Webinar on Podcasting and RSS Writing Mark Miyashita Shaina Johnston Arielle Goldhammer
Mark Social Studies Teacher
at Castle View High School Head Boy’s Lacrosse Coach, Asst. Football Coach Recently married (Theresa) 2 Dogs Molson(Malamute) and Nikka(Keeshond)
Arielle Loves dogs Likes to travel and was
most recently in Seattle Works as a Consultant to LexisNexis
Picture of Arielle with Big Ron at a local McDonalds.
Shaina English Teacher at
Overland High School Assistant Director for Theater Loves dogs Likes to Travel, been all over US, Europe, Canada, and Mexico and would like to go next to Australia! Picture taken in Disneyland at the end of October. Far left is Devin (boyfriend), Jack Sparrow (coolest pirate!), and far right is Shaina
Why Podcast? Questions to Ponder: Who listens to Podcasts? What are they about? Why do people create them?
Why Podcast? Questions for Participants: How many of you have made a Podcast? Listened to a Podcast? Know what a Podcast is?
Dark Ages Technology Once upon a time people used these odd recording
devices known as “tapes” and “videos” Then they advanced to “CDs” and “DVDs” Communicating with others proved tedious and expensive Mass produce audio No pictures or videos
Podcasting Changed all that Podcasts allow us to: Record audio waves Record videos Record pictures with the audio
Podcasting Changed all that ď‚— Most important ď‚— We can send it out to the world almost instantly ď‚— (or as long as it takes your computer to record it and upload it)
How is this helpful? Educational Post lectures online that students can download to their Ipods, MP3 players, DS, or PSPs
How is this helpful? ď‚— Work Related ď‚— Post meeting notes, proposals, or discussions
How is this helpful? Fun Post pictures from a trip with the audio explaining them so family in California can enjoy your stories Family videos
How do I make a Podcast Making the Podcast is easy You need a microphone plugged into your computer
(video is optional) and a recording device Generic recording devices work fine but Garage Band
(Mac) is great if you have it For today, you should have downloaded the program from mypodcast.com
IMPORTANT Make sure whatever program you use saves the file as
an MP3 or an MP4 (for videos) Otherwise you will make a fabulous recording that you cannot upload
What to say Record a brief 10-15 second rambling of words…we
recommend the following: “I am so smart…S-M-R-T….I mean S-M-A-R-T!!!!”
For the sake of our discussion today, lets keep it
simple… Lets do a photo explanation
First thing Find a photo on your computer, one that is easily
accessible Must be JPEG formatted If you want you can copy it to the desktop for now to
make it easier to find
nd 2
Step
Find your “Mypodcast Recorder” This is the program we asked you to upload prior to this discussion Open the program Make sure to mute the webinar first! It will open a new recording for you Go ahead and give a quick 30 second talk about your picture We will give you 5 minutes to do this before we move on Make sure to save it as something on your desktop so you can find it but don’t publish it yet
rd 3
Step
Open a new Browser window Type in this address: “mypodcast.com” Login using: Password is: Just a note: this website is free so you can make your
own account later if you wish
Once Logged In Click the link that says “Upload” Fill out the form with your information Make sure to include your picture at the bottom Click “Publish” at the bottom of the screen This might take a couple seconds depending on the
length of your audio and your picture size
Now What? ď‚— Once the page reloads, you should see your podcast
sitting there ď‚— You should also see several others from the class as well
You did it! It’s that easy, you made a Podcast!
RSS Script The RSS script is the way the computer uploads your
audio onto the web If you would like, you can actually learn the lingo and
upload it yourself to your own website Most people let the internet do that for them
Quick Review Record using Mypodcast Recorder Upload file and image online Complete Podcast
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Addresses: Arielle: air.gold@yahoo.com Mark: Mark.Miyashita@dcsdk12.org Shaina: sjohnston7@cherrycreekschools.org