Podcasting

• Keep the recording device close to you. Wear a lapel microphone if possible.
• When a student (or someone in the audience) asks a question, restate the question and then answer it. This will allow the student who is listening to the recording to have some context for your answer and discussion.
• Remember, students listening to your recorded lecture will miss out on any visual information you provide for your classroom:
• Be prepared to post electronic copies of video files, PowerPoint files, handouts, pictures, diagrams, objects, etc, for the student to view as they are listening to your podcast.
• When showing any of the above in the classroom, reference what you are focusing on so students listening to the podcast can follow along. For instance, "Now we are viewing the PowerPoint presentation called 'Knowing Your Audience', we are viewing slide 2, which it titled 'Demographic Information.' "
• Keep in mind that many student may download your Podcast to a portable device, and may not have access to a computer as they are listening to your class. Will this cause a problem for the student's comprehension of the materials? How can you work around this?
• If possible, use digital recording software (Garage Band, Audacity, Reason 3.o) to "clean up" the recording and make the track easy to hear and understand. Many of these software packages are quite expensive.
  

Before you start podcasting, you must answer a few questions. Your answer to these questions may influence your decision to podcast your class.

Do you have the technical skills needed to podcast?

Do you have the equipment needed to podcast?

What is your goal in providing your class as a podcast?

Will the podcast serve as a "reveiw" for students, or will students be allowed to listen to the podcast in lieu of attending to class?

What do you want your students to gain from listening to a podcast of your class?

Is podcasting the right way to go, or is there another way to accomplish your goal?

If you don't know the answers to some of the questions above, you may wan to check out some fo these links:
http://www.campus-technology.com/article.asp?id=18001

http://www.profcast.com/public/index.php

http://ipodagogy.blogspot.com/

http://www.indiana.edu/~tltl/projects/ipod.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podcasting

http://docs.unl.edu:16080/index.php/ITunesU_at_UNL

http://edmarketing.apple.com/adcinstitute/wp-content/Missouri_Podcasting_White_Paper.pdf