Archive for the 'Podcasting' Category
Podcasts transforming campus life
Students can view lectures anytime, anywhere
By Brian Lee
Nice and breezy intro to the success of using podcasting. It’s a news report so not academically in depth so to speak but it does have input from staff, students and principals together with brief outlines of examples. If you’re new to podcasting start here (remember there are [...]
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Problem playing MP3 files? Here’s the solution
More of technical announcement rather than anything else. Staff have reported problems when trying to play MP3 files in Internet Explorer. Basically an error message appears citing an issue with QuickTime and the browser crashes. This problem relates to an issue of file type handling between Internet Explorer and QuickTime. It’s not a problem exclusive [...]
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New guides on podcasting
I have written 2 new guides have been written on podcasting:
Podcasting: how to subscribe to podcasts in 5 minutes: how to use iTunes to subscribe to podcasts (how-to-subscribe-podcast-5-mins.doc)
Podcasting: how to reduce audio file size in 5 minutes: how to use iTunes to reduce file size, (useful if the file size is over the accepted limit [...]
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Your iPod is now a phone and browser
The long awaited iPhone has just been announced at January’s MacWorld Conference in San Fransisco. You can view Apple CEO, Steve Jobs, presenting the new product here.
It looks like to be a very smart and useful piece of kit. Not only is it an iPod but it is also a mobile phone complete with 2 [...]
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Video lectures on your iPod
Marjorie Brodie contacted me with regards to a video downloading and streaming project she has been involved in.
In Marjorie’s’ words “I know that we can put Podcasts on StudyNet, but we have also been experimenting with both streaming video and video downloads for iPods and mobile phones. Thought you might like to have a look. [...]
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The educational benefits of podcasting
The attached audio file looks at the benefits of podcasting. More audio files are on the way which look at how podcasting works, the challenges and examples and case studies.
If you agree or disagree with the content of these files or would like to raise additional issues. Please do so. Either use the comments facility [...]
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Pre recording podcast exercise
Have just finished creating a podcast for my talk on podcasts. Rather than use a digitl voice recorder I used Audacity instead. Audacity is a free recording and editing software which you can download from the web (just enter Audacity in Google). IT was a bit clunky to use but not bad considering it was [...]
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106 staff and counting
106 members of staff have now attended my demystification talk on blogs, wikis and podcasting. Another 2 planned sessions are fully booked (48 staff).
The talks have gone down really well which is surprising considering how much I pack into the session. I also include RSS and where possible social tagging, plus a healthy dose of [...]
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