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Agenda for Podcasting
Updated on Jun 15, 11
Created on Oct 19, 09
Category: Schools & Education
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What is a Podcast?
Video explanation of Podcasting from Commoncraft
How Can I Find Podcast?
Podcasting in Education some of the best sites to find Podcasts
list of top Podcast Directories
iTunes is still an undisputed leader in the podcast directory space. It most likely gets more traffic than any other directory, but there is no way to know that for sure. Yahoo! Podcasts, while disappointing due to its apparent stagnation since launching in 2005, is still arguably a leader in the space as well—after all it’s Yahoo!. The jury is still out for me on the Digg podcast directory, but given the popularity of the site, it’s worth submitting to.
Now here’s the list:
Directory | Yahoo! Links | Technorati Links | Alexa Rank | Rating |
iTunes | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Yahoo! Podcasts | 192,280 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Digg Podcasts | 585,091 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
PodcastDirectory.com | 295,610 | 1,847 | 20,252 | 14.69 |
Odeo | 38,383 | 60,409 | 7656 | 12.90 |
Podcast Alley | 150,231 | 6,564 | 13,522 | 11.06 |
Podcast.net | 157,870 | 9,594 | 31,010 | 5.40 |
PodcastPickle.com | 81,787 | 2,709 | 28,038 | 3.01 |
Podfeed.net | 72,647 | 524 | 54,474 | 1.34 |
Digital Podcast | 50,186 | 2,753 | 72,506 | 0.73 |
Here are a few more notes about sites that appear on page one of the Google search for podcast directory, but that are not in the list above.
How do I listen to a Podcast?
Podcasting is a powerful medium that many educators and students are beginning to pick up that not only delivers rich educational content, but enhances student/teacher communication. As I student, I could download educational content and take it around with me where ever I go. I could also download daily lessons and school news created by educators. Likewise, I can produce my own podcast and publish it for the teacher, classmates, and the world to hear.
Take Stanford University for example where they have created Stanford on iTunes U for their students. Students can navigate to this site to subscribe to the Stanford U podcast on iTunes and receive faculty lectures, interviews, music and sports automatically on their computer and iPod. This allows the university to easily communicate and update students on school related events and content. What’s also great is that anyone can open the page up on iTunes and listen, whether they are a student or not. Try it out and listen to some of the podcasts. There’s great content, especially in the “Technology Ventures” area of “Heard on Campus”, including speeches by Guy Kawasaki on entrepreneurship, Evan Williams of Odeo on podcasting, and more. (Note: Berkeley University also has Berkeley on iTunes U).
Example of Podcast in Schools
Example of School with Podcast.Los Angeles City Schools
Example of School/Teacher Podcast
How do I make a Podcast?
iTunes official description of how to submit a Podcast
Apple's site for learning about GarageBand
Apple's site on how to do a Podcast from Beginning to End
64 items | 37 visits
Agenda for Podcasting
Updated on Jun 15, 11
Created on Oct 19, 09
Category: Schools & Education
URL: