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Introduction to Podcasting

A podcast is a form of digital media that consists of an episodic series of audio or digital radio, subscribed to and downloaded through web syndication or streamed online to a computer or mobile device (Wikipedia). The word is actually a combination of the words iPod and broadcast. Despite the history of the word, podcasts can actually be accessed using any computer or other device that can play digital files.

There are four steps to creating a podcast:

1. Planning

2. Recording

3. Editing

4.Publishing

For an excellent overview of steps needed to create a podcast, please see the Virginia Commonwealth University Overview for Podcast Creation - developed by Eric Johnson.

Podcasts and Pedagogy

Project Audio: Teaching Students How to Produce Their Own Podcasts
Suggested lesson plans for the creation or scaffolding of a podcast assignment, created by the New York Times
Podcasting: Pedagogy
Butler University has created some rich resources to assist students in the creation of every component of story telling and planning of the podcast process.
Four Mistakes I Made When Assigning Podcasts
From the Chronicles of Higher Education
Teaching Podcasting: A Curriculum Guide for Educators
A series of lesson plans developed by NPR for integrating podcasting into the curriculum.