What is a podcast?
Sound and music have long been a part of education and the school library media center. From radio to phonograph records to audio cassettes to compact discs, analog and digital recordings have been used in schools for both teaching and learning.
The Internet and the World Wide Web bring new opportunities and new tools for consuming and producing audio files.
According to Wikipedia, “A podcast is a series of digital-media files which are distributed over the Internet using syndication feeds for playback on portable media players and computers. The term podcast, like broadcast, can refer either to the series of content itself or to the method by which it is syndicated; the latter is also called podcasting. The host or author of a podcast is often called a podcaster.”
Podcasts are audio files that are delivered over the Internet and then played back on a computer or MP3 player. Today’s technology allows visuals and video to be added to podcasts to enhance the content and the experience.
Podcasting is a term coined from the combination of “ipod,” a popular digital audio player, and “broadcast.” This is because these audio files can be syndicated and distributed much as blogs and other websites are distributed through RSS feeds. You can subscribe to a podcast feed and then have it automatically delivered to your computer when there is a new episode.
The Internet and the World Wide Web bring new opportunities and new tools for consuming and producing audio files.
According to Wikipedia, “A podcast is a series of digital-media files which are distributed over the Internet using syndication feeds for playback on portable media players and computers. The term podcast, like broadcast, can refer either to the series of content itself or to the method by which it is syndicated; the latter is also called podcasting. The host or author of a podcast is often called a podcaster.”
Podcasts are audio files that are delivered over the Internet and then played back on a computer or MP3 player. Today’s technology allows visuals and video to be added to podcasts to enhance the content and the experience.
Podcasting is a term coined from the combination of “ipod,” a popular digital audio player, and “broadcast.” This is because these audio files can be syndicated and distributed much as blogs and other websites are distributed through RSS feeds. You can subscribe to a podcast feed and then have it automatically delivered to your computer when there is a new episode.