These are tips and rules you should consider when designing your podcast.
- Plan what you have to say: Make a outline
- Choose a quiet location
- Eliminate as much external noise as possible
- Do not use built in microphones that come with many laptops, purchase an external microphone
- Practice reading your text
- Position a lapel microphone slightly to the side of your mouth, because this can help soften the sound of the letters S and P
- If you have a naturally quiet voice, increase the recording volume
- Make your Podcast as intimate and conversational as possible The audio should only be as long as necessary, without rambling.
- Add appropriate ID3 tags
- Use podsafe royalty free music for intro and outro
- Edit your recording to filter unwanted noises
- What you have to say is just as important as how you say it: Provide engaging, informative content
- Podcasting enables educators to use music and recorded audio to enhance learning. The addition of photos and video to podcasting allows educators to add a wide range of visual content to their teaching and address even more learning styles.
- Podcasting is a powerful tool that allows for communication and distribution of educational content — content that can be synced to iPod for learning on the go. Podcasting is also an inexpensive way for schools and higher education institutions to share information.
Pocasting Terms
- Feeds--Written in XTML, Contains a summary and link to a web page.
- Syndicates: Publishes for simultaneous distribution.
- Aggregator--Software for downloading XML feeds. Automatically checks for updates. Sometimes called RSS readers
- RSS--Real Simple Syndication (rich site summary).
- Podcatching Software--RSS Aggregator, used for collecting audio RSS feeds. (I.E. itunes)
- Podcasting Software—Is used to create podcast.GarageBand (Mac), Audacity (PC)
Hardware Requirements/Suggestions
- Dynamic Microphone—(Logitech Wireless $59.99) (Plantronic noise cancelling USB--$44.95)
- Recorder—Sony—ICD-U70, ($109.99 at Staples.
- Computer
- Headphones
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