The following will provide tutorials, definitions and resources for Audio Podcasts. 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.

Audio Podcasts

We learned in the previous lesson what podcasts are and how to subscribe to them. Now you get a chance to make your own. For a great review see: A PB wiki tutorial - Podcasting 101 (http://podcasting101.pbwiki.com/)

Links to Learning

How to make a podcast:

• Podcast for Free (http://www.castwiki.com/index.php/Podcast_for_free)
• Kirk's Eight Rules of Effective Podcasting (http://www.mcelhearn.com/article.php?story=20050630164539429)
• A Podcast can be anything (http://podcasts.yahoo.com/publish/1)
• Beginners Guide to Podcast Creation (http://ilounge.com/index.php/articles/comments/beginners-guide-to-podcast-creation/)
• Classroom Audio Podcasting (http://www.wtvi.com/teks/05_06_articles/classroom-audio-podcasting.html)
• CNET Learning Campus (http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-11293_7-6246557-1.html?tag=bnav/)

Tools For Creating a Podcast

These are suggestions only.

• Sound Files - Audacity (http://audacity.sourceforge.net)
• Web hosting - Blogger (http://www.blogger.com)Or choose your own blog host.
• Web hosting - Creative Commons (http://www.creativecommons.org/audio/publish-internetarchive)
• Host for RSS feed - Feedburner (http://feeds.feedburner.com)
• Web hosting - Internet Archive (http://www.archive.org/account/login.createaccount.php)

Here are some podcast directories where you can list your podcasts

• Yahoo! Podcasts (http://www.podcasts.yahoo.com)
• iTunes (http://www.itunes.com)
• iPodder.com (http://www.ipodder.com)
• Podcast Alley (http://www.podcastalley.com)
• Podcast.net (http://www.podcast.net)
• Odeo (http://www.odeo.com)
• Podcast Pickle (http://www.podcastpickle.com)

Music for podcasting:

• Magnatune (http://www.magnatune.com/)(pc)
• Garageband (http://apple.com/life/garageband)(mac)

Legal considerations:

• Creative Commons (http://creativecommons.org/about/licenses)
• Article by Yahoo (http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/podcasts/podcasts-52690.html)
• Article by Dr. Jean-Claude Bradley, Drexel University (http://drexel-coas-elearning.blogspot.com/2006/05/using-copyrighted-materials-on-blogs.html)

A Problem and a Solution:

• Student Posts and Podcasts (http://drexel-coas-elearning.blogspot.com/2006/05/student-posts-and-podcasts-dont-mix.html)

Examples

• Student Jed Grant (http://peoplewhocantspell.blogspot.com/2006/04/audio-pod-cast-lives.html)
• Student Cornelius Lamb (http://nilli29.blogspot.com/2006/03/holy-hip-hop.html)
• Student Shannon Thurston (http://shannonthurston.blogspot.com/2006/03/my-first-podcast.html)

Assignment

1. Download necessary software
2. Create an audio podcast
3. Make it available online (from your blog or another service)
4. Post a link to the audio podcast on your blog