Our journey today will endeavour to answer a few questions:

1. Our journey today will endeavour to answer a few questions: • What is a podcast (basic sound recording)? • How to make a podcast? • How to get a podcast on the internet? • How to make a link from your podcast to iTunes? • What are some uses of podcasting in education? Created by Maryna Badenhorst

2. Are you a Flashing 12? A “Flashing 12” is a person with no technical inclinations, inept in all things technological. The name comes from the fact that when you walk into their house their VCR is Flashing 12:00, because they can not figure out how to program it. Created by Maryna Badenhorst

3. What is a podcast? Podcasting stands for Portable On Demand Broadcasting. What is a Podcast? (video) http://gruntmedia.com/podgrunt_001_view.html YouTube - podgrunt - What a podcast is and how it works Created by Maryna Badenhorst

4. Examples of regular podcasts... • “Podiobooks” and “Gutenberg.org” • http://www.podiobooks.com/podiobooks/book.php?ID=115 • iTunes Store • http://www.apple.com/itunes/store/podcasts.html Created by Maryna Badenhorst

5. Example page of PodioBooks Created by Maryna Badenhorst

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7. How do I make my own podcast? • For Apple/Mac: Look at vodcasts on iTunes (Links on the Right Hand Side of page) • http://www.apple.com/itunes/store/podcasts.html • For Mac or PC:http://www.stager.org/podcasting.html • For using Audacity: Getting started: Watch the following video links (scroll down the page, then click the video link you want to watch on the left of the page): • http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-11293_7-6246557-1.html Created by Maryna Badenhorst

8. Getting ,starting to record... • If you use Windows: Download Audacity • http://www.how-to-podcast-tutorial.com/15-audacity-download.htm • You will need a microphone, ensure your computer’s sound input is the microphone you plugged in by going to Control Panel, click on Sounds and Audio Devices, Audio, then look under Sound Recording and ensure your microphone is highlighted as the preferred recording device, click OK. Also look under Voice (instead of Audio) to ensure the Voice Recorder device is the microphone you plugged in. Click OK. Created by Maryna Badenhorst

9. : The finer ins and outs • Start the Audacity tour by clicking on the link Recording Setup on this page: http://www.how-to-podcast-tutorial.com/17-audacity-tutorial.htm • Look at all the videos on this page for a comprehensive tutorial on Audacity • Save your files as .wav until you have finished editing them. Once saved as MP3, you won’t be able to edit them any more. • Save your final podcast as a MP3 recording, somewhere on your computer where you can find it easily (other recording types that are usually accepted on the internet are:.jpg, .gif, .mp3, .m4a, .ogg, mp4, .m4v, .mpg, .mov, .avi, .flv, .3g2, .3gp, , .wmv, .pdf, .doc, .xls, .ppt, .zip) Created by Maryna Badenhorst

10. Getting your podcast on the net • Open a PodBean ( ) account, as this website will allow you to upload your podcast from you computer, and will host is for you • http://www.podbean.com/, go to Sign Up on the top right hand side of the page • When you have your PodBean account, Log in, click on My Profile (left side in blue), then click the Publish a Podcast tab. Created by Maryna Badenhorst

11. You will be taken to a page with the following links: Click this link Created by Maryna Badenhorst

12. The next page (the Dashboard page) looks like this: Click on UPLOAD Created by Maryna Badenhorst

13. Click on UPLOAD again... • You will be asked to Browse your computer for your podcast... Created by Maryna Badenhorst

14. When you have located your MP3 recording on your computer, click UPLOAD to have it on your PodBean account Created by Maryna Badenhorst

15. Wait for it to upload... Created by Maryna Badenhorst

16. Go to your website to see your podcast! • You can now also Publish a Podcast post, the so called “show notes”, by going back to the dashboard as described earlier but instead of “upload” you click “publish”. Write short notes about your podcast, e.g. the title, a short description, the author, etc. These notes will be published on top of your uploaded podcast, so people can read it and learn what the podcast is about before they download it. Click on the “Add audio or video content” button beneath the comment box, select the podcast you have just uploaded, and click on the Save button at the bottom of the page. • Once finished uploading and publishing the show notes, you can view your podcast by opening your website • Your website is “username.podbean.com”. In Podbean you can Go to it by going to your profile and click “View website” button. Created by Maryna Badenhorst

17. Here is an example Date Published Title of Podcast Comment or Show notes Click on Download to view podcast Click here to go to this page: http://podstuff.podbean.com/ Created by Maryna Badenhorst

18. Another popular site that will host your podcasts • PodOmatic is another site which will host podcasts, just like PodBean. This site is popular all over the world, and works in a similar way to PodBean. • The link to go to this site is: • http://www.podomatic.com/ Created by Maryna Badenhorst

19. You are now no longer a Flashing 12! I have my own podcast on the World Wide Web! Created by Maryna Badenhorst

20. How to submit podcast to iTunes in Podbean accountIt is easy to submit your podcast to the iTunes music store when using the Podbean.com podcast hosting service. Podbean.com has built-in iTunes RSS feed generating and podcast setting mechanism. Created by Maryna Badenhorst

21. Podcasting on iTunes takes several steps: Step 1: Get your Podcast onPodBean Create your first episode, which can be an audio recording, video, or even a text document. Supported file formats include .mp3, .mp4, .mov, and .pdf. Post your episode file(s) to your PodBean.com site (as described earlier in this PowerPoint). Created by Maryna Badenhorst

22. Step 2: Get the RSS Feed you will need for posting on iTunes, fromPodBean An RSS feed (an XML file) will be automatically generated for you in PodBean. This RSS feed :* conforms to the RSS 2.0 specification * includes the recommended iTunes RSS tags, * contains pointers to your episode. The RSS file is automatically posted on your Podbean.com site and can be reached by clicking at the sidebar Feed section. Ensure you have the name of the webpage where your podcast is hosted, e.g. “your_username.podbean.com/feed” Created by Maryna Badenhorst

23. Step 3: Open up iTunes and get onto the podcasts link Launch iTunes. Click ‘Music Store’ in the left navigation column and enter the Music Store page. Once on the Music Store page and in the left navigation column, click on the podcasts link to open the podcasts page. Look on the bottom right hand corner for the next link to the podcasting page... Created by Maryna Badenhorst

24. Step 4: Submitting the URL for your RSS feed to iTunes. In the middle of the page you will see the podcasting icon with the purple wave, click on the ‘Submit a Podcast link’ button. Follow the instructions on the Submit a Podcast page, or click on the link below and scroll down to where it says “How do I submit my podcast?” Click on the link provided there to go directly to the right page: http://www.apple.com/itunes/store/podcastingfaq.html Created by Maryna Badenhorst

25. The podcasting icon and link will look like this: Created by Maryna Badenhorst

26. This is where you write your podcast’s webaddress (where your podcast is hosted), e.g. “http://your_username.podbean.com/name_of_your_podcast”, click Continue Created by Maryna Badenhorst

27. Last stepin getting your podcast onto iTunes Since podbean.com has created an RSS feed with all of the recommended iTunes tags, you will see a summary page immediately after you submit your feed URL. If you have not included <language>, <itunes:category>, and <itunes:explicit> tags in your feed, you will see a second screen prompting you for this information. Please note - you can change this information at a later date by changing the tags in your Podbean.com account at ‘Settings’ – ‘iTunes/Advance’ section. Your RSS feed is considered the current and most authoritative source of information about your podcast. Created by Maryna Badenhorst

28. Final Notes You will need a valid iTunes account, and you will need to be logged into iTunes. If you are not logged in, iTunes will prompt you to do so before accepting your submission. By requiring you to log in, iTunes increases the likelihood of valid contact information for each submission and your credit card will not be charged for submission of a podcast. Look at these pages to download iTunes and open an account: http://www.apple.com/itunes/affiliates/download/ or http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=302058 Created by Maryna Badenhorst

29. Why does my latest podcast not show in iTunes? Staff look at the Podcasts before it is uploaded to iTunes, and with the huge amount of podcasts to get through, it looks like iTunes is taking longer and longer to update Podcasts. Sometimes, it takes more than one week. So, for now, just be patient and wait. iTunes will pick up your podcast and update it. Or you may contact iTunes to see if you can get any support on this issue. For other FAQ’s, go to http://faq.podbean.com/podcast-faq-index/ Created by Maryna Badenhorst

30. Royalty Free Music • http://www.royaltyfreemusic.com/free-music-resources.html • http://www.partnersinrhyme.com/ • http://www.deezer.com/ • ccMixter.org • http://incompetech.com/m/c/royalty-free/ (Give recognition for this music to the artist Kevin Macloed) • www.squidoo.com/freesounds (Go to bottom of the page, click on freesound sample collections) • For information on the last three sites, watch the following video: • http://www.metacafe.com/watch/412641/royalty_free_music_downloads_attention_all_metacafe_producers/ Created by Maryna Badenhorst

31. Some Applications in Education • Language: Prescribed books read as podcast episodes • LOTE: Songs/musical instruments and conversations between native speakers recorded • English: Round table discussions between “experts” or teachers and students recorded and reviewed later • Dance: The teacher can make a podcast containing music and instructions (in her voice) so students can listen and practice at home • Astronomy: Instructions on where to find stars and constellations so students can take the recording with them during night time and orientate themselves • Maths: Instructions on basic steps that need to be repeated for similar problems e.g. in fractions • History: Dates and events read out so it can be used for revision • Students can make podcasts as an alternative assessment tool, e.g. writing jingles, poems (and reciting them themselves), enhanced podcasts with pictures to go with the content, record their thoughts, record SKYPE conversations with students outside the classroom, have interviews with guests, etc. Created by Maryna Badenhorst

32. Some great uses of podcasting in education... • Lots of information on podcasting, weblinks, etc.http://allanah.wikispaces.com/Podcasting • Podcasting by studentshttp://www.bobsprankle.com/blog/C1697218367/index.html • Biology: Douchy’s Biology Podcasts e.g.http://biologyoracle.podomatic.com/entry/eg/2008-03-25T23_15_23-07_00 • The Education Podcast Networkhttp://www.epnweb.org/ • http://recap.ltd.uk/podcasting/ • Boys in Literacy: Engagement with podcastinghttp://chatt.hdsb.ca/~magps/boylit/Podcasting%20in%20Education • Educational Podcasting: Tools and information http://mtsu32.mtsu.edu:11206/ • Podcasting in Education: Some assessment tools, rubrics http://www.shambles.net/pages/learning/infolit/edupodcast/ • http://www.uwstout.edu/soe/profdev/podcastrubric.html • PodcastAlley: Lots of links to subject based podcasts:http://www.podcastalley.com/podcast_genres.php?pod_genre_id=7 • iTunes StoreiTunes Education Created by Maryna Badenhorst

33. No more Flashing 12! She's the lady in red when everybody else is wearing tan... The flashy girl from Flushing, A podcaster named YOU! http://www.sitcomsonline.com/sounds/thenanny.wav Created by Maryna Badenhorst

34. Any questions? Creator of this PowerPoint: Maryna Badenhorst Created by Maryna Badenhorst