Extending Learning Outside the Classroom with Podcasting Prof

Extending Learning Outside the Classroom with Podcasting Prof. Erica W. Carlson Purdue University Dr. Matt J. Carlson Harrison High School

Audio or Video Files Placed on a web server Blog Containing links to media files RSS Feed Generator “Packages up” the media and text i. Tunes Set up to receive the RSS feed How to make a Podcast Once the audio or video files are created, there are resources on the internet, available for free, to supply all four steps required to set up a podcast on i. Tunes.

www. archive. org This site will host audio or video files for free. The interface and response is a bit slow, but it is free. Best used in combination with the next site.

www. ourmedia. com Our. Media provides the best interface to upload files to www. archive. org.

Downloadable tool for uploading large files.

www. blogger. com n Blogger. com is a site that will host your personal web log for free. n Once everything is set up, you ONLY update this site whenever you have a new file uploaded.

Example Blog: http: //Sciencetheater. blogspot. com n An example Blog – There are many options to format things according to your preferred color schemes, etc… – If you plan on podcasting your site on i. Tunes, it helps to make a pretty little graphic image to advertise

www. feedburner. com n Feedburner is used to “encapsulate” your Blog on www. blogger. com and set things up so an RSS reader or i. Tunes can be aware of new files and their format.

Example RSS Feed Note the little “play me” buttons indicating the feed is correctly encapsulated.

Turn on i. Tunes options Setting things up for i. Tunes over on Feed. Burner is as simple as filling in the blanks under “Smart. Cast”.

Submit Feed to i. Tunes Start up i. Tunes and go to the “submit Podcast” section and simply type in the URL for the Podcast feed. (You get this from Feed. Burner…)

Review of Podcast Links www. archive. org www. ourmedia. com www. blogger. com www. feedburner. com www. itunes. com

Other Resources n Audacity – a free audio editor n Windows & Mac “built-in” video editors are adequate. n Quicktime – Pro version costs $30 and can encode optimized for video i. Pods n Alternatives to i. Tunes: – www. You. Tube. com – Google Video: video. google. com

Dr. Carlson’s Science Theater Site: http: //Science. Theater. blogspot. com or search i. Tunes for “Science Theater” n 4 to 6 minute episodes n Targeted at High School, Middle School – Visually appealing experiments – Demonstrations that have results contrary to common knowledge – Interviews with researching professors

Special Thanks n Brian Durbin, Alex Morris – Film crew n Prof. Steve Durbin – PI for NSF summer RET program n Randy Schnepp – Purdue Physics Demos n Prof. Erica Carlson