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Success!Success!Presentation by Scott Merrick,

Vanderbilt Center for Science Outreach and University School of Nashville

October 28, 2008

About me:About me:

Teacher-in-Residence, Vanderbilt Teacher-in-Residence, Vanderbilt Center for Science OutreachCenter for Science Outreach

Lower School Technology Lower School Technology Coordinator, Coordinator, University School of NashvilleUniversity School of Nashville

MUVErs LLCMUVErs LLC

Terminally addicted bloggerTerminally addicted blogger

http://scottmerrick.nethttp://scottmerrick.net

First aired July 6, 2005First aired July 6, 2005– Underlying driving conceptsUnderlying driving concepts

EntertainingEntertainingEducationalEducationalHelpfulHelpful

Audio versus Audio versus Video Video

PodcastingPodcasting

YOU NEED:YOU NEED: A reason to podcastA reason to podcast An audience (might come later An audience (might come later )) A computer and a microphoneA computer and a microphone Access/upload privs to a web serverAccess/upload privs to a web server

– ftp access and software to enable thatftp access and software to enable that A software for recording and post-A software for recording and post-

productionproduction– Adobe Soundbooth and Premier Pro (expensive Adobe Soundbooth and Premier Pro (expensive

but powerful)but powerful)– AudacityAudacity (free!) (free!)– Other options in between thoseOther options in between those

YOU ALSO NEED:YOU ALSO NEED:

An RSS feedAn RSS feed““ReallyReallySimpleSimpleSyndication”Syndication”

– Feedburner.comFeedburner.com

You probably want:You probably want: A remote recording deviceA remote recording device

– Dell Axim or other Pocket PCDell Axim or other Pocket PC– iPod with iPod with Belkin Belkin micmic– OlympusOlympus

Access to (free music) and sound filesAccess to (free music) and sound files– Magnatune.comMagnatune.com– The The Podsafe Music NetworkPodsafe Music Network

Your own podcast aggregatorYour own podcast aggregator– iTunes, Lemon, Juice, iPodderX, etc. iTunes, Lemon, Juice, iPodderX, etc.

See this list!See this list! Everything else in the way of fun tools you Everything else in the way of fun tools you

can lay your hands oncan lay your hands on

Web Services for PodcastingWeb Services for Podcasting

EPNEPN OreoOreo PodcastFMPodcastFM GcastGcast PodcastingNews ResourcesPodcastingNews Resources BlogMatrixBlogMatrix “Sparks” “Sparks”

Promoting Your PodcastPromoting Your Podcast

PodspiderPodspider EPNEPN PodshowPodshow iTunesiTunes Second LifeSecond Life

……Or NotOr Not

You may want to just link to your You may want to just link to your podcasts from your teacher webpage podcasts from your teacher webpage with no RSS so they are not so with no RSS so they are not so “public”“public”

ResourcesResources

smerrick@usn.orgsmerrick@usn.org http://scottmerrick.nethttp://scottmerrick.net http://scienceoutreach.org/http://scienceoutreach.org/ http://blogs.vanderbilt.edu/s4thebhttp://blogs.vanderbilt.edu/s4theb http://usnlstech.blogspot.comhttp://usnlstech.blogspot.com http://scottsecondlife.blogspot.comhttp://scottsecondlife.blogspot.com

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