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Consumers Producers
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Selecting the Right Technology
Collaboration: Asynchronous Synchronous
Medium: Text Rich Media
Delivery: Look for updates Subscribe to updates
Mobility: Stationary Mobile
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Services to host your content
• ANGEL
• Personal web space
• Podcasts at Penn State
• Blogs at Penn State
• Adobe Connect
• Video Streaming
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Podcasting
Collaboration: Asynchronous Synchronous
Medium: Text Rich Media
Delivery: Look for updates Subscribe to updates
Mobility: Stationary Mobile
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What is podcasting?
• Audio & Video delivered via RSS
• Subscription model
• Simplifies distribution of rich media content
• Technology to create podcasts is cheap and easy
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RSSWhat is it?
• RSS=Really Simple Syndication
• A Web-based syndication protocol used to deliver dynamically updated content
• Allows people to subscribe to a specific site (via RSS Aggregator) and be notified as updates are made
Why is it important?
• Simplifies and automates content distribution
• (Blogs -> Text) (Podcasts -> Audio Files)
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RSS XML
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RSS Aggregator (NetNewswire)
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Podcasting Aggregator (iTunes)
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Podcasting by the Numbers
•According to FeedBurner•128,358 podcasts including
feeds with video reaching ~7.5 million aggregate subscribers
•~60 subscribers/podcast•Podcast circulation is
growing 20% per month.•FACAC and PULSE surveys
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Producing Podcasts
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Podcasting Technologies
Hardware •Listening•Producing
Software •Finding, subscribing and listening•Producing and editing•Hosting
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Hardware: Listening to Podcasts
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Software: Listening to Podcasts(finding, subscribing, listening)
•iTunes (cross-platform, easiest •includes iTunes Music Store: Podcast Directory
•Juice (cross-platform, no device lock-in)
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Hardware: Producing a Podcast
http://podcasts.psu.edu/hardware16
Software: Producing a Podcast(recording, editing, etc.)
•Audacity (free/open-source, installed in PSU labs) •Garageband (Mac-only, installed in PSU labs) •Profcast (Mac-only, for syncing audio/slides) •Adobe Audition (pro app, complex, powerful)
http://podcasts.psu.edu/software17
Hosting: ETS-Supported Options
iTunes U blogs.psu.edu
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Best Practices
1.Be organized • Plan what you will say • Stay focused and to-the-point
2.Know your audience3.Keep it short (20-30 minutes max
if possible)
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Best Practices
4. Provide link to resources 5. Record quality audio • Choose a quiet location where you won’t be
interrupted • Use a decent mic (internal mics are usually
poor quality) • Keep a mobile recording option handy • Identify a solution for bringing other people
into your podcast
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Resources at PSU
Studio 204
• http://studio204.tlt.psu.edu
• 2nd floor Pollock Building
University Learning Center
• http://www.ulc.psu.edu/
• 7 Sparks Building
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Stay Informed..
iTunes Podcast Directory22
