Podcasting, Vodcating and Mobcasting

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If you've ever wanted to speak directly to your audience, here's your  chance. While blogs give anyone with something to say a means to publish their views on the Web, podcasting gives those with a computer and  Internet access a chance to create and post their own radio broadcasts. Simply put, podcasts are digital audio files (typically MP3s) posted to the Web for anyone to download and listen to. Often called TiVo for radio, podcasts are different than traditional radio because you can time-shift them -- listen to them when you want to. And when paired with a portable player you can listen to them where you want to, as well. A quick scan of podcast directories like Podcast Alley shows the breadth  of material available: Music shows like "Coverville", which focuses on  cover songs; tech talk shows like the "Wizards of Technology"; and more unusual shows like "Beercasting" -- a show that captures the conversations of people that come together in bars across North America.But it's not just a niche thing. As podcasting has become hotter, larger  media corporations are trying it out. WNYC has made its "On the Media"  show available, and other NPR affiliates are podcasting their shows, too. SciFi channel offers audio commentary about episodes of "Battlestar Galactica". Politicians are using the medium to get their messages out, too. The Republican National Committee offers podcasts from its site, and 2004 Democratic vice-presidential candidate John Edwards offers them from his site, too.

Steve Sloan
Podcasting in Education
http://www.educause.edu/LibraryDetailPage/666?ID=WRC0555

Cyprien Lomas and Jennifer Reeves  
Podcasting Possibilities
http://www.educause.edu/LibraryDetailPage/666?ID=LIVE055

Michael Bazeley (Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Podcasting Power
http://www.educause.edu/LibraryDetailPage/666?ID=CSD3742

Xplanazine / Xplanaradio  This is a great blog / podcast site that covers educational technology.  It's very professional and done in a magazine style

Podcast.net

Podcasts: New Twist on Net Audio This article from Wired Magazine offers a good overview of podcasting

Mobcasting

Going Nomadic: Mobile Learning in Higher Education This is an article from Educause explores the concept of M-Learning.  

 V-logging

loggercon 2005 This was a vlogger convention that has been fully documented with vlogging.  Go figure!  Lots of good reference material here.
 

Ready for your close-up? Here come the vlogs This article from MSNBC serves as good introduction to vlogging.

Freevlog This is a vlogger's guide to setting up your own, free vlog.

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