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What Is Podcast?

The term "podcast" is a portmanteau of the words "iPod" and "broadcast". Podcasting is basically the creation and distribution of amateur radio, plain and simple. In addition, Podcasting makes it easier to get a lot of people to listen to it through the use of RSS feeds.
Just like it allows people to subscribe to your blog, RSS allows people to subscribe to your podcast. Just like new blog content shows up in your aggregator whenever it’s posted, new podcasts show up in your MP3 player (eg. iTune) whenever they are created.

Watch the about podcasts video.
(Reference: Making a Podcast)

Podcast Lab

(1) Make a Sound File

• Ÿ Download Audacity at http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/
• Ÿ Record sound
• Ÿ Download Lame at http://lame.buanzo.com.ar/
• Ÿ Use Audacity and Lame to convert the sound file to mp3 file
• For details, please refer to Podcasting in your classroom.

(2) Put Your File onto a Sever

(Put Your File to AFS Space or Google Page Space)

• Ÿ Go to your FTP space: ftp://afs.msu.edu/ (By using Internet Explorer) OR Go to your google space
• Ÿ Put your sound file into a new folder in your “web” folder OR Upload your sound file to Google space or a folder in Google space
• Ÿ The address for the file is: www.msu.edu/~username/podcasts/filename.mp3
  OR http://username.googlepages.com/foldername/filename.mp3

(3) Create a Link to the File on Your Blog

(4) Burn Your Feed with Feed Burner

• Ÿ Go to http://www.feedburner.com and get registered
• Ÿ Type in your blog address and burn your feed
• Ÿ Choose “RSS”
• Ÿ Change feed title and feed address
• Ÿ The feed address is created

• Skip directly to feed management
• Click "Publicize"
• Click "Chicklet Chooser"
• Click "Subscribe in a reader", scroll down, select Use as a widget in "blog", and click "Go".
• Login your blog
• At "import page elements" page: choose the right blog, and type in a title, and click "Add Widget"
• Change "Subscribe in a reader" to "Subscribe to Podcasts"

(5) Subscribe to Your Podcast Feed

• Ÿ Download iTune at www.apple.com . (Just google: iTune, download)

If there is an orange subscribing button

• Click on the button
• Click "Add to iTune"
• The feed is now monitored

If you only have feed address

• Click on the “Advanced” menu, and choose “Subscribe to Podcast”
• Ÿ Type in your feed address and let iTune download the file.
• Ÿ Play it!
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Educational Implication of Podcasting

• 7 things You should know about podcasting
• Educational Podcasting