Category: podcasting
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Podcasting from the Windows side
I learned this evening about Jodix.com‘s free utility to convert virtually any Windows video file into an iPod compatible QuickTime file. The website to download the utility is www.ipod-video-converter.org. This looks like a good tool to use to convert Windows-created PhotoStory3 files into iPod compatible versions. (It is allegedly malware free, and I’ve heard reports…
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Podcasting KWL and Adoption-level Podcast Uses
I led a fun workshop at Bishop McGuinness High School in Oklahoma City today, working with seven lead teachers who already integrate technology into their curriculum in various ways and assist other teachers with digital teaching methods. We did a KWL activity halfway through our workshop on podcasting with Garageband, and did the last part…
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FETC Podcasts
Twenty outstanding sessions from the Florida Educational Technology conference held several weeks ago in Orlando are available from the Apple Learning Interchange (keyword: FETC2007) as free podcasts that can be downloaded for offline viewing or viewed via your computer’s web browser. I have not listened to them yet, but three of the outstanding sessions from…
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How much bandwidth will that podcast consume?
As I teach various workshops relating to educational podcasting, I frequently field questions relating to bandwidth. Today I discovered this excellent comparative table of podcast lengths and encoding bit-rates which shows the approximate sizes of podcasts of different lengths recorded with different quality levels from Liberated Syndication. For my own podcasts that are primarly spoken…
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Podcast129: Global Voices– Distance Learning Projects With Interactive Podcasting and VOIP Tools
Amazing new voice technologies are enabling classrooms to connect across distances and engage in collaborative projects using both synchronous and asychronous voice interactions such as interactive podcasting, Skype or Google Talk. This session presents examples of successful interactive podcasting and voice over IP (VOIP) classroom exchange projects, as well as discusses reasons why campus administrators…
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Taking podcasting to the next level
My brain is overflowing after a great initial day at TCEA this year. I took in five great sessions and shared a presentation of my own, but in addition to seeing lots of friends and familiar faces here in Texas a big highlight was getting to hang out a bit with uber-podcaster Tim Wilson and…
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A third grader reflects on Albert Einstein
My son and I created a short, almost fourteen minute podcast this evening about Albert Einstein which we titled, “Einstein’s Contributions and Interesting Quirks.” We posted this to the Talking Science podcasting project. As of yet we have not received any additional submissions to this podcasting project– I haven’t spent a great deal of time…
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Continuing quest for an inexpensive digital audio recorder
On weekends when I can wander around stores like Best Buy, Circuit City, Target and even Wal-Mart, my main mission of late has been looking for an inexpensive digital audio recorder. Ideally (and I think this product WILL eventually be available at this price point) I want to find a device which: Records native mp3…
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Podcast121: What We Love about Teaching
This is a recording of thoughts by teachers at Tinker Elementary School in Del City, Oklahoma, about some things they love most about teaching. This podcast was created during a two-part workshop on using podcasts to engage students and develop literacy skills in the elementary classroom. Referenced podcast examples and other resources for classroom podcasting…
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Blog post listeners, podcatchers and accessibility
I received an email today from a blog reader who is using the “listen to this post” link at the bottom of many of my posts to hear rather than read my posts. She is having trouble listening to my post on John Seely Brown’s interview with Steve Hargadon. Her email prompted me to login…