Tuesday
09Nov2004
Podcasting in the campus
Tuesday, November 9, 2004 at 3:53AM
I've been playing with iPodderX trying to figure our some podcasts (audio feeds) we can do here at the campus.
iPodderX is the desktop application where you can subscribe to audio feeds. Podcasting is relatively new yet there are many feeds across several categories and interests. Podcasting clients are also available for Windows PC.
The audio is downloaded and sent to iTunes. I can listen to the audio on iTunes and when you connect the iPod the audio is moved to it.
Creating our own podcast is fairly easy. All we need is a computer with a microphone and a sound recording software. We export the audio as mp3 and host it on a web server. We then write an enclosure (a XML file describing the mp3 file - it's length, it's URL etc.) text file. This file becomes the feed just like a RSS feed and our listeners can subscribe to our feed using the iPodderX client.
I guess Podcast would be a way to get our campus radio station programming out. Even the guys who publish the campus magazines could podcast as a way of advertising. Language lessons (I am always interested in learning languages, as someone who wanted to grow up and become a spy) in the form of short audio skits could be podcast.
Here are some people looking at podcasts in education
Hugo Schotman: Podcasting for Education
D'Arcy Norman: Podcasting for Education
Software Downloads
ipodder: Available for both Mac and the PC
iPodderX: A Mac OS X client for receiving podcasts
Doppler: A Windows client for receiving podcasts
More reading
Podcasting related resources at Wikipedia
iPodderX is the desktop application where you can subscribe to audio feeds. Podcasting is relatively new yet there are many feeds across several categories and interests. Podcasting clients are also available for Windows PC.
The audio is downloaded and sent to iTunes. I can listen to the audio on iTunes and when you connect the iPod the audio is moved to it.
Creating our own podcast is fairly easy. All we need is a computer with a microphone and a sound recording software. We export the audio as mp3 and host it on a web server. We then write an enclosure (a XML file describing the mp3 file - it's length, it's URL etc.) text file. This file becomes the feed just like a RSS feed and our listeners can subscribe to our feed using the iPodderX client.
I guess Podcast would be a way to get our campus radio station programming out. Even the guys who publish the campus magazines could podcast as a way of advertising. Language lessons (I am always interested in learning languages, as someone who wanted to grow up and become a spy) in the form of short audio skits could be podcast.
Here are some people looking at podcasts in education
Hugo Schotman: Podcasting for Education
D'Arcy Norman: Podcasting for Education
Software Downloads
ipodder: Available for both Mac and the PC
iPodderX: A Mac OS X client for receiving podcasts
Doppler: A Windows client for receiving podcasts
More reading
Podcasting related resources at Wikipedia
Reader Comments (3)
Actually, you don't need to write the RSS/XML enclosure file yourself. If you have a weblog, they can be included in the Item data for an entry (both Wordpress and MovableType/TypePad can be taught to support enclosures for weblog posts) - so it's not a separate process, just an additional set of fields for a weblog entry when posting.
Alternatively, there is http://openpodcast.org - you just email your .mp3 file to them, with the appropriate descriptions etc, and they worry about inserting it into their RSS feed (and providing the enclosure element).
Thanks for the tip D'arcy. I will try out the Wordpress additional field.
cool new look. looks calm and peaceful :)
looks wonderful on firefox