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The Easiest Way to Make Podcasts
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Kate Olson
Kate Olson is a non-traditional new teacher, coming to the classroom after spending time as an accountant and a stay-at-home mother. She currently teaches Business Education in La Crosse, WI and is an online course developer and facilitator for teacher professional development at Professional Learning Board.
Her current educational passion is integrating new technologies into the classroom and enjoys sharing the exciting new tools she finds with her colleagues at school and in her online personal learning network. When she’s not glued to her laptop doing geeky things like wearing a headset and recording audio for her keyboarding blog, she can be found chasing a baby and toddler around the house, running, scrapbooking, and drinking gallons of coffee.
She blogs about her experiences in teaching and technology at Kate Says and blogs with her students at Keying In and Global Bloggers.
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Podcasting can be a great education tool if you know how to make podcasts. If you’re a novice podcaster or have never even tried to make one- this is the easiest way I’ve heard to date. Featured writer, Kate Olson, shares step-by-step guide on how to execute this now easy technology tool.
In the quest for the easiest way to record podcasts, I discovered Gcast and am LOVING it. Gcast allows you to create your own podcast channel hosted right at Gcast – here is how the site explains the ways to do so:
Option 1. Record by phone. You can record a podcast entry via a toll-free call to 888-65-GCAST (1-888-654-2278). You just need to select a numeric ID and PIN first. Whatever you record will automatically appear in your Playlist Manager, and you can even publish to your podcast channel directly from the phone.
Option 2. Upload MP3 files from your computer. Record and mix an audio recording on your software of choice, then upload it to us from your computer.
Option 3. Find “podsafe” songs on GarageBand.com. The web’s leading source of “podsafe” music, GarageBand.com is our sister website and fully integrated with our podcasting platform. Every GarageBand song page contains an “ADD TO PLAYLIST (+)” button which will add that song to your Playlist Manager.
The feature that made this stand out from all of the other services I tried was that it is SO easy to create a podcast by phone (I used my home landline) – it’s as easy as making any other phone call! This is really important for me, as I’m trying to find a really simple tool to use for classroom teachers and want them to be able to create audio recordings with no downloads or special equipment. This is perfect! I don’t want the teachers to have to buy microphones or download Audacity, as those add yet more barriers to entry into the world of podcasting. I also love that I can embed the player right in a Moodle course – this is one of the requirements that I had and it works great.
If you’re looking for an easy way to podcast, Gcast is it! If you have experience with this tool, comment on this article on how it’s gone for you!
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