Read, listen and record a podcast task

Here's the instructions for this task I've used with recent class blogs.

1. Read your classmates' posting on their favourite groups and singers.
2. Chose one that you think you have the most to say about (it could be because you like them too or because you think they are really bad). Pay particular attention to what your classmate has said about why the group/singer has been successful.
3. Go to Podomatic
4. Log in with the login I've given you
5. Click on My Podcast
6. Click on Post New Episode
7. Click on Record with your webcam or microphone
8. Click on Record and talk about what you think is interesting about the group or singer and say whether you think they deserve the success they have had.
9. Preview what you have recorded and click on Next step
10. Give the episode a title e.g. Ann on Rihanna
11. Click on Next step
12. Skip the next page by clicking on Next step
13. Skip the next page by clicking on Next step
14. Click on Post Episode
15. Click on My Podcast Page
16. Click on the title of your episode
17. Copy its URL (address) from the browser
    
18. Create a New Post on the blog
19. Give it a title e.g. Ann on the Rihanna
20. Write the word "podcast" and create a link (clicking on the chain icon) to your podcast episode.

Here's an example of the results

And now for podcasts

“A podcast is a media file that is distributed over the Internet using syndication feeds, for playback on portable media players and personal computers.” Wikipedia

“A podcast is a digital audio file (usually MP3 or AAC) made available for download on the internet through an RSS 2.0 feed.” How to Podcast - Technical definition







The term podcast comes from the use that early podcasters made of Apple MacIntosh's popular MP3 player the iPod. But...





You subscribe to them using an application such as iTunes,
Podomatic or Odeo.



































Or they can be used for putting oral postings on your blog.