P ODCA S TING : EAS IER THA N YO U THI NK Deborah Barber Arkansas Tech University deborah.barber@atu.edu http://lfa.atu.edu/music/barber/ PODCASTING: Podcasting puts sound files (mp3s) on the web for folks to find or for you to share privately. The sound can be a song for the students to practice A scale or exercise to play a drum cadence A listening lesson with you talking at important spots A radio-like show where you or the students interview people and you play performance or rehearsal recordings Along with the sound files, you can also share photos and include text on the page. F-R-E-E PODCASTING: some examples MusicTech@ATU http://docb.podomatic.com/ High School Band http://homepage.mac.com/bayonneband/bhsband/podcasts/podcasts.html Oakland U - Music Theory http://oumusictheory.blogspot.com/ UK Brass band http://www.brasscast.com/main.htm PODCASTING: What Do You Need? What I use - Computer (PC or Mac) & Internet USB Microphone $40 http://www.macmice.com/micflex.html QuickTime Pro - $30 www.apple.com PodOMatic website - free www.podomatic.com QuickTime™ and a TIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor are needed to see this picture. QuickTime™ and a TIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor are needed to see this picture. PODCASTING: Use QT & Mic to record new audio. Register for PodCasting space. I do not make my page public - just for students Choose a name & short description Upload sound file E-mail link to students or link from homepage PODCASTING: Now, let’s PodCast! 1. Record in QuickTime - Save As.. (rename) 2. Log-in to PodOMatic.com 3. Post an episode 4. Upload (import) sound file 5. Type description or instructions 6. Publish PODCASTING: PODCASTING: More examples: Folk music http://howandtao.com/ & http://www.ibiblio.org/jimmy/folkden-wp/ iTunes - No Idle Frets - Podcast directory search & subscribe Not all Podcasts are published to iTunes. I do not share mine with the world. No time for fame. PODCASTING: What is next? VodCasting - video + podcasting QuickTime™ and a H.263 decompressor are needed to see this picture. Be sure to have permission of students and parents From Ohio University- Ask the Techies http://cscwww.cats.ohiou.edu/aac/lab/techies/index.html How do you manage all those files? iTunes is easy. From apple.com free PODCASTING: RSS = Rich Site Summary Quicker, text & links of podcast homepages. See next page … PODCASTING: Help Sites: Step-by-step using GarageBand http://pirateradiostation.weblogger.com/stories/storyReader$210 From Wikipedia - history of and where it is going http://www.worldies.com/whatisapodcast.php List of available podcasts http://www.podcast.net/ Handout for this session - Podcasting.pdf PODCASTING: Questions?