Topic Relevance through
Current Events and Podcasting
Presenter: Ken Baldauf
Program in Interdisciplinary Computing - FSU
FSU’s New
Program in Interdisciplinary Computing
Working to raise the level of computer
competence across all disciplines at FSU by:
Designing new computing and technology courses that address
discipline-specific needs.
Enabling existing computing and technology courses to be opened
up to non-majors.
Assisting teachers in injecting technology concepts and content into
existing courses.
Why consider technology-based
exercises in non-tech courses?
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Provides access to subject-related materials
from numerous sources
Opens opportunities for information sharing
Brings relevance to subject matter
Engages students in subject matter through
different media
Sharpens tech skills making students more
marketable
Allows students to innovate!
Inspiration for Presentation
http://coursecasts.course.com
Topic Relevance through
Current Events and Podcasting
SOCIAL
BOOKMARKS
NEWS FEEDS
Researching
Current Events
Sharing
Discoveries
RSS
PODCASTS
Broadcasting
News and Views
RSS Real Simple Syndication
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Allows users to subscribe to Web
content that is periodically updated
including text (blogs, news feeds),
audio (podcasts), and video.
Empowers users to become
publishers.
Researching Current Events
Using News Feeds
RSS News Feed
News stories supplied by an online news
service streamed automatically to
software designed to organize and display
the stories – a feed reader or aggregator.
 Many news feeds can be aggregated for
convenient access to topics of interest.
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Setting up an RSS Feed Reader
(Aggregator)
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www.google.com/reader
Look for the Icon
Subscribe to content by finding reference
to RSS on the source Web site.
 Click to subscribe
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Scan News Headlines
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Scan news headlines from all your
favorite sources from one location.
Drill down into stories that are of
interest.
Bookmark best stories for further
research.
Sharing Discoveries
Social Bookmarking
Social Bookmarking
Social bookmarking sites like
delicious.com are designed for collecting
and sharing Web content.
 Web content is tagged and kept private or
shared.
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Social Bookmarking
Use unique tags to share bookmarks in a
class.
 Tag pages can also serve as RSS feeds.
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Broadcasting Your Views
Podcasting
Podcast
An audio (or video) broadcast distributed
over the Internet using RSS.
 Examples: iTunes Store
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Necessary Equipment
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Software
◦ Windows: Audacity
◦ Mac: GarageBand
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Hardware
◦ USB Mic/Headphones
Developing a Script
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A script serves several purposes:
◦ Allows for a smooth, unfaltering delivery of
the dialogue
◦ Provides a teacher with a way in which to
grade content, provide feedback, check
against turnitin.com
◦ Provides a text alternative for deaf and
hearing-impaired individuals
Recording
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Dialogue can be recorded one phrase at a
time with retakes as needed.
Multi-track recording allows you to layer
music and sound effects under the
dialogue.
Publishing
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Save as mp3 format
Publish through Blackboard Content
Collection in a public “podcast” folder.
Access finished podcast as follows:
◦ From iTunes or Google Reader subscribe to
http://podcast.fsu.edu/username
◦ or supply direct access to the URL of the
Content Collection page
https://campus.fsu.edu/bbcswebdav/users/kb
aldauf/podcast/
Thank You!
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Questions?
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Useful Links
◦ Google Reader: www.google.com/reader
◦ Delicious: www.delicious.com
◦ FSU’s Joe Clark instructs on podcasting in Blackboard http://myweb.fsu.edu/joeclark/workshop/podcasting/podcast_
via_bb.doc
◦ FSU’s Dr. Lisa Tripp’s podcasting assignment from LIS5313 http://lis5313.ci.fsu.edu/wiki/index.php/Media_Exercise_4
includes “PodSafe” Audio Resources
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Podcasting
◦ Software
 Audacity Software (Windows/Mac/Linux): http://audacity.sourceforge.net
 Video tutorial: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hrBbczS9I0
 GarageBand for Mac: http://www.apple.com/ilife/garageband
◦ Headphones/Mic
 Plantronics GAMECOM 1 PC HEADSET ( 67003-01 ) ($23)
◦ Podcast Listings
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Tunes - http://www.apple.com/itunes/whatson/podcasts/specs.html
Podcast Alley - http://www.podcastalley.com
Podcast.com - http://podcast.com
Podcast Directory - http://www.podcastdirectory.com
◦ Podcasting Services
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Blogger can be used to enclose an MP3 in a feed but not as a host http://help.blogger.com/bin/answer.py?answer=80259&topic=12535
FeedForAll (RSS Creator) - http://www.feedforall.com
Open Source: Podcast Generator - http://podcastgen.sourceforge.net
Liberated Syndication (all-in-one) - http://www.libsyn.com
Feed Burner (Podcast Promoter) - http://www.feedburner.com
◦ Create XML file for RSS - MP3 is included in an RSS feed as an "enclosure”
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http://www.podcastdirectory.com/help/createxml.php
http://web.mit.edu/ist/podcasts/makepodcast.html
◦ Online Tutorials
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http://web.mit.edu/ist/podcasts/makepodcast.html
http://homepage.mac.com/rfwilmut/notes/podcast.html
http://www.sweetwater.com/feature/podcasting/howto.php
http://www.wikihow.com/Start-Your-Own-Podcast