More Podcasting Resources

We have provided links to resources throughout this Web, for check these links for information about:

• Finding Podcasts (General directories, education directories, topical directories, and Podcatchers/Aggregators)
• Hardware (Including USB microphones, telephone connections, portable resources, USB mixers/interfaces)
• Software (Audio mixing, integrated podcast creation, and podcast production)

General Computer Resources

• Blogger (Free Webhosting/Blogging service)
• Coffeecup (Free FTP software to upload files)
• Gcat (Free online service, using this Website, you can record a podcast with your telephone and have it hosted here)
• Mr. B's Web Seminar (resources about most computer applications, graphics, Internet basics, and Web design)
• Portable Apps Suite (Free software, lets you take your favorite computer programs, all of your bookmarks, settings, email and more with you. Use them on any Windows computer.)
• Talkr.  (Here's a nifty tool, takes the text on a Webpage and creates an audio podcast with synthesized speech - create an "instant podcast" from an article)
• WordPress (Free blog tool and Weblog platform)

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How to Podcast

• Berkeley Information Law and Policy Course Podcast (Introduces copyright and other forms of legal protection for databases, licensing of information, consumer protection, liability for insecure systems and defective information, privacy, and national and international information policy)
• Blogger
  • Making a Podcast with Blogger and FeedBurner
  • Quick Start for Blogger
• Camtasia Studio 4 Tutorial: Create Podcasts and Screencasts
• Create Podcasts (Targeted to teachers)
• Create Your Own Podcast
• Creating a Podcast
• Duke Digital Initiative (Guides to Duke Digital Initiative technologies, including iPod devices)
• Education World® Techtorials
  • What is a Podcast
  • Creating a Podcast
  • Sites to See
• Educational Podcasting:  Links to Resources
• Effective School Podcasting (Audio podcast, MP3, 59 minutes)
• Grants for Podcasting
• How To Podcast Using WordPress
• How to Create Your Own Podcast (Step-by-step tutorial)
• How to Create Your Own Podcasting Show On Windows
• How to Podcast:  4 Basic Steps
• Libsyn (Hosting, "leave your storage and bandwidth concerns to us")
• Make Your First Podcast
• Podcast + Videocast Essential Training (While the full online course requires membership, demo movies, QuickTime, that are indicated by active links can be accessed without logging in)
• Podagogy:  Where Podcasting Meets Teaching and Learning
• Podcast "DO's" and "Don'ts"
• Popular Feed Services
• PowerPoint Formatting for Podcasts (Video, 4:43 minutes - important information about creating slides that will work in iPods and MP3 players)
• Podcast Rubric
• Podcast User Magazine (A monthly PDF magazine covering many different aspects of podcasting with articles for podcasters, listeners, musicians and business people)
• Podcasting:  Downloading Audio Content and Podcasting It To Others
• Podcasting 101:  Hardware, Software, & More
• Podcasting 101:  School Library Media Activities Monthly
• Podcasting 101 for K–12 Librarians
• Podcasting for Education
• Podcasting for Educators:  Resource Page
• Podcasting in Education
• Podcasting in the Classroom Resources
• Podcast for Teachers (Techpod): Podcasting and Educational Technology for K-12 and All Educators (A series of podcasts for and about education)
• Podcasting Hot Links (Almost anything an educator would want to know)
• Podcasting in Education Resources
• Podcasting Plus (information, how to use it in teaching and learning, samples, and how to create and deliver podcasts, from University of Wisconsin).
• Podcasting Resources
• Podcasting Tools
  • Directory of Web 2.0 Tools:  Blogging, RSS, Podcasting Tools etc.
  • Gcast (By the makers of GarageBand, FREE - the easiest way to make podcasts, just use this service and a phone!)
  • Podcast Tool Box
  • Podcast Tools Weekly Update with Paul Colligan
  • Podcasting Toolbox: 70+ Podcasting Tools and Resources
  • Podcasting Tools (Directory of articles, in alphabetical order)
  • Podcasting Tools (Suggested books, online guides, hardware and software, and more)
  • Popular Podcasting Tools
  • Tools for Podcasting
  • Tools to Create Podcasts (Software, hardware, audio, recording, mixing, and RSS feeds)
• Podcasts:  School Computing Wiki
• Publishing a Podcast on Your Web Site or to iTunes® Music Store
• RSS Feeds
  • Advanced RSS Tags
  • ATOM Feeds
  • Cut n' Paste JavaScript RSS Feed
  • Desktop RSS Editor, Firefox Add-in for RSS 2.0 Files
  • Feed Generator
  • Feed Validator for Atom and RSS and KML
  • iTunes:  Submissions and Feedback Processes
  • ListGarden RSS Feed Generator
  • Making an RSS Feed
  • Online Podcast RSS Feed Generator
  • Podcast RSS Feed Generator (Free online tool, use this the very first time you create a new RSS 2.0 podcast)
  • RSS 2.0 at Harvard Law (Complete specifications of latest RSS formats and tags - great resources)
  • RSS, Building and Using a Feed, Step by Step
  • RSS Feeds Generator
  • RSS Specifications:  Everything You Could Want to Know
  • rss.scripting.com
  • Understanding RSS News Feeds
• Tips for Producers
• Video
  • Avid Free DV Training (.avi is standard format in TV and video industries)
  • Creating Video Podcasts
  • Create Video Podcasts for Your Website
  • FAQ:  How Do I Video Podcast?
  • How to Compress Video Files (Using SUPER - Simplified Universal Player Encoder & Renderer, a free download)
  • How to Convert Video Files
  • Lights! Camera! Vodcast!
  • Using Sound and Video in Web Pages
  • Video Compression (Short, 8-minute video about compressing files for Webcasting & podcasting)
  • VideoHelp.com:  Forum, Guides, Tools and hardware lists
  • Vodcasting:  FAQs
• What is Podcasting: Frequently Asked Questions

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[PFL HomePage] [Finding Podcasts]
[BreitLinks Podcasts] [For Teachers] [What You Need]
[Getting Started] [RSS Feeds] [Promoting]
[Tips & Tricks] [More Resources]

Interview Tips

• How To Conduct A Podcast Interview (About.com)
• How to Conduct a Podcast Interview (FeedForAll)
• Interviewing Tips
•  Plan Your Podcast:  Interview Tips
• Podcast Interview Tips

Royalty Free, Podcast Safe Music & Sound Effects

• Absolute Sound Effects Archive (HUGE collection)
• CCMixter
• Freeplay Music:  Broadcast Production Music Library
• Freesound Project
• Free Music and Sound Effects (No fee for education or not-for-profit uses)
• Free Sound Effects (Requires free registration)
• Incompetech:  Royalty Free Music  (Many categories, great source)
• Opsound
• Partners in Rhyme (Royalty Free Music, Free Sound Effects, Free Music Loops)
• PodSafe Audio
• Podsafe Music Network
• Podsafe Music Sources
• Sound Effects

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Printable, Downloadable .pdf Files
Require Acrobat Reader

• Creating a Podcast
• Creating Podcasts for Courses:  Quickstart Guide
• Educator's Podcast Guide
• Five Things You Should Know About Podcasting
• Good Practice in Designing Educational Podcasts
• Introduction to Podcast Tagging
• Introduction to Podcasting
• iTunes Tutorial
• Podcasting: A Brief Summary
• Podcasting:  A Teaching With Technology White Paper
• Podcasting:  Audio on the Internet Comes of Age
• Podcasting:  Curricular Ideas
• Podcasting for Information Literacy
• Podcasting for Teaching and Learning
• Podcasting in Education
• Podcasting in the School Library Media Center
• Podcasting Equipment
• Podcasting Legal Guide:  Rules for the Revolution
• Podcasting Resources
• PodcastingToolbox
• Podcasts for Excellence
• Recording a Podcast with Audacity (freeware)
• RSS Feeds White Paper
• RSS Quickstart Guide for Educators
• Seven Things You Should Know About Podcasting
• Using RSS Feeds
• What is a Podcast?

[General Computer Resources] [How to Podcast]
[Interview Tips] [Royalty Free, Podcast Safe Music & Sound Effects]
[Downloadable, Printable .pdf Resources]
[Top]
[PFL HomePage] [Finding Podcasts]
[BreitLinks Podcasts] [For Teachers] [What You Need]
[Getting Started] [RSS Feeds] [Promoting]
[Tips & Tricks] [More Resources]