UPDATE: Finding Interesting Podcasts: An Assignment!

Update/Clarification: It seems as though the highlighted area below has been misinterpreted. The example I found was a 37 minute podcast of which I embedded a 1.5 minute sample.

That's the idea here:

1. Find a Podcast - not a sound file somewhere on the web.
1. The first line from wikipedia's podcast page:

A podcast is an episodic series of digital media files which a user can set up so that new episodes are automatically downloaded via web syndication to the user's own local computer or portable media player. 

NOT : Find the smallest podcast file available, so you don't have to figure out how to create a snippet!

If what you have posted is NOT a podcast snippet, you have until 10pm on Monday to repost a proper blog entry. (replace the existing one)

We mentioned podcasts at the start of the course. Now it is time for you to find and share some interesting podcasts. The following video, created by me, shows the basic concepts necessary to use iTunes on any computer to find podcasts.




Your task is to find a podcast that is interesting to you and share it in a post on YOUR blog.The podcast you share does not need to be educational, but it does need to be appropriate to share in school.

Post your blog entry by Thursday, March 9 @10pm. Find a way to share the podcast you choose so that visitors to your blog can get an idea how the podcast looks/sounds - not just here's a cool podcast: The NPR Tech Show.

This is better:
 

My snippet here is about 1.5 minutes. This whole episode of the HDTV and Home Theater Podcast is 37 minutes. Create a clip to give the audience the flavor of the podcast you share - up to 5 minutes. DON'T post an entire episode!

You will be taking us on a tour of your podcast one day next week! (After Thursday!)