Welcome to the Wagner Podcasting Wiki!

Welcome to the Wagner Podcasting Wiki. This wiki was created to share information about Podcasting and how it can be used effectively in the classroom.  

Class Syllabus-  A digital copy of the class syllabus

Lesson Plan Template- Download the lesson plan template to fill out for your podcast lesson. 

 

SANSA FUZE+:

An Introduction to the Fuze+ http://sandisk.com/microsites/sansafuzeplus/index.html

Download the most recent firmware update for the Fuze+

      Direct Link to Download the firmware update file

How-To Videos on how to use the player

User Manual from Sansa

Sync iTunes to Sansa Devices- a free mac itunes plugin app to sync music, podcasts and videos from iTunes to the Fuze+

SmartConverter free conversion tool- a free converter tool to convert music, podcasts and video to different formats. 

 

Audio File Formats- an index of the most popular audio file formats

 

10 Things Killed by the Smart Phone

 

AUDIO BOOK SITES:

http://www.booksshouldbefree.com/

http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:The_Audio_Books_Project

http://www.newfiction.com/

http://www.thoughtaudio.com/

http://librivox.org/

http://www.openculture.com/

 

PODCAST CATCHERS:

iTunes

Juice- a multiplatform iTunes alternative

 

http://itunes.stanford.edu/

 

AUDACITY:

A great link from the creators of Audacity with some free tutorials on how to use their software. http://audacityteam.org/wiki/index.php?title=Tutorials

 

Download Audacity for free Mac or Windows http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

 

A portable version of Audacity that can even be installed on flash drives http://portableapps.com/apps/music_video/audacity_portable

 

Tutorials- a series of tutorials on how to use audacity.

 

Download the LAME plugin to be able to export your Audacity project to MP3.

 

GARAGEBAND:

A great video tutorial on Garageband http://www.apple.com/ilife/tutorials/garageband/

 

Other Podcast Creation Options

 

Creating Enhanced Podcasts on Windows

 

PODCAST HOSTING:

A great service for hosting podcasts. www.podbean.com, www.podomatic.com

Another great education blogging tool that supports podcasts. http://edublogs.org

    If you do use Edublogs you must use Feedburner if you want to make your podcast subscribable in iTunes. http://www.feedburner.com

 

 

HARDWARE:

The Blue Snowball USB Mic Snowball Mic

The Blue Snowflake USB Mic Snowflake Mic

 

 

MUSIC SOFWARE & SITES

 

Mixcraft- http://www.acoustica.com/mixcraft/index.htm Just like Garageband but for Windows.  Here is a tutorial showing the basics. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ublcVlN923g&feature=related

 

Acid Xpress- Another free demo of Windows Garageband-like software.  http://www.acidplanet.com/downloads/xpress/

 

FL Studio/Fruity Loops- http://flstudio.image-line.com/ WIndows software similar to garageband.

 

Freeplay Music- http://www.freeplaymusic.com A great site for finding royalty free music for educational use.

 

Incompetech- Not as well organized as Freeplay music but it offers some more unique royalty free music. http://incompetech.com/m/c/royalty-free/

 

WMV Studio- allows you to convert files to Windows Media Format to play on the Sony MP3 players.  http://www.telestream.net/flip4mac-wmv/overview.htm

 

Soundation Studio- A free online track editor with loops.  http://www.soundation.com/studio

 

SCREEN CAPTURE SOFTWARE

For MAC: SnapzPro and iShowU are my favorites.  SnapzPro    iShowU

 

For WINDOWS: CamStudio is free and supports audio recording http://camstudio.org/

 

A nice list of many different programs and what they do. http://all-streaming-media.com/record-video-stream/screen-capture-software.htm

 

Broadcaster Studio Pro- Screen capture software for Windows that Michael uses. Records audio and video. http://broadcaster-studio-pro.broadcaster-interactive-group-inc.qarchive.org/

 

Snag It- Screen capture software for Windows. Doesn't record audio though. You need Camtasia to do that (+$300) http://www.techsmith.com/screen-capture.asp

 

Profcast- The Power Point lecture recording software shown in class. http://www.profcast.com/public/index.php

 

SnapKast- A Windows comparable software to Profcast. http://snapkast.com/

 

Wirecast- The software I use in my school to create the student news shown in class. Mac or PC records video and audio and will save as a movie. It also does live Green Screen effects. $300 for     educators with a free demo. http://www.varasoftware.com/products/wirecast/

 

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:

http://classrooms.psdr3.org/education/components/links/links.php?sectiondetailid=14970&sc_id=1184287598

 

Create an Enhanced Podcast on Windows http://www.jakeludington.com/project_studio/20051004_windows_media_enhanced_podcast.html

 

Other Podcasting Software-NOT FREE http://www.podcasting-tools.com/audio-recording-software.htm

 

Windows Podcasting Software http://www.podcastingnews.com/topics/Podcasting_Software.html

 

Despair Inc http://www.despair.com The demotivational website shown in class with their own funny Corporate Spin podcast.

 

Hot Potatoes- Free quiz making software for mac and windows. http://hotpot.uvic.ca/

 

SAMPLES:

SUBSCRIBE TO OUR CLASS PODCAST Download and listen to the podcasts from the EDTC 5190 Summer 2008 class

ColeyCast- a great site of teacher created podcasts