Thing 17. Podcasting

Of all the "things" podcasting has proved to be the most challenging. GCast looked easy enough but I couldn't get my links from other podcasting directories to work.

So, I listened to Podcasting in Plain English. I looked at three Podcasting Directories: Podcast.com; Yahoo Podcasts; and Educational Podcast Directory. I set up an account in Podcast.com after finding a podcast there that I liked. I conducted a search in Podcast.com under "Florida Library" and found a podcast under Florida Stories Podcasts--local stories of interest around Florida published through WFSU. The podcast was titled "Tipper the Reading Dog", producer Larry Ellison, published 3/6/2009. This is a cute story about a certified therapy dog, Tipper, belonging to third grade teacher Cindy Goldsworthy, that motivates children to read at a school in Land 'O Lakes. Informative and innovative teaching strategy! I placed the link to this podcast on my iGoogle page as well as an rss feed to my reader. Here is the link to the podcast.
http://podcast.com/episode/35751041/7270/?cp=1125

Not only was this an interesting podcast but I learned how to find the link to the individual podcast by clicking on the "share" button and clicking on "email." One can also forward a link to their facebook, myspace, diggit, or delicious sites.

I will work on my podcasting skills when I have more time. At least I feel more comfortable with the basics of podcasting. I will be spending more time listening to podcasts in the future. I have actually completed a podcast on one of the lessons in our Library LIS 1001 course. However, that particular course material has been updated so I will have to edit the podcast. I can see a definite role for podcasting through library instruction. I hope to incorporate an introduction course to podcasting within our library instruction course in the future!