Educators throughout the world are creating podcasts for their students and sharing them with other educators. Students are downloading their professor’s lectures and listening to them using MP3 players such as iPod. Students are creating podcasts as class assignments and final projects.

In this revamped Learnshop, you will learn two quick methods to produce your own audio podcasts. You will learn how to use an iPod with an attached digital audio recorder (XtremMac Micro Memo) to record your lectures or interviews and convert files to podcast format using iTunes. Then you will learn how to use your computer with a headset/microphone to record material using the free audio software Audacity (Window, Mac, Linux compatible) with the file converter Lame and iTunes to quickly edit and convert your files to podcast format.

Finally you will learn about publishing your podcast on the Internet. This will include writing the RSS feed (an XML-based format for distributing your syndicated content) and finding a podcasting webserver to host your podcasts.

This Learnshop is for those who have already completed Finding and Using Podcasts in Your Classroom or for those who are comfortable and have experience with finding, subscribing to, and listening to podcasts using ITunes. This Learnshop will involve step-by-step instruction with illustrations and time to practice. This is not a complete iTunes, iPod, or Audacity class. We will not spend a lot of time editing or enhancing podcast files. This is a class for those who want to quickly learn how to produce and publish a simple straightforward audio podcast for their students.

Please visit my website http://w3.cnm.edu/~erieb for additional resources and information about podcasting and for links to complete tutorials on using iTunes, iPods, and Audacity as well as much more.
 

Podcasting: Introduction or experience with finding, subscribing to, and listening to podcasts, and with using a podcatcher such as iTunes or Juice.