Resources

Want to find podcasts? Try the [|PodScope] search engine.
Here's a blog page highlighting some of the most popular web 2.0 podcast pages: []

Found a favorite or two (hundred)?
You can subscribe to your favorite podcasts. Here's how: []

Make sure you are being responsible users of information...Use photos that are labeled for re-use or else cite your sources for pictures and music. Here's a link to a quick MLA guide: []

=Refresher Tutorials = || =Online Tools = [|www.jingproject.com] || jing will capture the screen and record your video at the same time. Requires download. || [|www.voki.com] || Create an avatar and record your audio. The eyes follow the computer mouse and the mouth will move along with the audio. Great for poetry or foreign language pronunciation drills || Music Sites [|Last 100] || Ten sites for legal free music for use in podcasts and presentations. ||
 * Podcasting in Plain English || [] ||
 * Everything you could need to know about Podcasting || [] ||
 * Pod101: Introduction to podcasting || [] ||
 * Podcasting Tools: help with every aspect of podcasting || [] ||
 * Subscribing to podcasts using an RSS feed || [] ||
 * Podcasting 101: How to Subscribe ti iTunes, Podcast.net, and stand-alone podcasts || [] ||
 * Using Garage Band to record your podcast || [] ||
 * ITunes Podcasting Resource Page || [] ||
 * Internet 4classrooms: tutorials on Audacity, Voki, Garage Band, PodOmatic, and much, much more || [] ||
 * Using Garage band: [[file:Using_Garage_band_to_create_your_podcast.doc]] || Ebedding your Podcast into a wiki:
 * **Pod Guide**  || [] || PodGuides.net gives you free access to spoken tour guides (PodGuides) for your mp3 player.  ||
 * ** Audacity  ** || [] || Easy to use audio editor for PC's   ||
 * **Garage Band** || [] || Audio Editor for Apples ||
 * **Vocaroo** || [|www.vocaroo.com] || Record your voice and email or embed it. ||
 * Myna || http://aviary.com/tools/myna || Use Myna to remix music tracks and audio clips. Apply sound effects and record your own voice or instruments. ||
 * **Jing ** ||
 * **Voki **  ||
 * **Blabberize ** || [] || Take any picture from the internet and record your audio. The mouth of the picture will move along with the words. ||
 * ** 10 free music sites ** ||
 * **Royalty Free Music .com** || [] || Sign in as an educator and download dozens of free stock music clips. ||
 * ** Free Byte ** || [] || This web site offers links to free music, software, music lessons, and sheet music. ||
 * **Mus Open** || [] || Free Public Domain Classical Music. Access to copyright-free Mp3 files and sheet music. ||
 * **Freeplay Music** || [] || Free Play Music is a great site for school multi-media projects. You can browse music categoriess with over 2500 tracks of music ||
 * Pod Safe Audio || [] || [|PodSafe Audio] is a webite run by a collective of musicians who create music and share it for the purpose of fair-use in podcasts. ||
 * The Free Music Archive || [] || Initially funded by The New York State Music Fund, this archive contains a number of common use music in a variety of genres. ||
 * Sound Bible || http://soundbible.com || Offers aton of sound effects, sound bytes, and clips. ||
 * Sound Effects || [] || Need sound effects? This list will direct you to a variety of sources. ||

=Podcast Presentation options =
 * **Voice Thread** || [|www.voicethread.com] || An online slideshow presentation option. Write your script, upload your pictures, Record your voice, and publish. ||
 * **Animoto** || [|www.animoto.com] || create professionally animated reports. Record your voice and then upload the pictures. ||
 * **Click Caster**  || [] ||  Supports podcasting and vodcasting (with both still pictures and video)   ||
 * **Wiki Spaces** || www.wikispaces.com || Create a page for your class and embed the podcasts on the page. ||
 * **iTunes** || [] || You can upload your podcasts to itunes. ||

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 * Any Video Converter || [] || Got a youtube video you want to show in class? Having a PC-Mac compatibility issue? This converter willchange any video file into the type you need. It's easy to use, but requires download. ||
 * Media Converter || [] || Having trouble getting the song you downloaded from itunes to work in audacity? This online application will convert any file into the format you need. It works so well I put a shortcut on my desktop. ||

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