RPP #142: 10th Anniversary Edition - Podcasting 101

In this special 10th Anniversary Edition, Rod highlights some of the more interesting aspects of podcasting history, his particular podcasting story and gives tips on how to do your own podcast.

Brief History of Podcasting

• Birth of the iPod
• Apple iPod History
• Adam Curry's Daily Source Code
• Steve Jobs Introduces Podcasting at the D3 Conference
• Podcasting Historical Timeline & Milestones

• RPP #1 - Rod's First Podcast 

Podcasting 101 

Podcasting Concept Map

• Listening to podcasts
• iTunes (OS X & Windows)
• Google Play Store Podcasts
• Podcasts App by Apple
• Best iOS Podcast Apps
• Best Android Podcast Apps
• Other Podcatchers
• Rod's Favorite Podcasts
• On the Media from NPR
• This Week in Tech
• The 5 Best eLearning Podcasts
• Teaching in Higher ED
• Creating a podcast
• Choosing a Microphone
• Samson Podcasting Kit
• Other USB Condenser Mics (Amazon)
• Finding "podsafe music"
• Magnatune
• 17 Places to Find Podsafe Music
• Editing your audio file
• NPR's John Solomon: Pulling Back the Curtain
• Audacity for Mac
• Audacity for Windows
• GarageBand for Mac
• Windows Alternatives to GarageBand
• The Levelator
• Hosting your audio file
• Libsyn.com
• Blubrry.com
• Hosting your show notes
• Blogger
• WordPress
• Enhancing your RSS Feed for iTunes
• Feedburner 
• Submitting your podcast for distribution
• iTunes
• Google Play
• Other Resources
• 7 Things you should know about Podcasting (PDF)
• How to Publish your own Podcast on iTunes

• Podsafe Music Selection from the Podsafe Music Network
• On a Podcast by Cruisebox

Duration: 32:17

RPP #79: Livescribe Pulse Smartpen Review and E-Learning News

• Picks from Rod's Podcaster Guide and E-Learning News
• HigherEd Camp Philly - follow-up and link to their Ning community site
• Does Google Wave Mean the End of the LMS? - The Chronicle is asking whether Blackboard can be replaced by WordPress. How about Google's Wave as a replacement for the LMS?
  
• Blind Search - What happens when you remove the branding from Google, Yahoo and the new Microsoft "Bing" search engines?
  

• Livescribe Pulse SmartpenReview
  
• This computer in a pen records audio while you take notes on special "dot paper". Play back the audio by tapping on your hand written notes, dock the pen to recharge and simultaneously sync to your PC, and share notes and audio.
• "Pencasts" are a great solution for student note taking and faculty who want to describe and animate difficult concepts.
  
• See my demo Pencast on Podcasting:
  

Pencast on Podcasting by Rod Murray
brought to you by Livescribe

• Podsafe Music Selection from the MusicAlley by Mevio (aka Podsafe Music Network)
• "Summertime" by Brother Love - one of the most popular tracks on the network

Duration: 13:09

RPP #66: Desire2Learn Interview and New Soul

• New Interview Recording Setup
• Skype - make calls over the Internet to other Skype users free of charge and to landlines and cell phones for a fee
• Zoom H4 Handy Recorder - puts a remarkable amount of recording power in the palm of your hand


• Desire2Learn - Interview with Kenneth Chapman, Lead Product Manager

• Desire2Learn is recognized as a leader in educational enterprise software with a suite of applications, services, and support to power your learning infrastructure
• We discuss their course management system including usability, single sign-on, portals, custom branding, blogs, wiki's, e-portfolios, and learning objects
• Other software mentioned
• Adobe Captivate
• iTunes U
• Confluence Enterprise Wiki
• MediaWiki

• Podsafe Music Selection from the Podsafe Music Network
• "New Soul" by Yael Naim, the acclaimed singer/songwriter from Israel, from her album Yael Naim. 'New Soul' has gained fame as the music played during Apple's Macbook Air ad campaign

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Duration: 25:30

RPP #41: Podcasting News, Microphones and Podsafe Dennen

Topics covered during this 16 minute podcast:

• News from the Podosphere
• Wizzard Media Distributes over 70 Million Podcast Downloads in March
• Pod Stars: Obscure Experts Find Techno Fame
• GT Prof: Students Learn Better Via iPod Versus Lecture

• Podcasting Microphones
• Comparison of audio recordings from 3 microphones
  
• Samson C01U Podcast Recording Pak - the first affordable studio condenser mic ($70-$140) with a direct USB output

• Podsafe Music Selections from the Podsafe Music Network
• "Ain't No Reason" by Brett Dennen - featured song on May 1st episode of House, the Fox TV show