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Voice Over Training
5/10/2008
One of the obvious aspects of podcasting is using your voice. And using it properly. If you’re looking for some more information about how to improve your voice technique in your podcast, I’d suggest checking out the Voice Over Experts Podcast from Voices.com.
Audacity Updated
5/09/2008
The very popular among podcasters audio recording application, Audacity has received an update. Podcasting News has a full rundown of the changes, including many bug fixes. It is nice to see some interface fixes, too, as I’ve felt Audacity has always suffered on the UI side.
Got a Podcaster Birthday Coming Up?
2/14/2008
Don’t forget that I’ve put together the finest collection of gifts for your favorite podcasting friend, family member, neighbor, or stranger! This isn’t just a list for holiday gifts, but great to find something to buy for a birthday gift or something for yourself, too. Filled with books, hardware and more, the store is broken out into … Continue reading »
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E - ABC of Podcasting
E if for EDUCATION
Education and podcasting?
At PodcasterCon 2006, David Warlick (speaker, author, educator) ran a great session on Podcasting as a Teaching/Learning Strategy. The room was full of educators, who expressed their concern, interest and enthusiasm for podcasting as an educational tool.
As with any new technology or teaching tool (weblogs are a good example), their has to be a solid case made to the administrators about what kind of academic benefit this new technology would have. Unlike the geeks, teachers can’t just use new technology in the classroom simply because it’s cool and neat. This is probably the most important lesson of the session, I think. However, David also demonstrated some current uses of podcasts, which include Room 208 by Bob Sprankle and by The Beacon School, which did a media assignment. Both of these are linked in the session notes (see below).
Please read the session notes here and some commentary and notes by Steve Dembro here. All of this together, including the links below, should give you an excellent feel for where podcasting currently stand in education and how you, the educator, can integrate it into your classroom.
For more information about the use of podcasting in education, here are some helpful links:
Education Podcast Network
David Warlick
E-learning Centre (UK)
Stanford on iTunes - faculty lectures and more
This is part of the series ABC of Podcasting from Podcast Free America.
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