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Podcasts and Vodcasts

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  1. Olympic Student-Athletes: Balancing School and Sport

  2. Satellite Determines New Birthday for the Universe

  3. The Vancouver Olympics in the Classroom

  4. Martin Luther King Jr., Civil Rights Leader

  5. Seeding the Clouds for Drought Relief

  6. “Temple Grandin” Sheds New Light on Autistic Experience

  7. On This Day: US Hockey Beats USSR in “Miracle on Ice”

  8. Vancouver Olympians: Snowboarder Shaun White

  9. Happy Birthday, W.E.B. Du Bois, Civil Rights Pioneer and Social Historian

  10. Vancouver Olympians: Ice Dancers Oksana Domnina and Maxim Shabalin

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Web Technology Information: A Primer

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Web Technology Basics

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News Aggregators and RSS Feeds

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Wikis

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File-Sharing

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Online Media Players

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Podcasts and Vodcasts

Podcasts and vodcasts are delivery methods for Internet radio and TV programs. They are essentially the use of audio or video technology with RSS feeds to bring recurring programs to an audience.

Insights for Podcasts and Vodcasts

  • Podcasts are recurring programs and often have irregular broadcast dates, making it hard to keep track of the shows you want to watch. That's where podcasting software comes in handy: to help you manage your subscriptions to different podcast feeds.
  • If you've been interested in getting your views out on the Net but blogging isn't right for you, podcasting might be just the thing. Once you have a microphone or a Web camera and some basic software, it's remarkably easy to start pod/vodcasting.

Top Sites for Podcasts and Vodcasts

Wise-Women has a tutorial on how to start podcasting your own show. Look for a number of good resource links at the end of the tutorial to help you along.
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Audacity is a free open source sound editor. Used by many beginning podcasters, it's a simple and easy way to produce your podcasts. 
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Podcast Alley is a large directory of podcasts. Besides searching for or browsing podcasts, you can add your own podcast to the directory. Be aware that some of the podcasts available contain questionable content.
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Vodcasts.tv is a directory of vodcasts. Browse by category or search its growing database of video podcasts.
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Podcasting News brings you topical news on podcasting in blog format. Many of the comments on the posts are from serious podcasters, and the broad subject matter appeals to all kinds of podcast enthusiasts.
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Web 2.0

You may hear the term Web 2.0 bandied around quite a bit today. Dismissed by some ... read more »

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