(From the Today's Digital Tools for Enhancing Future Learning, ODCE 2008 presentation. Click here to download a Word document of all these tools and more! For more information, contact Carrie Rathsack - carrier@bgsu.edu)

Audio Tools (Podcasting & Digital Audio)

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Uses of Podcasts &/or Digital Audio (non-subscription/RSS)

(NOT just for Apple iPods… most MP3 players too!):
*** Consider student AND teacher generated versions! ***
• Interviews
• Speeches
• Lectures
• Presentations
• Walking “tours”
• Musical performances
• Foreign Languages
• Homework notes & review
• Test/exam review

Podcast Aggregators (get, store, organize)

iTunes (Mac/PC)
http://www.apple.com/podcasting
http://www.apple.com/itunes

Juice (Mac/PC) - http://juicereceiver.sourceforge.net/ like iTunes to help sort, manage podcasts

Podcast Creators or Audio Tools

GarageBand (Mac only) – quickly make podcasts (audio or video); sound effects, music tracks & more - http://www.apple.com/garageband

Podomatic (create or upload audio) – http://www.podomatic.com

PodProducer – (for PCs to create podcasts; beta version, but good) – http://www.podproducer.net/en

Gcast – (create/upload; also from a phone) – http://www.gcast.com

Vodcaster (Mac only) - to go from just a digital audio file to a podcast (adds RSS feed); video &/or audio podcasts http://www.twocanoes.com/vodcaster

Audacity – “free, cross-platform sound editor” - open-source, Mac/PC software for sound recording and editing
http://audacity.sourceforge.net

FreePlay Music – use in presentations or in any digital creations - http://www.freeplaymusic.com


Podcast Directories – to find podcasts of interest and subscribe (via RSS feed)
iTunes (see above; well organized & somewhat student-friendly)

Podshow - http://www.podshow.com/ (many types, some adult only)

Odeo - http://odeo.com (MP3s and podcasts)

Podcast Alley - http://www.podcastalley.com (many types, some adult only)


Sample Teacher/Teaching Podcasts to listen to:
(search in iTunes or via Google/Yahoo – put in quotes with podcast at end -- Ex.- “Science Friday podcast”)
• Science Friday
• Insta Spanish Lessons
• This Week in Tech (TWiT)
• Through the Lens (photography)
• 60 Second Science
• Military History Podcast
• EcoGeeks – children’s science
• DragonFly TV – children’s science
• National Geographic
• The TechTeacher Podcast
• NOVA
• Big Words Podcast
• PBS
• NPR
• EdTech Musicians (they use the PodProducer software)

Participant Suggestions:
NOTE: These are tools that participants suggested. Some of these are NOT free.
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Audacity
Soundforge
Frequency Modulator
Mediasite
Echo-360
Tegrity
Lectopia
Olympus recorder
iPod
Prof Cast
Grand Central
Sound Studio 3
Voice Recorder
iTunes
Vilas
Narrarated Power Points