Podcasts

Definition
Podcast - an audio recording that you can subscribe to via RSS and listen to on a computer or (usually) an mp3 player at the time of your choosing. It takes its name from the iPod - but you don't actually need an iPod to either make or listen to a podcast.
 * from __Coming Of Age: An Introduction to the New Worldwide Web__

Applications
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 * Classroom news
 * Presentation
 * Professional development
 * Training
 * Global communication
 * Digital storytelling

Benefits
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 * CHEAP!
 * Global audience
 * Simple communicatioin (focus on message, not the bells and whistles)
 * Provides a window to the classroom
 * Fewer privacy concerns than picture/video
 * Interactive, fun, and creative

Guidelines

 * A [|tutorial] for using GarageBand and iTunes to create podcasts

Classroom/School Samples
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 * [|Mesa Elementary] and [|here]
 * [|Wells Elementary]
 * [|Scott County]- digital storytelling

Suggested Sites
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 * [|iPods Fast Becoming New Teachers Pet]
 * [|Tools for TEKS: Integrating technology in the classroom]
 * [|Audacity] free, open source software for audio recording and editing