Multimedia+for+the+Masses

Unlock the power of audio & video in your classes. From a simple recording of your class sessions to an extended student project, podcasting can open up a whole world of possibilities for anywhere/anytime learning. Think you can’t do it? Think it’s too technical? Think again. This hands-on learning session will have you recording your first podcast inside of 10 minutes! We’ll even show you how to use Moodle (or other tools) to host your podcasts.
 * Thursday, July 10** - Multimedia for the Masses (YouTube, uStream, Podcasts)


 * What is podcasting? Commoncraft explains it in three minutes: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-MSL42NV3c
 * Finding Podcasts: Search Podcast Directories (EPN - [|Educational Podcast Network])
 * [|Podcatchers] and RSS Aggregators - Using Juice, iTunes and Google Reader to get your Podcasts
 * Recording your own Podcasts
 * Letting Students record and upload Podcasts - using Moodle to set up your podcast
 * A brief Audacity tutorial - how to record an audio file
 * Here's a (pretty boring, but informative) Audacity tutorial on YouTube (This user has several): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IC3VZkfdgV8
 * Unleash the power of VIDEO - [|TeacherTube], [|YouTube]
 * You can use video too - [|Ustream.tv]
 * How can students use video? Here's one example: http://youtube.com/view_play_list?p=F40D6F52C3DFF563
 * Here's another - part 1 of 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saQlURmKgk0