Looking for a way to use podcasts and video-podcasts

Submitted by leelalka on 15 October 2006 - 11:58am.

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Anyone have an idea how to take a podcast or video, then put that on this site or another? I would like to make some podcasts for my students, perhaps starting off with reading the lessons and work from there. So, I have a usb headset with mic, but haven't yet figured out how to record sound, and then to place that sound on a blog so that students could access it.

Any ideas would be welcome.

Thank you

Lee

aka Lalka 쌤

Podcasts

Submitted by I on 16 October 2006 - 8:59am.

Thanks for your comment about what features we can add to the site to make it better. Your feedback is greatly appreciated.

We are looking into adding a podcast feature for the site and hopefully will have one up soon.

Thanks,

Team TeachEnglishInAsia.net

audio in lessons

Submitted by lizm on 16 October 2006 - 7:40pm.

Hi Lee,

a really easy program that you can use to record sound is called Audacity (http://audacity.sourceforge.net/) i don't know if your headset/mic will work with it, but all you usually need is a mic plugged into the computer you're using. you can then edit it any way you want. i'm not sure about podcasts (even though i have a mac!) but maybe someone else knows about that? but for sound editing audacity is the easiest. good luck!

lizm :)

Thanks

Submitted by leelalka on 17 October 2006 - 1:52pm.

I will give it a try and see how it works at home. TY

I see there is a beginning page for audio, so, I will look forward to that expanding, :)

Lee Lalka

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Update on the quest to use podcasts and videocasts

Submitted by leelalka on 21 October 2006 - 2:33pm.

Well, I have figured out how to record sound, which is incredibly easy if you have Windows XP. And, thank you Liz for the suggestion of Audacity. While it lacks a little in how to do anything, by experimenting I have the basics down, which was to reformat the .WAV files to .mp3 files. Additionally I have been able to edit .mp3 files to cut out those items I didn't want. It is a very useful tool to me, thanks again.

Now I would like to be able to experiment posting sound to a website, with the end goal of having students go to my site and listen to audio and video, as well as provide links to documents that I create in google. Also, I would like them to be able to post as well. Any thoughts on how I should go about this? Thank you for your time,

Lee Lalka

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