Category: podcasting
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Share “timed” comments on Audio Recordings with SoundCloud
Cross-posted from the “Playing with Media” blog. Soundcloud is an excellent website and smart phone application offering the ability to not only record and share “no edit” audio recordings (similar to AudioBoo, Cinch, and iPadio) but also add “timed” comments. A timed comment is linked to a specific minute and second mark in a sound…
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Enjoy Podcast Fast Forward and Rewind Options with Podcaster.fm
Podcaster (podcaster.fm – iTunes link) is a $2 application for the iPhone / iPad / iPod Touch which allows podcast listeners to completely “untether” from a computer and the desktop version of iTunes software. One of the features I particularly like in the Podcaster app is the option to fast forward or rewind playback in…
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Oren Lee Peters – Stories of My Life
On April 16, 1921, Oren Lee Peters was born in Edmond, Oklahoma. He served as a soldier in the US Army and the Oklahoma National Guard in both World War II and Korea. After returning from World War II, he finished his senior year of high school but also served as the coach of his…
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Sounds of My World – My new sound blog
Inspired by the Posterous-powered blog, “Life Sounds Like This,” by Australian Chinese-language educator Jess McCulloch, I’ve created a new blog: “Sounds of My World.” I’m using WordPress on a subdomain (sounds.speedofcreativity.org) of my main blog, and the free Blubrry PowerPress Podcasting plugin. I love the idea of having a “sound blog” for sharing ambient recordings…
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Mirroring a Cohort WordPress Blog with Posterous
For our “Digital Storytelling” cohort at the Learning 2.011 Conference in Shanghai this week, Sheldon Bradshaw and I wanted to create an interactive space for participants to share rich media. The easiest way to do this is via a free Posterous blog, configured for ANYONE to post to the blog using a shared email address.…
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iOS Podcast Subscriptions on the Go
Podcaster is a wonderful, free $2 iOS application which supports podcast subscriptions, downloads, listening and sharing on the go. A sync to iTunes is NOT required. The latest version supports subscription backups and restores via Dropbox. In this post I’ll describe how to subscribe to a new podcast (on Podomatic) using Podcaster. First, copy the…
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We SAW the International Space Station Fly Over Oklahoma City!
Thanks to a Twisst alert I saw last night in my Twitter replies on Hootsuite for iPad, my girls and I saw the International Space Station fly over central Oklahoma early this morning. I’ve highlighted the pass we saw in this screenshot of the NASA Human Spaceflight Live Tracking site, taken about 30 minutes after…
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Convert Text Into Audio for Free (on a Mac)
Today I have to drive about six hours getting one of our kids to a summer event, and I want proofread my new eBook which is almost finished, “Playing with Media: simple ideas for powerful sharing.” These are the steps I followed to convert the text I’ve typed in Pages on my Apple laptop into…
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Comparing No-Edit Cloud Based Audio Recording Options #playingwithmedia
We frequently hear people say “a picture is worth a thousand words,” but pictures can be worth far more to us when they can speak through an associated audio recording. Cloud-based audio recording services like AudioBoo.fm, Cinch.fm and iPadio.com offer students and teachers the ability to quickly create AND share “no edit” audio recordings. These…
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Explaining No-Edit Audio Recording Power with an AudioBoo from Pearl Harbor
Websites like AudioBoo, Cinch, and iPadio which permit “no-edit” audio recording and publishing can be utilized in extremely constructive, powerful and creative ways. I’m finishing up my chapter on Audio tools for my first eBook, “Playing with Media: simple ideas for powerful sharing,” and I’m using an AudioBoo my daughter, Rachel, recorded at the USS…