12. Podcast
• According to Wikipedia:
• A podcast is a media file
that is distributed by
subscription (paid or unpaid)
over the Internet using
syndication feeds, for
playback on mobile devices
and personal computers.
• The host or author of a
podcast is often called a
podcaster.
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15. What You Need to
Get Started
• Microphone - Many newer
computers have built in
microphones. If not, they can
be purchased at Radio Shack,
Wal-Mart, etc.
• Software - Audacity (http://
audacity.sourceforge.net) is a
powerful, cross-platform and
open-source audio editing
software program ideally suited
for classroom podcasting.
16. Hosting/
Feed Burning
• Blogs - www.edublogs.org
• CCPublisher is a free program
(windows/mac) that will publish
podcasts audio files to the
Internet Archive (http://
archive.org) for free using a
desired Creative Commons
license.
• Feedburner.com will help create
and produce a feed readable
for your subscribers. It will also
give you statistics on your
podcasts.
