Instructional Applications of the Internet - July 16

Today I prepared, recorded, edited and finished my podcast. For a teacher, this is an easy thing to do--a reason to do it more often!--because you kind of just picture yourself teaching and start talking! So, that's what I did. If you're used to standing up in front of a class and lecturing, this can be very easy!

Podcasts do have downsides, of course, and that is the lack of visuals involved. I may start experimenting with Jing--after a classmate suggested it--to see if that remedies the problem for future work in my teaching next year. I may also experiment with the recording feature that comes with SmartBoard software, which allows the user to record the work done through the smartboard as well as audio. I am not sure if it captures all screen functions or just that in Smart Notebook. That is what experimenting is for, I suppose!

I used GarageBand to record the podcast. Some people swear by the free softwares on the internet--Audacity, etc.--but if you have the software, GarageBand is plenty easy enough to use! I suppose if you wanted something that would automatically go on the web GarageBand may be one step slower (you have to choose how to export it), but otherwise it probably has more functionality that some of the quick podcasting tools out there.