What is podcasting?

This podcast episode hits highlights on what podcasting is, who uses podcasts, where to find podcasts and creating podcasts. For more detailed information on these subjects listen to the other episodes created by other members of the Learning Team: Teaching with Podcasts.

If you are interested in learning more about podcasts or would like to participate and collaborate with Western Illinois University on the IMM TechKnowCast podcast contact Josh Butcher at JA-Butcher.wiu.edu or Dawn Sweet at DR-Sweet@wiu.edu.

Joshua Butcher - WIU, Barbara Taylor - WIU, Barbara Mandel - GSU

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Who is involved in podcasting?

Podcasts can be produced by anyone. In this podcast we are going to illustrate the diversity of podcast producers...including young children, librarians, teaching faculty, and university administrators.


Some examples:

• Frankenstein podcast from Booth Library, EIU.
  
  Podcast: http://www.eiu.edu/~booth/podcast/rss.php
  
  Web URL: http://www.library.eiu.edu/exhibits/frankenstein/podcast/



• iCube podcasts for Psychology, David Miller, University of Connecticut
  
  Podcast: http://web.uconn.edu/millerd/iCube_UConn.xml
  
  Web URL: http://icube.uconn.edu/iCube.html
  



• WillowWeb: a kid-produced (grades K-5) podcast site
  
  Podcast: http://feeds.feedburner.com/RadioWillowWeb
  
  Web URL: http://www.mpsomaha.org/willow/radio/
  

If you'd like to hear more examples, a good directory of educational podcasts is the Educational Podcast Network. (http://www.epnweb.org/). This site provides a listing of podcasts according to the target audience.

Manuela Sawalha - KCC, Eugene Muhammad - Triton College, Susan Manning - UIUC, David Bell - EIU

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What makes a good podcast?

Kevin, Mary and Julian discuss what makes a good podcast.

Kevin Johnson - ION, Mary Hays - UIUC, Julian Scheinbuks - CSU, Roger Runquist - WIU

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How do I podcast?

This Podcast is about the 8 easy steps in creating a podcast.

Heidi Jung - SIUC, John Bennett - Lakeland CC, Steve McGahan (UN Kearney)

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When and why do I podcast?

This is a podcast where we list some reasons why or when you might choose to use a podcast. We end with a short podcast, the "Decomposing Composer."

Norma Grassini-Komara - MVCC, Marsha Nodeen - SCC, Hannah Choi - UIUC, Nancy Schneblin - JWCC

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