Podcasting in Plain English
Besides having my own podcast, I work with many teachers in my school district who are interested in podcasts as informational resources and publishing tools for themselves and their students.
One of the most often asked questions I get is, “What’s a podcast?” There are so many misconceptions about podcasting including (as a recent tweet by my colleague James reminded everyone) that you don’t actually need an iPod or MP3 player to listen to a podcast. That’s definitely a great “on the go” option though. And that’s only one of the many misunderstandings that keep podcasts from catching on quicker.
After that question is asked to me or I am facilitating a podcast training I show this video to kick things off.
The video answers a lot of the questions and we move forward from there. Common Craft’s “In Plain English” series is great for explaining 21st century tools in every day language. Their channel on YouTube can be found here.
Just wanted to get my end of the conversation started. Looking forward to where this takes us and looking forward to the conversation as well.
Thanks for setting this up James!
James 2:31 am on September 26, 2009 Permalink |
I like that video a lot. I put it on my podcast website to help people out. But I also through this one up there because, well, because I love it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFMNyKGz3Ms
And it’s still kind of accurate.
avshockeypodcast 5:02 pm on September 26, 2009 Permalink |
Our podcasts are so apple pie. Maybe even cherry too.