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Introducing Podcasting Peer Coaches Career Exploration

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Introducing PodcastingPeer Coaches Career Exploration

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What is Podcasting • . /pdkst/, /pdkast/, U.S. /pdkæst/ [< -pod

(in iPod, a trade name for an MP3 player) + -casting (in BROADCASTING n.).

• The use of the Internet to make available digital recordings of broadcasts for downloading to a computer or personal audio player.

From the Oxford English Dictionary

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How Does It Work?Plan and Create

the Content

• Microphone• Audio Recorder

Software

Upload the Content

Create/Edit an RSS Feed

Publish and Promote

• Podcast Directories

• News• Blogs

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Listeners

Find a Podcast they want to hear.

Listen to it online, or download it to their MP3 player.

Subscribe to the RSS feed to be notified when future episodes come out.

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SO YOU WANT TO PODCAST ?Plan

ProducePublish

Promote

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PLAN

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Identify Clear Objectives• Clearly state learning outcomes• Think about ideas for content• Will you be:

– Creating a lecture– Having a conversation– Giving people tips– Marketing a service– Interviewing someone– Reenacting a scene – “I wish I had known”– Talking about your article from the article discussion– Reviewing what you learned from your poster session

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Know Your Audience• Who is going to listen to your show?• What do they want to hear?• Should your voice be formal or informal?

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Organize Before Recording• Brainstorm ideas• Outline • Storyboard • Write Scripts

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Determine Podcast Elements• Introduction• Speakers• Content• Length• Closing

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Focus on the Message, not the Media• Be creative, not boring!• Professionalism• Take care: copyright and fair use

– Flickr Commons– Creative Commons– Pdinfo – CCMixer

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PRODUCE

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Recording• Be yourself• Practice, practice, practice• Redo

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Voice• Use

– Rhythm – Tone– Pitch– Clarity– Inflection

• Formal or informal voice• Practice, practice, practice• Don’t just read your script!

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Equipment• Headphones• Computer• Microphone• Audacity

Check out the Media Lab!

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PUBLISH

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Places to Post Podcasts• iTunes• Podcast Alley• Podcast Pickle

Create an RSS feed so users can subscribe

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Test the Results• Does it play?• Check sound quality• RSS feed working?

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PROMOTE

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Get your Podcast Heard• Add your podcast to multiple lists• Let people subscribe• Advertise it (Facebook, Twitter, Blogs)• Use your listeners to advertise• Be interesting

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YOUR ASSIGNMENT

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Peer Coaches Podcast• Topic: Career Exploration

– Be Creative– Consider using topics from your article discussion or poster

session• Proposal

– Due July 15– 250 words or less– Describe the content of your podcast

• Podcast– Due August 5– Post on the Peer Coaches Blog– Length: 10 to 15 minutes