Creation

=Creation=

=Podcasting= =What, Why, How?=

ITunes University - browsing and subscribing [|Scarsdale Public Schools - listing of student and teacher podcasts] Watch Steve Jobs whip one up: http://youtube.com/watch?v=E03Bj2R749c

[| GarageBand Getting Started.pdf]
 * **Maximizing performance: Garageband Preferences**
 * Audio/Midi:
 * Minimal delay/small buffer size
 * Export: change quality to "Musical Podcast" if you want higher quality = bigger file size
 * Save to disk if no .Mac account
 * Memory hungry: increase RAM in computer; don't run any other programs if possible (resource hungry)
 * Once music is involved (jingle, etc.) - "lock" the track once it's there. The track will be locked and moved to the hard drive; will help speed performance in terms of resource demand.
 * **Podcast Tracks**
 * 5 specially designed for use in Podcasts; tracks are pre-optimized for average male and female voices: jingles are for music beds; radio sounds for special effects that can work inside podcasts
 * Muting and soloing tracks
 * Tracking levels: good levels=good results. Avoid "clipping" - red dots - too close to the mic or levels set too high. This can lead to audio distortion. There are individual tracking levels, and the Master Track level, to adjust/reduce the gain. USE THIS ONLY FOR SLIGHT CORRECTION.
 * Mute tracks - if you want one track to play over another (i.e. mute your music to hear your recording.)
 * Solo -ing - set so all the other tracks are muted and one track plays. This is helpful when you have a large number of sound tracks.
 * Ducking: to determine which tracks are lead tracks, and which are backing tracks. When there is sound on a lead track, the volume of the backing tracks is lowered while the volume of all other tracks stays the same.
 * **Timelines** **and Editing**
 * Zoom to the left or to the right to view wave forms (big picture vs. individual wave form)
 * Edit regions by splitting clips and joining or using the track editor to cut regions
 * **Recording an Episode** - Individual or group task
 * Storyboarding tools [[image:http://putvalley.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png width="32" height="32" link="https://putvalley.wikispaces.com/space/showimage/Scripting+Storyboard.doc"]][| Scripting Storyboard.doc], [[image:http://putvalley.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png width="32" height="32" link="https://putvalley.wikispaces.com/space/showimage/Storyboard2.doc"]][| Storyboard2.doc]
 * Podcast track - for visuals, photos (NOTE: a podcast can contain either video, or stills, but not both). If you are basing narration on a series of images, best to lay out the images in the order you need them first, then record voice track.
 * Record primary narration track.
 * Add jingles and radio sounds.
 * Perform basic edits.
 * Save in Garageband.
 * **Publishing and Syndication**
 * Review RSS: http://weblogg-ed.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/05/RSSFAQ4.pdf
 * Another RSS video - http://www.commoncraft.com/rss_plain_english - pay attention to how it was created - gives a new "spin" on providing simple, easy models for teaching lessons either by the students or to the students.
 * Publish to iTunes.
 * Role of iWeb.
 * **Examples**


 * http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2005/12/13/great-k-12-podcast-examples
 * http://www.epnweb.org/
 * http://www.podfeed.net/tags/k-12

= = =RSS - Real Simple Syndication= [|Commoncraft Video - RSS in Plain English]

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