Pedagogy and Podcasting: Exploring a New Way to Connect with Your Millennial Students

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An Overview

How do you create a podcast?

  • Record audio and convert it to MP3 format
  • Create a simple text file which describes where to find your audio file (RSS file)
  • Upload your files to the Web

What do you need to create a podcast?

  • Microphone
  • Recording software
  • Audio card
  • FTP software
  • Web space

How do you get the files? How do the files get from the Web to your computer?

  • You need a podcatcher, software that looks at various RSS feeds, finds the updated files, and transfers them to your computer automatically--iTunes
  • Subscribe

How do you listen to a podcast?

  • Sync your portable player with your computer's media player, and you're ready to go (iPod or any MP3 player)
Example: Virginia Tech podcasts

 


 


Additional Resources:

How Podcasting Works

How Podcasting Works - a tutorial from HowStuffWorks.com

 



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Last Updated: 02/21/2006