Week+14


 * Week 14 (4/25) Podcasting workshop **

** READ: ** Newitz, A. (2005). Adam Curry wants to make you an iPod radio star // Wired //. 13(3).

Fox, C. (2008). Manifesto: On podcasting. // Transom Review //. 8(4).

Richardson, W. (2006). The new face of learning. // Edutopia //. (October, 2006).

Kretz, C. (2006, April 11). Learning to Speak: Creating a podcast with a unique voice. // Higher Ed Blog Con 2006. //

** RESOURCES: ** **__ Radio Rookies __** Radio Rookies website: @http://www.wnyc.org/shows/rookies/ Main Street Project Mapping Main Street @http://www.mappingmainstreet.org/

**__ Podcast directories __**** : ** __ General directory __ Digital Podcast (the one that had a lot of results for "library") @http://www.digitalpodcast.com/

__ Odeo __ @http://odeo.com/

__ Podcasts by/for kids __ : Kid-Cast @http://kid-cast.com/

__ Art-related __ : Art Babble @http://www.artbabble.org/

__ Open Culture __ : A great culture and education resource; this page links to the NYPL on ITunes __ @http://www.openculture.com/2008/04/new_york_public_library_now_live_on_itunes.html __

** How to Add an RSS Feed on Blogger: ** In Blogger: SETTINGS- FORMATTING TAB--Show link field option to YES THEN you can add enclosure link when composing a post. Helpful Video (at bottom of page): @http://help.blogger.com/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=80259 Finding Podsafe Music to add to your podcast: Free Music Archive: @http://freemusicarchive.org/

** AUDIO RECORDING AND EDITING ** : @http://transom.org/tools/ ** (A total guide to recording and editing audio-gear, how-tos, interviewing, editing, and mixing) ** ** Audacity (free audio editing software for Mac and PC) ** @http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ (download) g@http://audacity.sourceforge.net/help/documentation (Basic How To) *NOTE: You must ALSO download LAME MP3 encoder separately (kinda lame) to be able to export the Audacity project as an MP3. Find it here: @http://lame.buanzo.com.ar/

** PODCAST ENCODING & UPLOADING ** Uploading audio and video enclosures to Blogger: @http://bloggerindraft.blogspot.com/2007/06/enclosures-and-video-podcasting.html

** WEB HOSTS AND SERVERS ** Bluehost Dreamhost Go Daddy LibSyn @http://www.webhostdir.com/ Low Budget Option: Try Libsyn for $5/month http://www.libsyn.org

** FTP SOFTWARE ** Windows: @http://www.smartftp.com/ Mac: @http://filezilla-project.org/

** Publishing Your feed: ** @http://www.feedburner.com/fb/a/podcasts

** Validating/Checking your Feed: ** Google Reader iTunes (this is good for seeing how long the podcasts will take to download in an aggregator).

** Promoting Your Podcast: ** @http://www.jakeludington.com/project_studio/20051028_12_ways_to_promote_your_podcast.html

** FAIR USE FOR LIBRARIANS: 3 Podcast Examples ** @http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Podcasting_Legal_Guide879Special_Rules_For_Librarians_Or_Teachers

** DUE NEXT WEEK: ** Record audio for a promo for your group's library and choose background music and/or special effects (see Resources in note for Week 13). Bear in mind that your promo will be 2-3 minutes long.