Topic Relevance through Current Events and Podcasting

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Topic Relevance through Current Events and
Podcasting

• Presenter Ken Baldauf
• Program in Interdisciplinary Computing - FSU

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FSUs NewProgram in Interdisciplinary Computing

• Working to raise the level of computer competence
  across all disciplines at FSU by
• Designing new computing and technology courses
  that address discipline-specific needs.
• Enabling existing computing and technology
  courses to be opened up to non-majors.
• Assisting teachers in injecting technology
  concepts and content into existing courses.

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Why consider technology-based exercises in
non-tech courses?

• Provides access to subject-related materials from
  numerous sources
• Opens opportunities for information sharing
• Brings relevance to subject matter
• Engages students in subject matter through
  different media
• Sharpens tech skills making students more
  marketable
• Allows students to innovate!

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Inspiration for Presentation
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Topic Relevance through Current Events and
Podcasting
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• Real Simple Syndication
• Allows users to subscribe to Web content that is
  periodically updated including text (blogs, news
  feeds), audio (podcasts), and video.
• Empowers users to become publishers.

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Researching Current Events

• Using News Feeds

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RSS News Feed

• News stories supplied by an online news service
  streamed automatically to software designed to
  organize and display the stories a feed reader
  or aggregator.
• Many news feeds can be aggregated for convenient
  access to topics of interest.

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Setting up an RSS Feed Reader (Aggregator)

• www.google.com/reader

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Look for the Icon

• Subscribe to content by finding reference to RSS
  on the source Web site.
• Click to subscribe

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Scan News Headlines

• Scan news headlines from all your favorite
  sources from one location.
• Drill down into stories that are of interest.
• Bookmark best stories for further research.

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Sharing Discoveries

• Social Bookmarking

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Social Bookmarking

• Social bookmarking sites like delicious.com are
  designed for collecting and sharing Web content.
• Web content is tagged and kept private or shared.

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Social Bookmarking

• Use unique tags to share bookmarks in a class.
• Tag pages can also serve as RSS feeds.

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Broadcasting Your Views

• Podcasting

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Podcast

• An audio (or video) broadcast distributed over
  the Internet using RSS.
• Examples iTunes Store

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Necessary Equipment

• Software
• Windows Audacity
• Mac GarageBand
• Hardware
• USB Mic/Headphones

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Developing a Script

• A script serves several purposes
• Allows for a smooth, unfaltering delivery of the
  dialogue
• Provides a teacher with a way in which to grade
  content, provide feedback, check against
  turnitin.com
• Provides a text alternative for deaf and
  hearing-impaired individuals

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Recording

• Dialogue can be recorded one phrase at a time
  with retakes as needed.
• Multi-track recording allows you to layer music
  and sound effects under the dialogue.

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Publishing

• Save as mp3 format
• Publish through Blackboard Content Collection in
  a public podcast folder.
• Access finished podcast as follows
• From iTunes or Google Reader subscribe to
  http//podcast.fsu.edu/username
• or supply direct access to the URL of the Content
  Collection pagehttps//campus.fsu.edu/bbcswebdav/
  users/kbaldauf/podcast/

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Thank You!

• Questions?
• Useful Links
• Google Reader www.google.com/reader
• Delicious www.delicious.com
• FSUs Joe Clark instructs on podcasting in
  Blackboard - http//myweb.fsu.edu/joeclark/worksho
  p/podcasting/podcast_via_bb.doc
• FSUs Dr. Lisa Tripps podcasting assignment from
  LIS5313 - http//lis5313.ci.fsu.edu/wiki/index.php
  /Media_Exercise_4 includes PodSafe Audio
  Resources

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• Podcasting
• Software
• Audacity Software (Windows/Mac/Linux)
  http//audacity.sourceforge.net
• Video tutorial http//www.youtube.com/watch?v-hr
  BbczS9I0
• GarageBand for Mac http//www.apple.com/ilife/gar
  ageband
• Headphones/Mic
• Plantronics GAMECOM 1 PC HEADSET ( 67003-01 )
  (23)
• Podcast Listings
• Tunes - http//www.apple.com/itunes/whatson/podcas
  ts/specs.html
• Podcast Alley - http//www.podcastalley.com
• Podcast.com - http//podcast.com
• Podcast Directory - http//www.podcastdirectory.co
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• Podcasting Services
• Blogger can be used to enclose an MP3 in a feed
  but not as a host -http//help.blogger.com/bin/an
  swer.py?answer80259topic12535
• FeedForAll (RSS Creator) - http//www.feedforall.
  com
• Open Source Podcast Generator -
  http//podcastgen.sourceforge.net
• Liberated Syndication (all-in-one) -
  http//www.libsyn.com
• Feed Burner (Podcast Promoter) -
  http//www.feedburner.com
• Create XML file for RSS - MP3 is included in an
  RSS feed as an "enclosure