Podcast Leap

New tech terms enter our lexicon and sometimes remain abstract. Podcasts, however, are such a useful media-type that it is worth exploring the possibilities as a consumer and producer. As a consumer, imagine your favorite radio show--This American Life, for instance--available when it is convenient to listen. Imagine integrating sound production into your art classroom (see instructions below). http://www.thislife.org/Radio_Podcast.aspx

From the "Young Tate" site

http://www.tate.org.uk/youngtate/podcasts_faq.htm

A Podcast is an audio file (usually an MP3) that is available for downloading         
online. You can download it to your computer using special software that         
plays podcasts, or download it to your personal digital audio player (iPod,         
iriver, Creative Zen Touch, etc.).

If you subscribe to a podcast, your computer software or your digital         
audio player will automatically update the podcast so you always have         
the most recent version.

How do I listen to a podcast?

There are two ways to listen to a podcast:
Download the individual MP3 files to your desktop or audio player.
Subscribe to the podcast and receive new updates automatically.

To subscribe, you copy and paste the podcast URL into your podcast subscription          software, such as Apple's iTunes, iPodder, or Odeo.

How do I create my own podcast?

There are five basic steps to creating your own podcast
Record your audio
Edit your audio (you can use free software to do this!)
Upload your audio file to a web server
Create an RSS feed for your podcast. If you want an example RSS feed to copy then why not use the Raw Canvas one. You can find it here:
http://www.tate.org.uk/learning/youngtate/artlookers/feed.xml
List your podcast in iTunes and other podcasting directories

There’s more information on the following web pages:

http://www.archimuse.com/mw2006/papers/dickson/dickson.html

http://radio.about.com/od/podcastin1/a/aa030805a.htm

Comments

[Suzanne Dell'Orto]

Even my *mom* is podcasting!