Podcasting

 **Podcasting** (creating digital audio recordings for your classroom) is a simple and easy process that only requires minimal equipment - it's cheap! Can you imagine recording a weekly message to your students and parents, putting it on your TeacherWeb (for CCBOE teachers) page, and not having to spend lots of classroom (or personal) funds to do it - no more tape recorders or cassette tapes. All you need is a free program to record/edit/save the file and a computer microphone.  **What is podcasting?**
 * iPod + broadcast = Podcast
 * A series of digital media files that are downloaded through a website
 * Can be audio or video
 * Audio blogging
 * Shared with RSS (Really Simple Syndication) - eliminating the need to continually check a website for new material
 * MP3 audio files and/or video files
 * On-demand recordings that you can listen to at your convenience on your computer, an MP3 player, or other portable device

**How can it be used in education?** Check these sites to see how you can use podcasting in education:
 * [|Poducate Me]
 * [|Educause]
 * [|Guides & Tutorials]
 * [|Education Podcast Network]

**What tools do I need?**
 * Computer and microphone
 * Internet and a website to share podcast with others
 * [|Audacity](free recording software)
 * [|LAME MP3 Encoder] (required with Audacity to save in MP3 format - blocked on school network)
 * [|Audacity Tutorials]
 * [|Education World]