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What is podcasting?

Introduction | Listen to podcasts | Podcast ideas | Teacher and administration podcasts| How to create a podcast | What you need | Resources

From Wikipedia:

Podcasting is the distribution of audio or video files, such as radio programs or music videos, over the Internet using either RSS or Atom syndication for listening on mobile devices and personal computers.

Terms to know

RSS

Really Simple Syndication
It is the ability to sydicate podcasts that makes a podcast different from just putting an audio file on the Internet. By making your podcasts available through a podcatcher such as iTunes or Podcast Alley, interested listeners can automatically receive the latest episodes of your podcast as they become available.

mp3 .mov .m4a .mp4

These are different formats for audio or video files.

Enhanced podcast

This is a podcast with still images added. These can be viewed with iTunes.

Video podcast or vodcast

vodcast (video on demand) is a podcast that includes video. Unlike a regular movie file on the web, this can be syndicated just like a regular podcast.

Blog

 

Most podcasts are uploaded to blogs. The podcaster includes shownotes (an outline of the podcast, links to any outside sites mentioned in the podcast, and, in some blogs, photographs that relate to the podcast)