Podcasts+and+Vodcasts



=Definition: =
 * The process of capturing an audio event, song, speech, or mix of sounds and then posting that digital sound object to a Web site or a blog” (Meng, 2005, p. 1).
 * The name “podcast” started as a combination of Apple’s “iPod” and “broadcasting,” although one need not own an iPod; any MP3 player or computer will do.
 * Vodcasting (“Video-On-Demand”) is in essence the same as podcasting, only with the addition of video in the digital object. “Syndication feeds” allow podcasts and vodcasts to be automatically downloaded and then played back on portable devises and/or computers.

=**Links**: =
 * Switchpod - podcast hosting service; 450mb free to 2000mb for $30/month [|http://www.switchpod.co]
 * Gabcast - podcasting and audioblogging platform that offers an easy way to create and distribute audio content; 5 minutes free - [|http://www.gabcast.com]
 * iTunesU [|www.apple.com/itunesu].
 * Education Podcast Network- [|http://www.epnweb.org]
 * Podagogy - [], [|http://www.podagogy.co]
 * Introduction to Podcasting-[]
 * Audacity - free audio recording and editing device - [|http://audacity.sourceforge.n]
 * YouTube - a place to broadcast videos-[]
 * YouTube - a place to broadcast videos-[]



=Usage =
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Mini-lecture or excerpt from the class discussion
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Reinforces important or explain complex points
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Syllabus or assessment reviews
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Course announcements
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Record interviews with experts or have student complete an oral history assignment
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Expanding traditional assignments (students include voice recordings and sound effects or submit a recorded presentation)
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Presenting case studies in dramatic form
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Foreign language students record & upload their pronunciation dialogues from their language lessons
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Music students record & upload their practice sessions for instructor critique
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;">"Rabbit Trails" - personal stories that intro student to nuisances of discipline
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Dissertation Summaries to identify a chair - Directions to record a video using a flip cam and post it to YouTube
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document.png width="32" height="32" link="http://technologybootcamp2011.wikispaces.com/file/view/Creating+Your+Dissertation+Video.docx"]] [|Creating Your Dissertation Video.docx]

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=<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Benefits =
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;">Portability
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;">Access- Anytime, Anywhere
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;">Relatively easy to produce
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;">Audio podcasts are downloaded by students more frequently than Powerpoint with audio or video with audio (University of Michigan, 2005)

<span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;">** How To Guides ** [|How_to_Create_Guide_Podcasts+.doc]