Wednesday, November 10, 2004

Podcasting with Adam Curry I'm a fan of Doug Kaye's IT Conversations (http://www.itconversations.com/); I sometimes listen to conversation streams while scanning textual information in my news aggregators. I'm also a fan of Low Threshold Applications; LTAs are  instructional technology tools that require little learning time to use and that make use of tools that are readily available to most instructors and students.  For example, both Using Clipart (http://www2.eou.edu/ctl/usingclipart.htm) and making short Sound Recordings (http://www2.eou.edu/ctl/soundrecording.htm) with free recording tools supplied with Mac and Windows computers are technology tools that can easily add instructional impact to course materials. This IT Conversation with Adam Curry about Podcasting introduces one of the "next big things" in computing and points to an intersection between weblogging and what could become a new LTA. Podcasting is essentially an audio blog, using some of the same technologies (Dave Winer's RSS and enclosures) that work to provide weblogs. I'm expecting that the application of podcasting to instructional ventures should emerge very quickly. Here are a few links to explore related to podcasting: http://www.ipodder.org/; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podcasting; http://www.engadget.com/entry/5843952395227141/; and http://www.wired.com/news/digiwood/0,1412,65237,00.html. (Do your own Google search for "podcasting" to find additional resources.) Podcasting has some nostalgia value for me because my first ventures into technology involved constructing crystal radio sets, listening to short wave broadcasts, and learning morse code. (At one time I attended Benson Polytechnic HS intending to become a radio engineer. I still maintain my Ham Radio license, even though I seldom use my ham equipment.) I may try adding a few podcasts to the EduResources Weblog and to other weblogs just to explore this new/old technology. JH 10:13:57 AM    COMMENT []