Introduction

This is the companion wiki for the presentation Podcasting: What, How, and Why? given at the OLC Children's and Young Adult Services Conference on August 16, 2006 in Columbus, OH. The final version of the presentation is available as a PowerPoint or PDF.

Examples of children and young adult podcasts

• Library Podcasts
• School Podcasts

How to create a podcast

• Content must be created or a source identify
• Record the content
• Edit the audio(if necessary)
• Encode the audio file
• Upload the MP3 to a web server
• Distribute your podcast via a web feed
• Publicize your podcast
• Evaluate your podcast

Find and subscribe to podcasts

• Podcast search engines and directories
• Podcatchers (aggregators)

More information

• Articles
• Books
• Glossary
• Web sites

Contact

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