PodCasting

**Podcasting Workshop Agenda**
Wes Fryer’s Podcasting Wiki: []

**The Tools**

 * [|Audacity] (All platforms) Audacity requires Lame MP3 encoder.
 * Recording Audio
 * Editing Audio
 * Exporting to MP3
 * [|Tutorial]
 * Garageband (Mac-only: Part of iLife)
 * Recording Audio
 * Editing Audio
 * Exporting to iTunes
 * [|Tutorial]
 * PowerPoint and Keynote
 * Narrating a Slideshow
 * Exporting the Slideshow in Question
 * [|Tutorial]

**The Technique**

 * How to Get Good Sound
 * A lot of laptops come with built-in microphones. The quality of the sound you’ll get from a given model varies greatly. That being said, it’s often enough to get you started. If podcasting is something you really want to do, you can invest in some equipment later.

**Publishing**

 * [|Podbean]
 * Free podcast hosting. [|Example] podbean site.
 * [|Posterous]:
 * Posterous allows you to publish via email. You just load whatever media you want to post into your email client and send it off.
 * [|Example] posterous site.
 * Your RSS feed at [] doubles as an iTunes-ready podcast feed. Just attach an mp3 to an email and you’re good to go. Link to itpc://yournamehere.posterous.com/rss and let your friends subscribe in iTunes directly.
 * [|Vimeo], Schooltube, TeacherTube (Narrated Slide Shows)
 * Tumblr will store your files with Vimeo by default. Posterous uses their own software.
 * [|Slideshare]
 * [|Slideshare]

**Syndication**

 * Feedburner
 * iTunes

**Podcast Topic Ideas**

 * Mini-lesson (Tutorial)
 * Student Tutorial
 * How-To Guide (Even if You Do it For “Recording a Podcast”)

**Resources**

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> [|Ourmedia]:
 * [|http://drop.io]
 * [|http://posterous.com]
 * [|Tumblr]:
 * Tumblr gives you a super-simple blog with support for a wide range of media types.
 * Ourmedia gives you a blog, but you’re better off just using them to store your files and use a dedicated blogging service (e.g.[|Wordpress.com], [|Blogger]) to actually show off your podcast.