Resource Pages :: Audio Recording, Editing and Podcasting
What is Podcasting?
Podcasting is more than just creating a digital audio recording, though that is the first step! Create a series of audio files, put them up on the internet where people can find them and subscribe to them with services like iTunes and other 'podcatchers" - then you're Podcasting!
Selected Podcasts/Audio: K-12
Forman School Library - Sara Kelley-Mudie has recorded short audio book teasers for summer reading. mp3 files are stored on their wikispaces account.
The Library Channel -- Very professionally produced podcasts and videos from Arizona State University Libraries. eg: Library Tour (mp3 format) Also available in mp4 format for playing on a video IPod.
Cheshire (CT) Public Library Podcasts -- is a teen-driven cultural magazine featuring teen writers, musicians, reviewers, commentators, and more. (listen to a podcast interview about the project with Sarah Kline Morgan, teen librarian at Cheshire Public Library)
Worthington Libraries : Programs to Go -- Audio and video programs for patrons to enjoy at home. The Kids podcasts include information on activities to go along with the story, song or rhyme.
StoryNory - fun stories, tongue twisters, fairytales and more.
Just One More Book - Great podcast about children's books. Andrea & Mark record this short podcast 3 times a week at their local coffee shop. Casual and informative. Easy to browse for books by topic and author.
LIS Wiki - Podcasts - Podcasts for library staff, professionaly development, news.
Recording your Audio
Audacity Free & open source for Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, GNU/Linux. Audio recording and editing. Also need LAME encoder to export files in mp3 format
GarageBand - Mac software for recording and editing.
PodcastPeople.com -- Record your audio directly to their website. Very handy. No post recording editing though. Limited storage and bandwidth. Upgrade to pay account for more resources.
Skype --- Using Skype to have a speaker "call it in"? You can record your conversation with PowerGramo or Pamela plugins. There are other plugins also, but these seem to be the most popular.
Audacity Demo
The basics in 3 minutes!
Improve your audio
Nice video showing some of features of Audacity, including amplifying an audio track.
On your own server if you have the bandwidth and storage space.
Free online hosting:
blip.tv -- Easy to use, embeddable players. Host audio and video here.
Odeo Studio -- RSS feed and choices of embeddable players for your podcasts. Odeo adds a short Odeo ad at the start of your audio when it's played on an mp3 player.
Internet Archive -- Non commercial, geared towards sharing content. Embeddable players. Closely tied with Ourmedia.org
Quick "How To" Steps:
An idea: This is key!! Perhaps a script, though you don't want to sound like you're reading a script. Be relaxed. You can edit out the 'ummmmsss'
Hardware: Microphone and computer (Or some other way to record and get file to computer)
Software: Record with Audacity - Open source software for recording and editing
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