Podcasting

Podcasting is a wonderful tool to use to help educate students. Podcasts allow you to record your voice, add music, and share it with the whole world. Podcasting is a great tool in education because it allows you to use your voice to help guide students in learning. You can create a simple podcast with just audio, an enhanced one, which includes photos, or a video podcast, which would include a video.

I have never recorded myself in a podcast, but I have used them in my classes throughout college. When big lectures are recorded and made into a podcast, it is very convenient because I can easily go to parts that I was confused on and needed help remembering. Also, with podcasts, I am able to have the new files uploaded to my computer as they are made.

Through this class, I have learned to create a podcast. Since I have a Mac, I used Garageband, which is an application on iLife. With this program, it makes it really easy to record and transport your file to iTunes. Garageband allows you to choose podcast as a project. Then all you have to do is hit record, say what you would like to say, then hit stop. If you would like to add background music and photos, all you need to do is just drag over the file and you are ready to go. To place your video on your blog, just use the tool to upload a file.