Podcasting

= Podcastin g =

So what exactly is a podcast? Well this is what Wikipedia says: A **podcast** is a series of [|digital media] [|files] (either [|audio] or [|video]) that are released episodically and [|downloaded] through [|web syndication]. However, I think Lee LeFevers videos really explain it much more clearly:

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Anyone can create a podcast. All over the world, people are creating podcasts on subjects ranging from movies, to technology, to music, to politics and whatever else you can think of. This is new original content made by passionate people who want to share their creativity with the world. The cost to start podcasting is so low that anyone can do it. Most podcasters are everyday people like you and me. They could be talking to you driving in their car, sitting in their living room or speaking at a conference. You get to glimpse into their life and into their interests.

Here are some websites that can help you get started: Learning in Hand The Education Podcast Network Jake Ludington's: Recording a podcast

Ideas for how to use podcasts include preparing a weekly/monthly news type show, newsletter for parents, sharing book reviews, conduct interviews, record a class discussion, document a field trip, projects. There are so many ways to use podcasts, that it is only limited by your creativity.

Here are a couple of documents that may help as well.

Now here is a sample of some podcasts that I've done for Online Campus with technology tips.....

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