Podcasts and Screencasts

Here you will find a variety of links used during our MDEC 2009 Conference Workshop. Please email me (joe.lamontagne@davenport.edu) if you have any questions, comments, or suggestions.

Podcast Directories
Podcast Alley
Software, forums, and blogs. Oh my!

Podcast.com

Podcast Pickle

Ed-cast -- Higher Ed Podcast Repository

Podcast Directory (higher education)

Don't forget to use your favorit search engine to find podcasts and screencasts in your area of expertise and interest.

Podcast How To
Podcasting Wiki
Lots to learn here

Podcast Central
Billed as a great place to learn about podcasting.

How To Podcast
Free, podcast tutorial.

Podcasting with Audacity
Audacity is a free audio recorder.

Podcast 411
Remove "page5.html" for more podcasting info.

Chronicle of Higher Education
"How to Podcast Campus Lectures"

Pod Safe Music Network
Music and music podcasts from the creators of PodShow.com

Podcast Articles
Podcasting News in Education

Podcasting News

The Education Podcast Network

Podcasting and Education:

Podcasting in Education

Podcasting in Higher Education: A Bibliography

Higher Ed Podcast Purposes and Examples

Screencast Examples
Screencast Wiki

Beowulf Introduction

College English Resources
Look around and you will find some helpful and intersting stuff.

Crossing the Digital Divide
Lots of great resources, articles, etc for podcasting and screencasting.

Jon Udell Screencasts

MyScreencast.com
A forum website with lots of examples, suggestions, and questions and answers.

Mathcasts.Org
A site with lots of awesome virtual whiteboard (screencasts) of all sorts of math solutions.

Don't forget to use your favorit search engine to find podcasts and screencasts in your area of expertise and interest.

Hardware and Software Suggestions

Making Podcasts:

Good microphone and placement on your head.
Software to record. I suggest Audacity. It's free and available on PC and Mac
Place to put it. I suggest iTunes since it's free or your own webspace. Search the Internet for places to host your podcasts. Try the links above too.
Creativity and a willingness to make mistakes and learn from those mistakes.
Yep, a computer too :)

Making screencasts:

Good microphone
Software to record your screen. I suggest Camtasia or Jing. As an educator you can purchase this software at a discount. Try the 30-day free trial to see if you like it. Jing is free. Jing Pro is a more advanced version of Jing available for a small yearly cost that allows more flexibility and storage space.
Place to put it. I suggest iTunes or Screencast.com. Screencast is free with installation of Jing and gives you a 2 GB limit. There is a cost to have higher storage limits and capacities.
Graphics tablet. If you want to create a virtual whiteboard movie. I suggest nothing smaller than 6"x8". Look on eBay for some nice, but cheap models.
You will need a place to draw. I recommend NotateIt. This program is about $50 and has all sorts of tools for drawing and highlighting. They too offer a free trial period. Give it a try. You can also use Paint which is free.
If you need special symbols, use Microsoft Word's equation creator. Create the equation in Word and then copy and paste to NotateIt.
Creativity and a willingness to make mistakes and learn from those mistakes.
Yep, a computer too :)

I hope you find this information useful. I have only scratched the surface as to what podcasts and screencasts can do for you in the classroom. Remember to have fun creating your own movies and podcasts. You are both the director and actor. Have fun now :)

Joe