Posted by admin on December 13th, 2011
One of the most bountiful sources of educational podcasts is perhaps the University of Oxford podcast series. This is a free site featuring public lectures, teaching material, interviews with leading academics, information about applying to the University, and plenty of other useful material.
The user will be able to access the material that may be in audio, video or document format. In the full list of all series, you can browse the podcasts alphabetically, or by the number of episodes, or by the date of update, and of course by the popularity. Alternately, you can look up the featured podcasts lists – of people, series, and departments & colleges.
Posted by admin on November 15th, 2011
Where will you find the best podcasts? They are spread over a range of topics from very different sources.
Here is an avid podcast listener’s take on some of the best podcasts available on the Net. Among the multitude of podcasts on the Net, there are quite a few which surely invite you back for more – say to the next episode, or for repeated listening.
Science and Technology – Wired.co.uk podcast
Science – Nature Podcast
Technology – T3′s Weekly show
Entertainment – Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo’s Film Reviews from BBC Radio 5 Live
Pop culture – The 404 podcast
Other favourites -
Entertainment - Friday Night Comedy podcast
Nearly anything - Darker Projects
Environment and gardening – The Wiggly Podcast
Posted by admin on October 14th, 2011
Here is a useful listing of the top tech podcasts on the Internet.
Find out why these podcasts are popular.
Posted by admin on August 8th, 2011
“Podcasting is the best way to showcase your talent, especially with commercial radio running out of space for personality” says Olly Mann of the award-winning ‘Answer Me This’ podcast.
Podcasting became a buzzword in the year 2005. It was named as the word of the year by the New Oxford American Dictionary that year. There are estimates that more than 150,000 podcasts are available, on a variety of subjects.
This BBC report titled Podcasts: Who still listens to them? on the status of ‘old-fashioned’ podcasting sums up the phenomenon – “podcasting still offers is a chance for anyone to get behind a microphone and, for all intents and purposes, make a radio programme”. Fans of the podcasting technology will be glad to hear that “Podcasting remains more popular than the social media site Twitter”.
Posted by admin on July 12th, 2011
With the variety of podcasts available on the Web, it would be a good idea if you had a convenient listing of sources of podcasts of different genres. Here are a few sources – you could call each of them a directory of directories.
Directory of Interesting UK Podcasts for News, Radio, Sport, Education – TheBigProject
Educational podcasts for teaching and learning – RECAP Limited
List of directories focused on Audio and Video Podcasts - Podcast411
Accurate and up to date content from only British podcasts – BritCaster
Podcasts and Podcasts Directory – itunestracks
Posted by admin on December 9th, 2010
Is podcasting meant only for music sharing? Of course not. This relatively new method of audio file distribution has opened whole new doors to mass communication and internet / mobile marketing opportunities for businesses large and small.
At one end of the technology – the source – you can use podcasting technology for all kids of purposes ranging from educational training (tutorials, debates, foreign language teaching, walking guides, etc.) to entertainment (audio books, talk shows, music demos, stories, comedy clips and the like).
At the other end – the receiver or the subscriber has the power of choice – “what?”, “how?” and “when?”. The subscriber decides on what content is relevant, the medium on which the information is downloaded, and a convenient time for listening to the sound bytes.
Try it out – podcasting is here to stay, evolve and deliver.
Posted by admin on November 28th, 2010
Audacity is a really impressive free, easy-to-use audio editor and recorder for Windows, Mac OS X, GNU/Linux and other operating systems. You can use Audacity to:
Record live audio.
Convert tapes and records into digital recordings or CDs.
Edit Ogg Vorbis, MP3, WAV or AIFF sound files.
Cut, copy, splice or mix sounds together.
Change the speed or pitch of a recording.
Audacity has a huge list of impressive features: Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by admin on November 20th, 2010
Podbean provide simple podcast creation and podcast publishing tools and unlimited podcast hosting.
Entry level service for personal use is free. Business and enhanced services are paid for but with very reasonable charges. Podbean are now offering business users a FREE TRIAL – find out more. Remember, Podbean is free for personal podcast creation and hosting.
Features:
- powerful publishing tools with no programming knowledge required
- unmetered bandwidth which is helpful when your podcast becomes more popular
- customisable themes make your podcast look smart and trendy
- plus integrated feed generation; analysis tools; integration software; mobile access. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by admin on November 19th, 2010
There are a few different phases when creating a podcast. This of course means you’ll probably need more than one piece of podcasting software.
Recording & Editing Audio: before you can do anything else you need to record your audio and you’ll probably want to edit it. Audacity is one of the most popular programmes on the market (and has the benefit of being free for the basic package). There are plenty of other providers – such as NCH – and many smaller free recording programmes. Read the rest of this entry »
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