April
2nd 2008
What is podcasting?

Posted under Podcasting

The term podcast is made up of ‘pod’ as in ‘iPod’ and ‘cast’ as in broadcast.

Podcasts are audio or video files that are published on the Web and sent free to subscribers who download them to play on an MP3 player, laptop or computer.

Podcasts are designed to be listened to at a time that suits the listener, ‘just in time’.

Podcasts are different to streamed audio and can be automatically downloaded to a computer (subscribed) and retrieved at a a later date.

Podcasting = media (MP3 files) + method of downloading (XML or RSS feeds)

Janine Bowes has a great entry on Podcasting on her Blog:

Tapping into social netwroking for e-learning - Introduction to Podcasting

and

TOOLS FOR THE TEKS: INTEGRATING TECHNOLOGY IN THE CLASSROOM

with links to

Apple’s podcasting for education site

One Response to “What is podcasting?”

  1. alangford on 11 Jul 2008 at 12:35 am #

    “Podcasts are audio or video files that are published on the Web and sent free to subscribers who download them to play on an MP3 player, laptop or computer.”

    nowdays,
    podcast = audio
    vodcast = video
    :)

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