial/)
How to subscribe and listen to them:
- You will need a 'podcast software client' that will download the
feed via your Internet connection:
- For Windows, Mac or Linux (multi-platform podcasting application)
see: iPodder
(http://www.ipodder.org/whatIsIpodder).
- For windows see: NIMIQ
(http://www.nimiq.nl/), podfeeder
(http://www.podfeeder.com/), or Doppler
(http://www.dopplerradio.net/).
- For Mac see PlayPod
(http://www.iggsoftware.com/playpod/).
- This will create a download of a small text file called “.pcast”.
This tells your music software what podcast to download, then notifies
you of new episodes whenever they are available.
- You can listen to podcasts directly from your computer. If you want
to take a podcast with you, any MP3 player or iPod will work. You do
not need iTunes.
iTunes info (http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/articles/comments/the-complete-guide-to-itunes-49-with-podcasts/)
Yahoo info (http://podcasts.yahoo.com/start?i=3)
Podcast Alley info (http://www.podcastalley.com/forum/links.php)
These are samples of subscription 'badges:'
(http://podcasts.yahoo.com)
(http://podcasts.yahoo.com)
(http://www.podcastalley.com/forum/links.php)
(http://www.podcastalley.com/forum/links.php)
(http://www.dopplerradio.net)
(http://www.iggsoftware.com/playpod/)
(http://nimiq.nl)
Assignment
- Subscribe to at least one podcast
- Follow it for a week
- Post a link to the podcast's website to your blog
- Describe your favorite moments in the podcast