Podcasting is something that has been gaining traction in the world at large and especially in the educational world recently. Given my recent experience with some relatively new and enthusiastic podcasters, I would like to do a short post or two about this new phenomenon.
Given my recent experience, I would like to first explain what a podcast is and is not.
A podcast is not just an audio or video file on the Internet such a embedded sound or YouTube video. It can be composed from those things, however it needs more.
A podcast is constructed from episodes. So, a video or audio file can be one episode of the podcast.
One of the neatest things about podcasts is that they automatically update. So after you create a podcast, the next day as people grab their iPods, iPhones, Droids, and Zunes, they have automatically downloaded your latest episode. It is similar to a radio or TV show that your listeners and viewers can experience on demand - either on their computer or portable device.
In short, a podcast is an automatically updating "show" that people access over the Internet, whether on their mobile device, computer, or TV set-top box.
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