RPP #215 AI-Powered Slide Deck Tools - MagicSlides vs. SlidesGPT

• In this episode, Rod shares his experience using MagicSlides and SlidesGPT to generate slide decks when he was recruited to teach a new course on podcasting. He notes the pros and cons of AI-generated slides, emphasizing the essential differences between these two generative AI slide tools. In the video version of this podcast, he presents a screencast of how each tool handles the prompt: "What are the pros and cons of AI-generated slides." Rod discusses:
• Comparisons between MagicSlides and SlidesGPT

  

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• Features and capabilities, including text input, automatic image selection, content conversion, and customization options
• MagicSlides' ability to generate slide decks from YouTube videos, PDFs, and web pages
• SlidesGPT's ability to generate speaker notes
• Pros and cons of using AI-generated slides, including efficiency, time-saving, customization, limited creativity, potential errors, and bias
• Cost comparison of using these tools

• Links*
• MagicSlides 
• MagicSlides' Deck on Pros and Cons
• SlidesGPT
• SlidesGPT's Deck on Pros and Cons
  
  
• Podcast Transcript generated using AI by Podsqueeze
  
  
• Podsafe Music Selection
• "Stress" (song and flash animation) by highly caffeinated Jim Infantino of the band Jim's Big Ego.

Duration: 22:29

*MagicSlides and SlidesGPT did not pay me for this article. They are not a sponsor, and I paid for my own subscriptions. My links to MagicSlides and Podsqueeze include referral links. If you decide to try them out using those links, I will receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. This helps support the podcast, allowing me to continue providing valuable content. 

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RPP #200 Podcasting and eLearning Milestones

• This special episode marks a milestone for Rod’s Pulse Podcast. Dr. Murray remarks on some of the progress seen since he started his podcast in 2006. Most never heard of podcasting back then but podcasting has seen tremendous growth and education has changed forever because of the Covid pandemic. Rod discusses:
  

  

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• Podcasting milestones
• Podcasting 101 excerpt 
• Steve Jobs introduces podcasting and "Pod Father" Adam Curry 
• Rod's Pulse Podcast was a podcast on podcasting
• eLearning milestones and trends
• Impact of the Pandemic on elearning
• Shoutout to education futurists
• Clever new edtech startups
• Promise for the future
  
  
• Podcasts on the Future of Higher Education
• RPP #189: Covid as a Catalyst for Positive Change by JT Kostman
• RPP #183: Academia Next with Bryan Alexander
• RPP #153: eLearning after 20 Years - Interview with Ken Hartman
  
• RPP #149: Teaching in a Digital Age - Interview with Tony Bates
• RPP #142: 10th Anniversary Edition - Podcasting 101
• RPP #135: Disruptive Innovation in Education: Interview with Michelle Weise
  
  
• Podsafe music selection
• On a Podcast by Cruisebox

Duration: 25:17

COVID-CONVERTED EDITION #2: Interview with Phil Hill

This special COVID-Converted Edition audio and video podcast series is in response to the impact of COVID-19 on the way we live, learn, and work. Teachers all over the world have been thrown into teaching their "COVID-Converted" courses online. This series will focus on moving from this emergency remote teaching and learning to more thoughtfully prepared online learning experiences.

This episode is an interview with Phil Hill, Publisher of PhilOnEdTech, and Partner at MindWires Consulting. We discuss podcasting, especially his new PhilOnEdTech Podcast, and the Covid-fueled hybridization of Higher Ed. We cover:

• His background
• Why he decided to start podcasting now
• What he covers on his blog and podcast
• His thoughts about the Fall Term
• Higher Ed herd mentality
• Emergency remote teaching/learning using Zoom 
• Importance of instructional design
• Student tolerance for learning online
• Links
• COVID-CONVERTED EDITION #2 on YouTube
• RPP #176: The Future of Learning Platforms by Phil Hill
• PhilOnEdTech Podcast
• Cleanfeed - audio recording
• Garageband - sound editing
• Sonics.ai - transcription service
• Podsafe music selection
• Loving Hank by Debbie Poryes Trio - Jazz Pianist, Composer, Teacher & Vocalist

Duration: 40:22

RPP #142 Screencast: 10th Anniversary Edition - Podcasting 101

This is a special screencast edition of the audio podcast. See show notes below for details.

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 #125: Podcast Academy Interviews Rod

• Interview of Rod Murray by Jenny Brewster, founder of the Podcast Academy and Host of Secrets of their Success Radio Show
  
• We discuss the history and technology of podcasting and Rod's Pulse Podcast, including Rod's take on his favorite apps and elearning tools.
• Links
• Podcast Academy
• Secrets of their Success Radio Show (iTunes)
• Adam Curry (the "Pod Father")
• RSS 2.0
• Podcatchers
• The Pulse on Inside Higher Ed
• ApprenNet
• TouchCast
• Blackboard

Duration: 17:17

RPP #116: DIY Podcasting - Benefits for Teaching & Learning

• In this podcast, I discuss "Do It Yourself" Podcasting and the benefits for teaching and learning
• The history of podcasting
• How to create, publish, and distribute your own podcasts
• The benefits of podcasting for teaching & learning
• Where to look for more information

DIY Podcasting: Benefits for Teaching and Learning from University of the Sciences

• Featured Podcasting Videos
• Steve Jobs discusses Podcasting and Adam Curry at the D3 Conference
• USA Today - Talking Tech "Remember Podcasting? It's Back and Booming
• Podcasting Resources
• https://ivypanda.com/blog/how-to-create-your-own-podcast-a-guide-for-students/ 
• http://www.blogworld.com/ (conference)
• http://podcamp.pbworks.com/ (unconference)
• http://www.apple.com/itunes/podcasts/ (discovering)
• http://www.apple.com/itunes/podcasts/specs.html (making a podcast)
• http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/ (subscribe & play)
• http://www.podbean.com/ (hosting)
• https://www.podomatic.com/ (hosting)
• http://www.libsyn.com/ (hosting)
• http://www.blogger.com/ (Blogger show notes)
• http://codex.wordpress.org/Podcasting (Wordpress show notes)
• http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ (audio editor)
• http://www.apple.com/ilife/garageband/ (podcast editor)
  

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

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:
  

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• 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 #77: Interview: Mediasite by Sonic Foundry and Podsafe for Peace

• Rod's Picks from Podcaster Guide and E-Learning News
• Oxford English Dictionary new word: podcasting n.
• Odiogo creates text-to-speech podcast from RSS feeds
  
• Short and Sweet: Technology Shrinks the Lecture
  

• Interview with John Pollard, Technical Product Manager, Sonic Foundry
  
• Features and benefits of the Mediasite class capture system
• Web-enhanced learning: online lectures, distance learning, continuing education
• Enable students to review complicated material repeatedly at their convenience
• Integrate with course management systems, like Blackboard

• Mediasite Holiday Presentation Catalog

• Podsafe Music Selection from the Podsafe Music Network
• "If Every Day Were Christmas" by Podsafe for Peace - Buy the song for 99 cents and all the proceeds will go to UNICEF
  

Duration: 30:31

RPP #72: Blackboard World Interview: Wimba Collaboration Suite, and more Yael Naim

• Rod's Picks from Podcaster Guide & E-Learning News
• The Power of Wikis in Higher Ed - Interview of Stewart Mader who discusses use of the wiki as a teaching tool
• Google Insights for Search - new Google tool to research search terms such as 'podcasting' used over time
• The Rise of Android - a new open source mobile operating system spearheaded by Google; gPhone not an iPhone yet
• Podcamp Philly, the New Media Unconference, will be held on September 6th and 7th at Temple University
  

• Interview: Matthew Wasowski, Director of Customer Programs, Wimba
  
• Learn about the Wimba Collaboration Suite, e-learning tools for synchronous and asynchronous learning
• Collaborative tools including, podcasting, content authoring, instant messaging
  
• Unique applications: vocal discussion board and virtual classroom with "follow the speaker video"
  
• Works with course management systems such as Angel, Blackboard, Desire to Learn, Moodle, and Sakai
  

• 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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RPP #62: Panopto CourseCast, Podosphere News and Podsafe Blake Morgan

• News from the Podosphere
• YouTube for Documents - Publish yourself online using iPaper at Scribd
  
• 2007 Horizon Report - forecast for emerging technology for teaching and learning
  
• 100 Ways to Use Your iPod to Learn and Study Better - from The Best Article Every Day
  
  
• "CourseCast" Course Capture System: Interview with Panopto CEO Brad Winney
• Free of charge to academic institutions!
  
  

• Podsafe Music Selection from the Podsafe Music Network
• "Danger to Wake You" by Blake Morgan, from the album Burning Daylight

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Duration: 28:19

RPP #59: Interview: Steve Lubetkin Podcaster Extraordinaire and Podsafe Kitaro

• Interview: Steve Lubetkin of Professional Podcasts LLC
  
• Lubetkin's Other Blog - Commentary on Communications, Journalism, and Public Relations
• CompuSmooze Podcast - Technology from a Jewish Perspective
• Middle Chamber Books Podcast - Interviews with authors, composers, performers, and other creative artists
• Additional Topics
  
• iTunes Music Store
  
• Audacity - Freeware audio editor
  
• Levelator - Sound processor
  
• Olympus - Field audio recorders
  
• Samson - USB condenser microphone
  
• Podcast Station - Podcast recording software
  
• Tod Maffin - Canadian Broadcasting System
  
• Pamela - Skype recorder
• Hot Recorder - Skype recorder
  

• Podsafe Music Selection from IODA Promonet
  
  Kitaro
  "As The Wind Blows" (mp3)
  from "The Essential Kitaro"
  (Domo Records)
  Buy at iTunes Music Store
  Buy at Amazon
  

Duration: 33:34