New Technologies for Music Educators - Podcasting
PODCASTS - Podcasting was the term first used by Adam Curry (former MTV host and video jockey) to describe the process of creating and publishing a digital radio broadcast on the Internet. Basically. a podcast is an internet-based radio show. To create a podcast, all you need is a microphone, a PC, and audio editing software. The resulting MP3 audio file is uploaded to a website from where it can be downloaded and then listened to "on demand" via a portable MP3 player. Podcasting provides for a range of different activities as shown in Table 1.
Table 1: Focus of podcasting activities
1. Talk and music shows
2. Interviews
3. Storytelling and audio books
4. Tutorials and instructions
5. Giving directions and sharing information
6. Providing commentaries on events from http://www.recap.ltd.uk/articles/podguide1.html
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Examples:
from a VA elementary school - http://slapcast.com/users/Jamestown/
from a CA middle school http://www.stanleymusic.org/podcasts/
from the UK http://www.brasscast.com/
more art & music http://www.ipodcast.org.uk/art_music.php
more schools - from around the globe http://www.ipodcast.org.uk/schools.php
private trumpet studio - http://hollandtrumpetstudio.com/
Rice University (not podcasts) - http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~musi/sounds/index.html
Stories of great hymns - player on page - http://sunlite.podblaze.com/
SaxTips - RSS feed (iTunes) - feed://feeds.feedburner.com/TheSaxTipsPodcast
EdTech Musician - brothers - Ohio State Band alumni - http://www.podcastingnews.com/details/feeds.feedburner.com/EdtechMusician/view.htm
from Harvard - http://kuumbapodcast.blogspot.com/ - http://www.kuumbasingers.org/
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Author: Dave Jobbings, Russell Educational Consultancy and Productions
Published: April 2005 © RECAP Limited (updated July 2005)
Contents
1. An overview of podcasting
2. Creating and listening to podcasts
3. Podcasts for schools
1. Devising a cross-curricular activity
2. Providing alternative teaching approaches
3. Promoting and using personalised learning
4. Copyright, music and legal issues
5. Further reading and information
